Starter #14
Write a one sentence answer for each question. If you want to challenge yourself, try using NPAs, verbal phrases, or concessives in a few of these! What is the truth of war for...
Write a one sentence answer for each question. If you want to challenge yourself, try using NPAs, verbal phrases, or concessives in a few of these! What is the truth of war for...
- Roland Weary
- Mary O'Hare (look in Chapter 1)
- Paul Lazzaro
- English prisoners
- Edgar Derby
- Tralfamadorians
- Billy Pilgrim
Slaughterhouse Five: Seminar Reflection
Paragraph 1: Reaction
React to a comment or idea from the seminar. Walk the reader through what that comment makes you think, and why.
Paragraphs 2 and 3: Detailed Response
Write a two paragraph response to one of the main seminar questions. Make sure you are using EVIDENCE. Quote the book!!!
- Is this book an anti-war novel? Why/why not?
- How do the aliens in the book relate to war (hint: think metaphorically!)?
- Did Billy Pilgrim really get kidnapped by aliens and travel in time?
- Why would Billy Pilgrim want to believe in the Tralfamadorian views of time and free will?
- What is the truth that Vonnegut is trying to communicate about war?
- Are you Billy Pilgrim? (hint...think about his mental characteristics, and about what Vonnegut is trying to see about how humans act...or don't act)
Paragraph 4: Connections
Make a connection between the ideas in S5 and the seminar and something else. You could connect it to a personal experience, a movie, another book or text, an art piece, a play, a philosophical idea...anything!
Paragraph 5: Lori's Choice Question
What connections can you make between AQotWF and Slaughterhouse Five? Think about themes they share, and use evidence from the books to back up your opinion.
Seminar Make Up: IF YOU WERE ABSENT, OR WANT TO RAISE YOUR SEMINAR GRADE
Type two full pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font, on two of the main seminar questions that are listed above. If you are doing this to raise your seminar grade, you must choose two questions that you did not write about on your seminar reflection. Make sure you use evidence and quote the book to back up your opinions. TEA paragraphs encouraged! Proofread carefully before printing.
HOMEWORK:
Finish the Seminar Reflection. Make sure to proofread it carefully before printing and turning it in. DUE: Thursday, start of class (please note that you will not have any class time on Wednesday to work on this). If you want to finish it and turn it in on Wednesday, that would be fantastic!
Make a connection between the ideas in S5 and the seminar and something else. You could connect it to a personal experience, a movie, another book or text, an art piece, a play, a philosophical idea...anything!
Paragraph 5: Lori's Choice Question
What connections can you make between AQotWF and Slaughterhouse Five? Think about themes they share, and use evidence from the books to back up your opinion.
Seminar Make Up: IF YOU WERE ABSENT, OR WANT TO RAISE YOUR SEMINAR GRADE
Type two full pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font, on two of the main seminar questions that are listed above. If you are doing this to raise your seminar grade, you must choose two questions that you did not write about on your seminar reflection. Make sure you use evidence and quote the book to back up your opinions. TEA paragraphs encouraged! Proofread carefully before printing.
HOMEWORK:
Finish the Seminar Reflection. Make sure to proofread it carefully before printing and turning it in. DUE: Thursday, start of class (please note that you will not have any class time on Wednesday to work on this). If you want to finish it and turn it in on Wednesday, that would be fantastic!
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