Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Dresden Debate: Evidence Gathering

Starter #9:

  1. Page 164: "One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters."  What is Vonnegut trying to say here about the effects of war on people?
  2. Where is there a major shift in the tone and mood of this chapter (chapter 8)?  How and why does it change?
Dresden Evidence Gathering:
Gather evidence for your mini-debate tomorrow.  Each partner must have at least 4 pieces of evidence to support your assigned position.  You can overlap in documents, but not in evidence.

CHALLENGE: Develop counter-arguments for the points you think the opposing side is most likely to make.

Slaughterhouse Five REM
If you've finished reading and annotating the whole book, choose an REM from the list and complete it as an optional activity.  If you don't like any on the list, feel free to propose your own idea!  Make sure you are making this a beautiful piece of work.  The finished REM will be due on Friday, at the start of class.

HOMEWORK
Read and annotate chapters 9 and 10.  If you're behind on your reading OR your annotations, now is the time to catch up!  You must be finished with the book by the start of class on Wednesday.

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