- Complete the handout we started in class about "The Things They Carried" and "The Pony Problem." Can you find the similarities in the texts? How do the texts differ?
Block C:
- Read and annotate Chapter 3 in The Great Gatsby. Stop at the place we marked in the text--that famous moment we've all been waiting for--when Gastby says, "Why, I'm Gatsby." Hooray!
Block D:
- Read and annotate Chapters 13 and 14 in "The Body" for Friday.
Block E:
We've read three unique stories this week: "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, "The Pony Problem" by Sloan Crosley, and "Bearing both the Medal of Honor and trauma" by David Martin (CBS News correspondent). Based on these three readings, we can start to make some connections between the things we carry, the things we remember, and the way we both hold on to and share the memories that help to define us.
Here's your job tonight:
Write a four paragraph response to the following questions:
1. What do these stories have in common? What ideas do they share?
2. How do these stories differ?
3. How are these stories told? What do you notice about the writing style/genre?
4. What conclusion can you draw about why we have read these 3 texts together? What do we learn about the nature of storytelling from these texts?
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