Weekly Agenda for Contemporary Composition

June 7, 2010 – June 11, 2010

Wednesday, June 9th:
EVERYONE MUST DO THIS:
Work on the essay for THE THINGS THEY CARRY by Tim O’Brien. This essay, which must include quotations from the book, will be due on Friday, June 11th. There are six prompts to choose from and are listed on the blog for this class, 11th grade English.

Also due on Friday, June 11th are all your books for this class, including THE THINGS THEY CARRY. The books are Vocabulary Workshop, Level F; the grammar book, WRITERS CHOICE; the text book INTEGRATED STUDIES.



FOR YOUR FINAL (which is Thursday, June 17th):

You will write an essay based on the readings from DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM and from LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF PEACE: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram. This will be a compare and contrast essay comparing the war experiences of the American G.I. and the young female Viet Cong doctor. How are they alike? How are they different? Compare their attitudes about what they are fighting for. Is it always clear to the American G.I. what he is fighting for? How are they culturally different?

Or:

You may do a presentation on the two readings we did. This may include:
A power point presentation (minimum of five slides); the power point should include some photos. You should also have note cards.
A short (no more than 20% of your total presentation) video or dvd documentary on the war.
Music from the period.
An aspect of the war not covered in the readings:
“Fragging”
Drug use among the American G.I.’s in Vietnam compared with the VietCong.

The presentation must be typed out neatly and presented to me on the day of the presentation.

Students who are doing power point presentations for their finals:

Pablo
Libby
Ellada (maybe)
Dominique
Jessica
Malaysia
Jesus (maybe)
Cesi
Heady
Maryori (maybe)
Mihran (maybe)
Iggy (maybe)