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To what extent is "truthfulness" important in historical fiction?
To what extent is "truthfulness" important in historical fiction?
How does conflict shape an individual?
How does conflict shape an individual?
Are our ethical and moral codes situational?
Are our ethical and moral codes situational?
COURSE COMPONENTS ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
COURSE COMPONENTS ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
Concepts: Communication, Representation
AOE: Intertextuality, Space and Time
Possible Global Issue fields of inquiry: Power, politics and justice + Beliefs, values and education + Culture, Identity and community
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Various formative paragraph responses and analyses
Guided portfolio entries (formative and summative)
Independent portfolio entries (formative and summative)
student led seminar
Creative task (portfolio entry)
Individual Oral (summative)
Daily lesson outlines
Daily lesson outlines
Useful resources
Useful resources
Week 3
Week 3
L/O: To consider our unit's essential questions and connections to our reading of the novel
L/O: To consider our understanding of the Vietnam war through an exploration of Nick Ut's BOW
L/O: To begin to explore the symbolic and metaphorical meanings in Ch. 1 of the text
Tuesday, January 31
Considering our unit's essential questions
HW: Reread Ch.1 "The Things They Carried" for Friday's lesson
Wednesday, Feb. 1
The Things They Carried - considering the meaning behind what each character carries charting activity
HW: Complete your chart for next lesson (Friday, Feb.3)
Friday, Feb.3 (Evan - GI presentation outline due)
Roman - GI presentation
Reviewing HW
HW: Creative writing assignment - Due: Feb.10 via m.bac
HW: Reread "How to tell a true war story" (pp.71-86) for next lesson
This website has some very useful search functions as well as a full "Vietnam Dictionary" which is helpful when encountering abbreviations and names of towns in the book.
Week 4
Week 4
L/O: To explore "How to Tell a True War Story" and "The Dentist" in greater detail through discussion questions
Tuesday, Feb.7
Quick debrief of PragerU written responses
How To Tell a True War Story - Harkness preparation questions
We will be having practise Harkness style discussion about this chapter next lesson. Take some notes on the preparation questions and come prepared with pages and sections of your text marked. Be ready to TALK, TALK, TALK. All students should participate.
HW: creative poetry assignment - Due Feb 10, 8pm via M.bac
Wednesday, Feb. 8
Harkness discussion - How To Tell a True War Story
HW: creative poetry assignment - Due Feb 10, 8pm via M.bac
HW: Read "The Dentist" - answer the following 2 questions.
Friday, Feb.10
Any additional discussion on "How to Tell a True War Story"
HW: creative poetry assignment - Due TONIGHT, 8pm via M.bac
HW: Add at least 2 GIs for each of the 3 chapters we have discussed so far (The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story, The Dentist)
HW: Re-read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" Write down 2 questions or observations from your reading on this sheet
NOTE: if you have not properly organized your Learner Portfolio folder you MUST do so immediately. All work should be separated into unit folders. There should be an "additional entries" folder. You should also have a copy of the checklist in your LP.
See example -->.
Interesting additional readings and resources
Week 5
Week 5
L/O: To explore "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" through directed question and seminar discussions
🌹❤️ Tuesday, Feb.14 🌹❤️
Class discussion - Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong - student generated question sheet
HW: Prepare the Introduction to Mary Anne Bell sheet for discussion tomorrow.
Wednesday, Feb.15
The introduction of Mary Anne Bell - review and discussion
HW: Have your passages annotated for presentation on Feb.21
HW: Reread "Love" - make not of at least 2 interesting points or passages from this chapter using post-it notes.
Friday, Feb.17
No lessons - Holiday
Week 6
Week 6
L/O: To futher explore the role of women in the novel through the representation of women in "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong", "Love" and "Style"
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Extract presentations and discussion
Time to work on GI tracking
Wednesday, Feb.22
"Love" discussion questions - makes notes in pairs
"Love" seminar discussion
HW: Add GI statements to your document for "Love"
Friday, Feb. 24
Tish GI presentation
jigsaw discussion
What is "orientalism"?
HW: Add GI statements to your document for "Style"
HW: Reread "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"
Week 7
Week 7
L/O: To explore how soldiers struggled upon their return to America through close reading and discussion of the character of Norman Bowker in "Speaking of Courage" and "notes"
L/O: To explore the idea of guilt through "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush"
Tuesday, Feb.28
HW: Have your answers to all questions on the g.slides presentation reader for tomorrow. Please put the document in the correct folder in your LP
Wednesday, March 1
(Isla GI presentation at lunch - LP support 2pm)
Unpacking questions "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"
Friday, March 3
Review HW questions
Global Issues in "The Things They Carried" - sharing
Links to non-literary texts - quick response
HW: Watch the film!!
The g.drive link to the the film is HERE. It is LONG (3:15). I suggest that you download it onto your desktop in order to avoid buffering and loading issues. - You might need to convert to an MP4 (open with online video converter) to view.
You are not required to watch from 1:54:00- 2:20:00. This is known as the "French Plantation Scene" it was not included in the original release of the film and many have argued that it should not have been put back into "Redux". It seems strangely out of place and does not add much to our study. Feel free to skip over it but also feel free to watch it :)
Warning: The film is rated R and contains some explicit language, violence, nudity, sex and drug use. If you have an issue with any of these please let me know.
It probably isn't a film that you want to watch on family movie night. I suggest getting together to watch it with other classmates if you want some company while watching.
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