Link to the TED ED talk for those who need it

http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction?language=en

Homework for 11/2

• For Monday, be sure to have read "Field Trip" and "Lives of the Dead" in O'Brien's book.
• Have a safe weekend.

Homework for class on Thursday 10/29

• Be sure to read "Notes" and "Speaking of Courage" in the O'Brien book.
• Then read The New Yorker article "The Return". http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/09/the-return-9#

We will write on these sources when you return to class on Thursday.  The writing will be done in class on Thursday, so it is important that you come to class with the reading done.

Block 1 Homework for Monday

• Read "Speaking of Courage" and write questions that you would like to discuss for the chapter.

Have an nice weekend!

Homework for 10/23

• Today I collected the Regents Task III you completed.
• The homework is to read the chapter "The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong" and to write questions about the chapter that you would like to discuss.
• Below is the link to Tim O'Brien discussing stories and how he approaches the task of telling a "true" story.
• http://bigthink.com/videos/tim-obrien-tells-a-true-war-story

The week of 10/13

• In class today you received the Common Core task that we will be working on, and three texts to read and analyze.
• For class on Thursday, you will read and annotate the texts.
• In class on Thursday you will take notes on the PBS documentary in your Cornell notebooks. You can find the link to the documentary below. http://www.pbs.org/veterans/stories-of-service/stream-tv/a-to-z/draft/
• On Monday, 10/19, you will be writing the Common Core task in class. Be sure to bring all that you need with you. If you don't bring your texts, you will be provided clean texts, but you won't have access to your notes.

Homework for Friday

• Read the chapter "On the Rainy River"
• Complete the discussion questions for the chapter. Be sure you answer in complete sentences with thoughtful ideas!

Class on Monday 10/4

• We watched parts of the PBS documentary linked below. We took notes in our Cornell Notebooks. The essential question was "What stories do these veterans tell? Why are these stories important? What do they reveal?"  https://www.google.com/search?q=pbs+documentary+vietnam+war+video&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
• We handed in Cornell notebooks and the discussion questions for the chapters.
• I'll see everyone on Wednesday!