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Things They Carried 6

Things They Carried 6. Do Now : Percy Bysshe Shelley writes, “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” Considering this and the novel The Things The Carried, what role does story or art in general play in our society Is its purpose for entertainment or something else?

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Things They Carried 6

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  1. Things They Carried 6

  2. Do Now: Percy Bysshe Shelley writes, “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” Considering this and the novel The Things The Carried, what role does story or art in general play in our society Is its purpose for entertainment or something else? • Learning Target: Analyze how author’s craft helps communicate theme.

  3. Why does O’Brien list the people of his past and present as he sits in the little fishing boat on the Rainy River? • How doe this impact theme?

  4. Today I will... • Discuss how author’s craft in “On the Rainy River” communicates theme. • Read “How to Tell a True War Story” and answer complete a journal entry.

  5. Journal Entry • A true war story is never moral, it embarrasses, it is grotesque. A true war story never ends. I true war story is both true and untrue at the same time. A true war story is about love. • Select one or two of the aforementioned definitions of a war story and explore how it applies to “How to Tell a True War Story.” What is the theme of the story?

  6. Do Now: Independent Reading. Learning Target: Determine how author’s craft communicates theme.

  7. Complete journal for English 1 on “How to Tell a True War Story” • Read “Friends” and “Enemies” Response: How do these two short chapters develop the relationship between the characters.

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