World Lit/Comp IA Blog: September 2006

World Lit/Comp IA Blog: September 2006

9/11/06 through 9/15/06 Class Schedule

9/11: 2-Gold; department meetings (am); students should have re-read AQWF and be prepared for the Paul Berline Transume--see posting on this blog; give Mr. Odenthal's "Group Work Rotations" and review expectations; copy PB Transume Characteristcs; break into groups and complete passage search; present findings to the class; AQWF notes

9/12: 1-Blue

9/13: 1-Gold; Present Paul Berlin Transume; review AQWF via Chronolog; AQWF test essay; prepare for TTTC and AQWF scantron test on Friday; summer reading homework due Friday;

9/14: 1-Blue modified; meet in Small Faith Families (SFF); Back-2-School Night starting @ 6:30 pm in the MPR--mini-schedule for the rest of the night

9/15: 3-Gold; rally day; AQWF and TTTC test; summer reading homework due; progress report sent home today and due next Tuesday (9/19/06)

All Quiet on the Western Front: Paul Berlin Transume

AQWF: Paul Berlin Transume

A. INITIAL CHARACTER

1. Relies on mind and scholarly learning
2. Views war idealistically
3. Expresses emotions and sensitivity
4. Fells youthful and self-confident
5. Looks toward the future

B. FORCES OF CHANGE (CONFLICT)

1. Inane training drills; frontline warfare
2. Destruction; killing of the frnechmen
3. Brutal and numerous injuries and deaths
4. Deaths of all his comrades
5. Alienating effect of war

C. CHARACTER CHANGE/GROWTH

1. Relies on instinct, fear and habit
2. Undestands reality; promises to fight against war
3. Allows emotions and sensitivity to be deadened
4. Feels alone, helpless and hopeless
5. Fears future adjustments and life

*Choose a # from each letter (#2 A, B & C)
**Locate passages from the book (Quotes) that prove/demonstrate the transume characteristics; write them down; write the page #s

TTTC Character Transume

CHARACTER: Tim O'Brien

A) Initial TOB Character:

1. Innocent
2. Self-Asorbed
3. Well-Intentioned
4. Not brave about standing up to others
5. Tells stories to himself

B) Forces of Change (Conflict)

1. Goes to Vietnam
2. Witnesses and participates in the deaths of strangers and friends
3. Listens to and tells stories to cope
4. Is injured
5. Returns home to an indifferent and uncomprehending society

C) TOB Character Change

1. Experienced in war
2. Concerned about communicating universal truths
3. Actively involved in the well-being of his buddies
4. Insists on communicating HIS truth
5. Publishes stories about the war

*Work in small co-op group; pick one to explore all the way through; find quotes to prove it exists in the book.
**Present findings to the rest of the class
***In-class essay next!