Wednesday--discuss readings through page 38
Thursday, read "How to Tell a True War Story" and discuss
Friday--quiz on literary terms
HMWK: Read to pg. 38 for Wednesday
"What they carried was partly a function of rank, partly of field
specialty. As a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which
weighed 23 pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded. He also
carried between 10 and 15 pounds of ammunition draped in belts across
his chest and shoulders."
"The things they carried were largely determined by necessity. Among
them were P-38 can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wristwatches, dog
tags, mosquito repellant, chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, salt tablets,
packets of Kool-Aid, lighters, matches, sewing kits, Military Payment
Certificates, and two or three canteens of water."
"They carried the land itself--Vietnam, the place, the
soil-powdery-orange-red dust that covered their boots and fatiques and
faces. They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the
humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they
carried gravity."
"They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief,
terror, love, longing--these were intanigbles, but the intangibles had
their own mass and specifc gravity, they had tangible weight. They
carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice
barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide...They carried
their reputations. They carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was
the fear of blushing."
* Briefly discuss the differences between "literal" things that the
soldiers carried and "figurative" things. What are some "literal" and
"figurative" things that the students carry with them every day to
school?
HMWK: Study for quiz on Friday--vocab A words +ANAPHORA
Monday/ Tuesday --Write critical lens from Summer reading
Wednesday--discuss reading "The Things They Carried"
Thursday, read to pg. 38 and "How to Tell a True War Story" and discuss
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