Friday, February 4, 2011

After Writing assignment

 list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1.      I would work harder on my grammar.
2   I would work harder at my spelling and my word choices.                   
3.    I would work harder to find better quotes from a book.                 
4.           I would work harder to do better at understanding my writing and my book.            
5.             I will work on my PIE paragraphs and writing them.          
6. I will work on writing my thesis statement.
7. I will work on my body paragraphs
8. I will work on writing my conclusion.
9. I will work on having fluent writing and speech in my projects.
10.I will work on remembering different important parts of the book.

Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5.  For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).

1. It was very disgusting when he describes sex with Valencia.

2. It was very sad when Billy described the war.

3. It was funny when Billy ignored his sister.

4. It was scary when he described the concentration camps.

5. It was sad when Rumfoord made fun of Billy.

6. It was depressing when Billy’s wife died.

7. It was descriptive when Billy described his death.

8. It was realistic in the first chapter when Billy was describing how he is going to write his book.

9. It was funny when Billy put on Cinderella’s boots.

10. It was sad when Trout was yelling at the kids.

11. It was interesting when Billy talked of time traveling.

12. It was creepy when Billy was abducted by aliens.

13. It was graphic when Billy talked about Montana for the first time

14. It was interesting how the aliens talked about earth and its future.

15. It was happy when Billy was finally let out of the caps and was sent home.


State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Life is always a battle.

2. Every choice you make has both positive and negative outcomes.

3. Time is just a word it has no meaning.

4. Death is the beginning of another life.

5. Life is what you make it.


Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences.  You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit.  This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.


Billy: Hello Michael
Michael: Hello Billy
Billy: What do you know about WW2?
Michael: Not much.
Billy: Well I was in that war and I learned a very valuable life lesson while I was fighting.
Michael: What was that life lesson?
Billy: That there is life after life.
Michael: How did you learn that?
Billy: When I was in a concentration camp I thought I was dead but I had life after my metal death and lived another life.
Michael: Thank You

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