DO NOW- In tables groups, discuss literary findings from chapter 3 close reading passage (River)

Objectives: find and analyze literary devices in Vonnegut’s work

AGENDA:

1) DO NOW

2) In table groups: create a method to meaning thesis statement for the River metaphor close reading passage (chapter 3)

3) Close reading Chapter 4 (8 minutes)

4) Table discussion/ Method to Meaning statement practice (5)

4) Discuss: Would you expect fiction or non-fiction to be more accurate in conveying an emotional experience?

5) Read “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien

6)Passage Discussion:

Why does O’Brien make up fictions that are somehow “truer”

than real stories?  How can fiction be more true than  non-fiction?

 

What made you feel the strongest emotions in the chapter? How did O’Brien do this?

How does Vonnegut’s writing relate to O’Brien’s idea that true war stories cannot have morals?

7) Summarize: How can fiction convey truths about human experiences?  How does this relate to Sl-5 so far?

HW:  read first half of Chapter 5 (87-top paragraph of 112)