Students from sixth period selected this book to read.
We will begin this year.
Chapter 1 introduces the main characters and setting. The book describes the hazards of World War 1.
Sixth period is listening to the recorded book from iTunes
All Quiet on the Western Front Plot Summary
Close
Reading
1. Read entire
text without stopping to get the flow.
2. Read and
circle important or unfamiliar words
3. Read and
record important thoughts in the margin. (Side notes)
4. Underline
words or phrases you do not understand.
All Quiet on the Western Front Plot Summary
All Quiet On The Western Front begins somewhere near the
German/French front during World War I. It is told by Paul Baumer, a
19-year-old solider. He and his friends are eating a well-deserved meal
after fighting and encountering heavy losses. After the meal Paul,
Kropp, and Muller go to use the outdoor toilets and play cards. Complete article taken from Bookrags.
BookRags
Book Text.pdf
Write a summary
- Main Characters
- Setting
- Conflict
- Author's Purpose for writing using the following links
- All Quiet on Western Front
- Cliffsnotes Summary and Chapter Summaries
Extra Credit Movie Review
- Watch the movie like American Sniper, Unbroken,
- Evaluate the movie
- Give basic outline of movie
Chapter Summaries
DURING-READING
STRATEGY 1: SAY
SOMETHING
Select 2 and write a paragraph about each but remember to include a concluding sentence.
A few examples of student's concluding sentences . . .
Raquel, I asked my uncle, "Why do you go back?" "It's because he wanted keep me safe and free."
Sandra, I think, "With all their good strong men, they are going to win."
Priscilla, My grandfather told me, "That they put the dead people in the coffins out of respect and honor."
Richard, "His no different from American Soldiers, a man who'd fight for his country."
All Quiet on the Western Front Movie B & W
All Quiet on the Western Front YouTube 2:33:26
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The author served with the U.S. Army in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq in 2004 and 2005 and The Yellow Birds is his first novel.
“Or should I have said that I wanted to die, not in the sense of wanting
to throw myself off of that train bridge over there, but more like
wanting to be asleep forever because there isn’t any making up for
killing women or even watching women get killed, or for that matter
killing men and shooting them in the back and shooting them more times
than necessary to actually kill them and it was like just trying to kill
everything you saw sometimes because it felt like there was acid
seeping down into your soul and then your soul is gone and knowing from
being taught your whole life that there is no making up for what you are
doing, you’re taught that your whole life, but then even your mother is
so happy and proud because you lined up your sign posts and made people
crumple and they were not getting up ever and yeah they might have been
trying to kill you too, so you say, What are you goona do?, but really
it doesn’t matter because by the end you failed at the one good thing
you could have done, and the one person you promised would live is
dead..."
What do you notice? What makes this an effective piece of writing?
US Freedoms
Novel Link: All Quiet On The Western Front
The author served with the U.S. Army in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq in 2004 and 2005 and The Yellow Birds is his first novel.
Read the following: What do you notice? What makes this an effective piece of writing?
“Or should I have said that I wanted to die, not in the sense of wanting
to throw myself off of that train bridge over there, but more like
wanting to be asleep forever because there isn’t any making up for
killing women or even watching women get killed, or for that matter
killing men and shooting them in the back and shooting them more times
than necessary to actually kill them and it was like just trying to kill
everything you saw sometimes because it felt like there was acid
seeping down into your soul and then your soul is gone and knowing from
being taught your whole life that there is no making up for what you are
doing, you’re taught that your whole life, but then even your mother is
so happy and proud because you lined up your sign posts and made people
crumple and they were not getting up ever and yeah they might have been
trying to kill you too, so you say, What are you goona do?, but really
it doesn’t matter because by the end you failed at the one good thing
you could have done, and the one person you promised would live is
dead..
.
Why are the two sides fighting?
In your opinion which side is right or are they both right? Why?
Retell:
Volcanoes of the World
Native American Myths
