1. Read the book more carefully
2. Take a longer time on my essays, instead of rushing through them
3. Use better supporting words and adjectives
4. Have better flow throughout my essay
5. Be able to support my quotes better
6. Have better analysis of my quotes in my essay
7. Study the context of a quote before i put it in my essay
8. Reread the essay after i am finished to correct spelling and gramatical errors
9. Have peers read it and edit it prior to handing the essay in
10. Take time to structure my thesis and topic sentences
7. Study the context of a quote before i put it in my essay
8. Reread the essay after i am finished to correct spelling and gramatical errors
9. Have peers read it and edit it prior to handing the essay in
10. Take time to structure my thesis and topic sentences
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. I enjoyed the explanation of the 4th demension by the tralfamadorians
2. I didn't like the first chapter when it wasn't the actual book, but the author's experience
3. I found it confusing sometimes when he traveled in time very quickly throughout the book
4. I thought it was weird how the Tralfamadorians made Billy and Montana live together naked
5. I thought it was cute that Valencia would lose weight for Billy
6. I thought it was strange that Roland Weary thought of him and the scouts as "The Three Musketeers"
7. It was weird to me how the Tralfamadorians were described as how they looked
8. It was baffled when Billy told his wife she didn't need to lose any weight
9. I thought it was odd how when the Germans shot at Billy, he gave them a second chance to kill him
10. It confused me how the Tralfamadorians thought that there were more then 2 different sexes
11. I thought it was a little strange that Billy happened to be the only one to survive the plane crash
12. It was an "aha" moment for me, when Billy say Kilgore Trout's novels that mirrored his experiences on Tralfamadore
13. It was hard for me to understand why the Germans treated the English soldiers nicely.
14. I thought it was funny that Billy was an optometrist
15. It was hard for me to imagine having to live like Billy did on Tralfamadore for how long that he did.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Life goes on even through death
2. Someone may be gone, but you always have the memories
3. Your life never ends, its just a repeated cycle of memories
4. Maybe humans CAN see in the 4th dimension
5. It is best to remember the good parts of your life and try to skip the bad ones
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.
