This mission must be completed by May 20 .

Reading Assignment: "The Ghost Soldiers," "Night Life," and "The Lives of the Dead"

Think about possible themes for this book.

View the interview with Tim O'Brien using the following link:

http://gtm-media-2.discoveryeducation.com/v2.1/NewsHour_Tim/NewsHour_Tim_700k.wmv

This mission must be completed by May 16th .

Reading Assignment: "In the Field," "Good Form," and "Field Trip"

Read Handout Three "The Quang Ngai Province and the My Lai Massacre"

This mission must be completed by May 14th.

Reading Assignment: "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"

This blog article is for incoming AP students for the 2013-2014 school year, not my current AP students! So current AP students, hands off (please)!!!!

Incoming AP students, I would like your input for selecting our pre-twentieth century novel that we will read over the summer. When you are ready to make your decision for our summer read please click COMMENT in this article. In your comment tell me which book you choose and a brief explanation as to why you want to read that book. I am not basing my decision on the most votes for a particular book but at the reasoning for selecting the book. Your choices: Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens; The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne; or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain.

To send your comment to me the following three fields are required: your name, your comment, and prove that you're human. ONLY PUT YOUR FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL or your comment will not get posted to the blog. Once you click submit, you will get a message that the comment has been sent to me for approval. It will not be posted until I send it to the blog (so don't get nervous if you don't see your comment immediately).

You have until May 17, 2013, to give your input.

I will give you my decision on your summer reading on May 22 at our after school meeting along with the other materials you will need during the summer.

If you encounter any problems with this assignment, feel free to stop by my room (514) or email me (swdieterich@lpssonline.com).

This mission must be completed by May 10 when we return to a normal schedule following EOC Testing.

Reading Assignment: "Stockings," "Church," "The Man I Killed," "Ambush," and "Style"

"How to Tell a True War Story" Collage Handout S-49 (bring to class)

Read Hot Topics articles written by your classmates.  Select at least three articles and comment to each article. You will make your comments on that person's blog by clicking on comment in their Hot Topic article. This must be completed by May 10th at midnight.

This mission must be completed by Friday, May 3 at midnight.

Reading Assignment: "Enemies," "Friends," "How to Tell a True War Story," "The Dentist," and "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"

Topics Handout S-39 - Select a position from one of the topics. Create an article that discusses your stand on the topic. Provide concrete evidence in the defense of your opinions. You may have to conduct research. (post as an article on your blog - title the article Hot Topic)

This mission must be completed by Wednesday, May 1.

Reading Assignment: "Love," "Spin," and "On the Rainy River"

CHOOSE ONE and respond in an article on YOUR BLOG -

1. Write about an object that you carry now or carried from your childhood. Describe the object in detail, the mood it evokes, and reasons for its importance.

2. You are going to war and can only take three personal items. Describe in detail each item and the reason why you want to carry it.

This mission must be completed Sunday as we will discuss it on Monday during class..

Reading Assignment: "The Things They Carried"

A Midsummer Night's Dream