April 2 & 3, 2025

Agenda

1. Starter: 4/2 & 4/3

   • Take the Panorama Survey. The access code is your student ID.

2. Take notes! TTTC: Vignette #1 Notes

3. View The Lunch Scene from The Breakfast Club.

   • What can we infer about each character based on what they brought for lunch?

   • What about how they react to each others’ lunches?

   • Contribute to the Padlet.

4. Warm-Up: Things You Carry

   • PROMPT: Write down everything and anything you can think of that you are carrying with you today. 

   • What inferences would someone make about you based on your list? 

   • What items on your list might give someone the wrong impression without context or background?

   • What could you add to the list that would symbolically say more about you (even if you aren’t actually carrying it right now)?

5. TTTC: Vignette #1

   • Reading: The Things They Carried: “The Things They Carried”

   • Assignment: Vignette 1 Group Assignment

     • While we read: 

       • Listen for your group's character and take notes on the scratch paper at your table. Take notes on:

         • A list of what the character carries

         • The meaning of their name (you may need to consult Google after we finish reading the chapter)

         • Any quotes (with page numbers!) that reveal something about the character indirectly: AKA indirect characterization

       After we read: 

       • Compare your list to the list on the graphic organizer.

       • Identify what each item from the list symbolizes about the character's personality, values, beliefs, or worldview.

       • Record any quotes (cited in MLA) and write 2-3 sentences of analysis for these quotes analyzing what they indirectly reveal about the character's personality, values, beliefs, or worldview.

   • Audiobook: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5