1. ““A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” - Samuel Johnson
AGENDA
-Hand in Reading Guide to Tray
-Bellwork
-“True War Story” Recipe
Discuss use of talismans in TTTC
Identify and evaluate O’Brien’s recipe for a “True War Story”
5 Oct. 2012
““A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” - Samuel Johnson

2. Homework Read “The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong”
Add 2 lines to your Domain/Example/Purpose chart
Revise Senior Project Proposal
Have parents fill out the Parent Awareness Form.

3. Bellwork /5/2012
Watch Time Magazine video on Talismans and compare to chapter “Stockings”
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4. Bellwork /4/2012
In the Chapter “Recipe for a True War Story”, O’Brien gives several statements about how to tell if a war story is true.
Please work with a partner and identify 12 of these. Write them down in your bellwork journal (each person must have a copy).
Start from the beginning of the chapter. Here is the first one:
A true war story is never moral.

5. True War Story Recipe A true war story is never moral.
A true war story does not instruct.
A true war story is both obscene and evil.
A true war story embarrasses you.
In a true war story, it’s hard to tell what happened from what seemed to happen.
A true war story cannot be believed.
A true war story never seems to end.
A true war story does not generalize.
A true war story makes the stomach believe.
A true war story nothing is ever absolutely true.
A true war story can be told by the questions it makes you ask.
A true war story is never about war.

6. True War Story Recipe Look at your recipe:
What is Tim O’Brien saying about how war is treated in the media and the “true” experience of war?