1. Draw a picture of a Tralfamadorian (Vonnegut 26).
Bellringer: Imagery
Draw a picture of a Tralfamadorian (Vonnegut 26).

2. “It’s a tralfamadorian Tuesday!”
AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
MR. HOUGHTELING
OCTOBER 2, 2012
“It’s a tralfamadorian Tuesday!”

3. Draw a picture of a Tralfamadorian (Vonnegut 26).
Bellringer: Imagery
Draw a picture of a Tralfamadorian (Vonnegut 26).

4. Did your picture look like this?

5. Or this?

6. Fun with Tralfamadorians.
AGENDA
Fun with Tralfamadorians.
Turn in your reflection on the Dresden images.
Passage Goldmine.
Oral Reading.

7. Passage Goldmine
We will IDENTIFY certain passages of text that we believe to be important to the novel or reflective of a larger idea in relationship to the novel.
These passages may illustrate certain aspects of CHARACTERIZATION, THEME, IMAGERY or other important idea.

8. Passage Goldmine—What is required?
In your chapter, you must identify at least two sections of text that you deem memorable or important. Then you must analyze those sections individually, discussing (using analytical paraphrase) what makes those passages important are significant to the reader.
You should always try to link your passage to the novel as a whole or some other big idea.

9. Important text to examine:
Major themes, quotes, and questions coming up…
- page 53 – the corporal’s boots
- page 61 – crying
- page 67 – “I”
- page 73 – “mustard gas and roses”
- page 75 – Hitler, Adam and Eve

10. More important text to examine:
page 86 – free will (Tralfamadorians)
page 87 – allusion to Valley of the Dolls
page 91 – listed as dead
page 96 – soap and candles. So it goes.
page 101 – new lies (Rosewater)
page – epitaph (Vonnegut)