Sunday, February 6, 2011

Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1.Wright more.           6.Creative thoughts.
2.Use more quotes.     7.Better words.
3.Use more examples.8.Neat
4.Good punch.           9.More Orginized
5. Good summery.     10.clear thesis




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 thought the sceen when Billy was licking the spoon and gave syrup to Edgar was thoughtful.

2. The British soldiers ridiculing them for being sloppy and skinny as chickens was sad.

3. The horrible descriptions of torture by Roland made this book disturbing.  

4. The daughter  scolding Billy- "what are we going to do with you?" showed the cruelty of this book

5. The fact he waited for Montana W to trust him before they were intimate... It shows respect.

6. The fact he realized no one in their right mind would have married valencia shows that you cant judge a book by its cover. 

7. The book was somewhat confusing like when it kept jumping from different parts in time. 

8. This book was funny when Billy had to wear the small coat.

9. I thought this book was weird when Billy got abducted.

10. I thought this book was written cleverly how it jumps between different stages of Billy s life.

11. This book was funny when Billy described Valencia.

12. I thought this book was scary during the torture scenes.

13. I thought this book was emotionless because Billy always felt the same way.

14. This book was surprising when it told you the end of it towards the beginning. 

15. This book was suspenseful when Billy was getting shot at in battle and his squad was telling him to take cover and he wouldn't.



State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Life Cycle.

2. War is life.

3. What is time?

4. Does life end?

5. Where does time begin?



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.


Billy: Hey Jack
Jack: Hey Billy hows it going?
Billy: Pretty good, I have to tell you about a trip I went on!
Jack: Ok Billy where did you go?
Billy: TRALFAMADOR.
Jack: Where the heck is that?
Billy: Its a distant planet in another galaxy.
Jack: Whoooa that sounds cool.
Billy: Yeah it was.
Jack: What did you do there?
Billy: Well I had sex with Montana Wildhack.
Jack: What?! Dude tell me how this happened!
Billy: Well I woke up in a cage and a voice from a Tralfamadorinan start talking to me and answered some of my questions, Then Montana Wildhack appeared naked.
Jack: What did you do?
Billy: I clothed her and asked the voice what we were doing here and he asked us to mate.
Jack: Hahaha so did you?
Billy: No! at least not right then. I let her get comfortable with me and the situation first.
Jack: How long did that take?
Billy: A couple weeks.
Jack: Thats not to bad.
Billy: Yeah but we had a kid.
Jack: What?! Where is it now.
Billy: Not here because remember I am traveling threw time.
Jack: Ahh yes thats right almost forgot.
Billy: Well I better get going, ill see you later maybe.
Jack: Alright Billy nice to see you, bye.