WLC+Hyeunjin

= READING PLAN = = = Class 40 World Literature Circles - Meeting #1 Pages / Chapters Due chapter 1- chapter 3

Class 41 World Literature Circles - Meeting #2 Pages / Chapters Due: chapter 4 - chapter 7

Class 43 World Literature Circles - Meeting #3 Pages / Chapters Due: chapter8 - chapter 9

Class 44 World Literature Circles - Meeting #4 Pages / Chapters Due: chapter10 - chapter12

= PREVIEW = Based on the cover art of this novel "All quiet on the western front" it looks like its is going to be about the warfare in the west. DONE READING : ) It is the first point of view. Pg.1 "__We__ are at rest five miles behind the front"  lack of food " We have not had such luck as this for a long time "  We/ Tjaden + Muller, the cook,  Hard working " Tjaden and Muller have produce two washbasins and had them filled up to the brim as a reserve."  Time:during the world war 1. Location:Western front ( behind the front)  I think this book will be about the soldiers in the trench , the miserable life that they have during the wars
 * Preview** your book by answering the following questions on your wiki page:
 * What do you think this novel will be about based on the cover art? (complete sentences)
 * READ THE FIRST PAGE ALOUD IN YOUR GROUP
 * What is the POV (provide evidence)?
 * What conflict is introduced?
 * What characters are introduced?
 * What do you learn about each of the characters (provide textual evidence)?
 * What is the setting (time, location)?
 * What do you think this book will be about? (complete sentences)

= AFTER THE FIRST MEETING = What was the most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in your group meeting today? (Describe the discussion in as much detail as you can, noting the ideas various members came up with as well as any follow-up questions that were asked. (This reflection needs to be a paragraph in length.)

The most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in out group meeting today was when we discussed about the significant passages. Each of us presented two important passages that each of us came up with and the other group members had to make a guess on why that passage might be significant. Since passages consist of many vocabularies and 6 traits, while we were going on the passages we discussed the other literary devices. That was a very effective. For example, there was a passage where every single one us agreed upon which was on page 3 " Close behind us were our friends: Tjaden, a skinny locksmith of our own age, the biggest eater of the company. He sits down to eat as thin as a grasshopper and gets up as big as a bug in the family way; Haie Westhus, of the same age, a peat=differ, who can easily hold a ration loaf in his hand and say; Guess what I 've got in my fist;then Detering, a peasant, who thinks of nothing but his farm-yard and his wife; and finally stanislaus Katczinsky, the leader of our group, shrewd, cunning and hard-bitten, forty years of ge, with a face of the soild blue eyes, bent shoulders and a remarkable nose for dirty weather." This passage is very significant that it introduces that characters thoroughly.

= = = **Examining the Setting with Research** =

Why? Actively pursuing additional background knowledge can make a book more enjoyable and multiply the avenues of conversation when literature circles meet.

1. With your world lit. group, list the time period, location, and as many historical details and figures as you can identify from the first section of your book. 2. Each group member needs to select one item on the list to research. It could be the time period, location, or a historical detail.

3. You need to find one reliable source (an article or web page) that provides interesting / relevant information on your topic. 4. You may not use Wikipedia as your source, but you can always check the links at the bottom of the relevant page. 3. By the next class you need to post the following on your world lit. wikipage: (on the Block C or Block E page)
 * your topic of research
 * a URL link to your reliable source
 * state why you think the source is reliable
 * write a one paragraph summary of your source (5-8 complete sentences)
 * be prepared to share with your group and the class

=ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT TIME PERIOD= =-weaponry- = I think that the sources i used are very reliable because they are from the educational organization.

In the year of 1914-1918, the year of World War 1, there was numbers of weaponry used by the soldiers. The weapons include bayonets, flamethrowers.grenades, machine guns, poison gas, rifles, tanks. trench mortars. These weapons are used for different purposes, and they are all made in different structures and shapes or forms. Let's take a closer look at one of these weapons. For example, the machine guns, it is good that it has large capacity, and they are portable as well.

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_quiet_on_the_western_front http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/index.htm



= Find the sentence pattern in the book "all quiet on the western front" =

1. sentence pattern search; look for the following:
 * semicolon
 * colon
 * series (balanced pairs)
 * dash
 * parentheses
 * appositives
 * dependent clauses (use of subordinating words)
 * repetition-page 173"words, words, words": it is sentence patter 4 because it did not use the conjunction.

= AFTER THE SECOND MEETING = What was the most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in your group meeting today? (Describe the discussion in as much detail as you can, noting the ideas various members came up with as well as any follow-up questions that were asked. (This reflection needs to be a paragraph in length.)

The most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in my group meeting today was one of the three passages that i brought up because it seemed important. It was on page 101 "But every soldier believed in change and trusts his luck " I thought this sentence is very important that reflects on the theme of the story. On the other hand my group members thought it is significant that it reflects on the soldiers ' despair in the hard life conditions.

= AFTER THE THIRD MEETING = The most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in our group today was the different idea about the theme. One of our group members thought that the theme of this book "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT" was the torturous life in the war. However, I thought the theme differently, I thought that more than anything else, the book was trying to convey the idea of patience to go through the hard time. Overall, each of the members all had different themes for the book. Most probably it is because we all have different perspectives.

= AFTER THE FOURTH MEETING =

The most interesting idea of insight that was discussed in our group today was the connection between then book " All quiet on the western front" and one of the books we read this year. I, personally chose the book "Things fall apart " to explain the connection with the book " All quiet on the western front". In the book things fall apart, as the enlightenment reaches the igbo culture, everything fell apart from each other. Same as "All quiet on the western front" the main character Paul, who fights in war, as he is busy serving in the trench, he has less and less time to spend his time with the rest of the family members. Eventually he has no time to spend with his mom personally and they are broke, that they are broke, creating uncomfortable feelings towards each other.