Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1.do rough drafts 6.practice PIE's
2edit papers thoroughly 7.dont just get it done, try to make a good essay
3.re-read things for clarification 8.use a bigger and wider vocabulary
4.follow directions 9.go in after school if i need help
5.ask for help 10.ask parents for help
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.The uniqueness of Billy throughout the book was great.
2. The descriptions of sex were very detailed. I would have a hard time writing them.
3. I thought the torture descriptions went too far into detail.
4. Billy's content with death was very different from anybody else.
5. The characters he met in the hospital had very interesting and strange personalities.
6. The average man he was in the war was different from any other war stories.
7. I thought it was bad how he didn't warn anyone about the plane about to crash. he could have saved people.
8.It was neat how the suffering animals were what bothered him more then anything else he had been through.
9. It was strange how Billy didn't object when people called him crazy.
10. The idea of the fourth dimension was very different from other stories and ideas. It would be very hard to come up with.
11. I think "so it goes" was a sad truth about the world.
12. The peace on tralfamadore was surprising. Whenever I think of aliens i think of violent creatures that want to take over other planets.
13. The interest the tralfamadorians take in human reproduction was interesting and It was neat how they thought of humans as animals or pets.
14. I thought it was strange how he married Valencia but he wasn't attracted to her.
15. The entire book had strange humor where I often thought it was funny but it felt wrong or inappropriate to laugh.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1.Death is an unfortunate part of life we must live with.
2. It is important to focus on the happy parts of our lives.
3. Time really doesn't mean anything.
4. Once you die, your soul lives on forever through other people. you never stop having an impact on peoples lives.
5. You can't do anything to change the way the world is and how it functions
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.
1.do rough drafts 6.practice PIE's
2edit papers thoroughly 7.dont just get it done, try to make a good essay
3.re-read things for clarification 8.use a bigger and wider vocabulary
4.follow directions 9.go in after school if i need help
5.ask for help 10.ask parents for help
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.The uniqueness of Billy throughout the book was great.
2. The descriptions of sex were very detailed. I would have a hard time writing them.
3. I thought the torture descriptions went too far into detail.
4. Billy's content with death was very different from anybody else.
5. The characters he met in the hospital had very interesting and strange personalities.
6. The average man he was in the war was different from any other war stories.
7. I thought it was bad how he didn't warn anyone about the plane about to crash. he could have saved people.
8.It was neat how the suffering animals were what bothered him more then anything else he had been through.
9. It was strange how Billy didn't object when people called him crazy.
10. The idea of the fourth dimension was very different from other stories and ideas. It would be very hard to come up with.
11. I think "so it goes" was a sad truth about the world.
12. The peace on tralfamadore was surprising. Whenever I think of aliens i think of violent creatures that want to take over other planets.
13. The interest the tralfamadorians take in human reproduction was interesting and It was neat how they thought of humans as animals or pets.
14. I thought it was strange how he married Valencia but he wasn't attracted to her.
15. The entire book had strange humor where I often thought it was funny but it felt wrong or inappropriate to laugh.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1.Death is an unfortunate part of life we must live with.
2. It is important to focus on the happy parts of our lives.
3. Time really doesn't mean anything.
4. Once you die, your soul lives on forever through other people. you never stop having an impact on peoples lives.
5. You can't do anything to change the way the world is and how it functions
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: Hi Ben
Ben: Hi Billy
Billy: do you believe in time?
Ben: yes of course!
Billy: if you lived in the fourth dimension you would know that time doesn't matter.
Ben: what is the fourth dimension?
Billy: the fourth dimension is time
Ben: Who else knows about the fourth dimension?
Billy: The tralfamadorians know about this, they are the aliens who showed it to me
Ben: sounds interesting
Billy: it is very interesting
