Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1.make a plan about what to write 6. use the PIE structure more
2 Do more prewriting 7. Double check my work
3. Take my time 8. Run spell check
4. Link my ideas together better 9. Focus on what I am trying to say
5. make sure to prove my points 10. use better puncuation
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 that it was funny that the Tralfamadorians thought that Billy had a beautiful body
2. I thought it was intresting when the Tralfamadorians asked Billy questions
3. I noticed that in the book there is bassicaly 3 main storylines through time Billyin Dresden, at Tralfamadore, and Billy when he is older
4. I felt bad for billy when Roland Weary was attacking Billy for getting the scouts to leave them behind
5. it was intresting how the book was soposed to be anti war but most of the book focused on billys time travels to Tralfamadore and the future
6. I thought it was intresting when billy asked about why the Tralfamadorians cant stop the destruction of the universe
7. I liked learning about the tourture devices that wearys dad owned
8. I was amaized when I learned how many people died in the Dresden bombing
9. I thought it was sad when Billys wife Valencia died
10. i thought that it was sad that Lazzaro felt he needed to kill anyone that messed with him
11. I was mad when Lazzaro killed the dog by puting shreded metel in a piece of meat
12. I dont understand why the Tralfamadorians knew that they were going to destroy the universe and didn't stop themselves
13. I was suprised when Billy walked in on the girls taking a shower
14. I thought it was funny that Billy had to wear silver boots from the play
15. I thought that Billy was lucky when he found a dimond ring in his jacket in the prison camp
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Death is not the end
2.Our lives have been pre determined
3. It is best to focus on the good times
4. Time is like a River there is a beginning and an end all existing at once
5. War is like a Glacier
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. hello
2. Oh hey Billy
1. Have I ever told you about Tralfamadore
2. No whats Tralfamadore
1. Its a place far far away from here, we had to go through a time warp to get there
2. Weight weight you were abducted by aliens?????
1. Yes and I was kept in some sort of Tralfamadorina Zoo
2. That must have been awful
1. Actualy they tought me many things about time. Like that we dont have free will I have always died and will die after making a speach to a crowd about time.
2. thats horrible you know when you are going to die. How do you know this?
1. I myself have been unstuck in time the first time i time traveled was in the war
2. YOU CAN TIME TRAVEL thats awesome. Why dont you use your powers to stop evil since you can see it coming.
1. It doesn't work that way. I can't control where I go and I cant change anything that has happened because it has already hapened.
2. Whoo mind blowing this could be a book.
1. I do tell people about what I know about time but I dont write a book
2. Lame
1. Unfortunitly since I cracked my skull open in a plane crash my daughter thinks Im crazy talking about Tralfamadore and Time travel
2. Oh well thats too bad. I belive you well at least most of it mabe not the Tralfamadorian part but it seams like a good idea.
1. Okay thanks thats a start at least.
