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Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1. take more time on quotes                              6. have a stronger opinion

2  Focus better                                                 7. have a more obvious theme

3. Have a better thesis statement to follow         8.bettter word choice

4. Follow the rubric                                          9. more vocabulary

5. keep on topic                                               10. dont just rush through it

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 it was interesting when it skipped around the entire book.

2. i thought that the author had a diferent train of thought than most people by the way he wrote

3. the book didnt have much voice. billy pilgrim didnt have many opinions about things

4. the topics in the book were very interesting like the 4th dimension

5. I did not like billy pilgrim because he was to laid back about things and was to passive like a who cares kind of person. when people died he says "so it goes"

6. the book was strange because. it talked about your life never actually ending

7.i did not like the book because it was saying nothing matters

8. the book didnt think that your life doesnt end and i didnt like that

9. it had many of its own beliefs but i did not agree with them. like the life after death

10. The style of writing was very strange through the book

11. billy pilgrim was brave. but he was brave for the wrong reasons. he was brave because he didnt care

12.everybody thought that billy was crazy. and i would have too

13. If i was his daughter i dont know what my reaction would be either to be sad or freaked out

14.the book was a new style of writing for sure

15. the book had some beliefs that were way out there

State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.

1. Death is not a big deal

2. Only few people can see the 4th dimesnion

3. You have to learn to get unstuck in time by the tralfamadorians

4. Being unstuck in time is a gift

5. War is not a bad thing

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.



Me: Hi billy
Billy: Hi
Me: So do you remember almost every event in your life at any time in your life?
Billy: Yes i do
Me:Do you not find that weird?
Billy: Not anymore i dont