Summer School Day 12

- Timed Readings 6 and 7

- Continue to read Act IV from King Lear.

- Answer the following questions from Act IV in the existing document "Lear Questions":

1. Why would Gloucester prefer to be led by the madman (Edgar) rather than by a faithful retainer? (IV, i)

2. How does Goneril compound her sins against her family? (IV, ii)

3. How does Albany perceive his wife? (IV, ii)

4. Why is it natural that Lear would not wish to see his daughter Cordelia? (IV, iii)

5. How does Regan compound her sins against her family? (IV, v)

6. How does Edgar begin the process of righting the unnatural events that have occurred? (IV, vi)

7. How does Cordelia react to her father’s words? (IV, vii)

- Read "The Things They Carried" and "Night Life"

- Answer the following questions in a 500 word response using evidence from the text, your experiences, and the real world. Create a google doc called "Things Carried" and share it with me.

- Literally speaking, why were the things they carried important? Elaborate and give examples from the text.

- Figuratively speaking, why other things did these men carry? Elaborate and give examples from the text.

- Please provide at least THREE quotations from the text that support your answers.

- If you were to shipped out to war as a soldier and you had one bag to bring, what would you pack it with?  Explain at least 15 items you'd bring with you.  Something should have symbolic meaning as well.

3) Research paper 2: How does war affect the human mind?

Title a new google document, "PTSD" and share it with me.

Visit these links: 
Historical Examples of PTSD
Youtube Videos on PTSD
PBS Documentary on PTSD

Questions to address in your paper:

• What is PTSD? Define and explain it for your readers.
• Explain the history of PTSD
• What are some examples of PTSD in the past?
• What did they call PTSD in the past?
• Where did the medical term PTSD come from?
• Are there examples of PTSD or traumatic experiences in The Things They Carried or Restrepo?

How to write your paper:

- Break your paper up into different sections

Section 1: Introduction into the topic

Section 2: Defining PTSD and a brief history

Section 3: Example 1

Section 4: Example 2

Section 5: Example 3

Section 6: Conclusion (summary of main points)

Requirements:

• MLA format 
• 1250 words minimum
• 5 quotations in your paper 
• Works Cited page with at least 2 sources 
• Spelling and grammar (10 pts)
• Due on Friday, July 25 at the end of the day.