"Style" & "Speaking of Courage"

• Engels
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Lesson objectives 

Mick and Laurens will teach "In the Field" 

We will complete our structuring 

Word of the day

Spurious (adj) - false, counterfeit, bogus

Which words are synonyms and which are antonyms? 

The political candidate's spurious claims misled people into thinking he had accomplished much in his short time in office. 

valid,  factual,   fraudulent,   phoney,  specious,   genuine 

Collocation: Spurious idea/spurious claim 

Word of the day

Spurious (adj) - false, counterfeit, bogus

Antonyms	Synonyms
valid	fraudulent
factual	phony
genuine	specious

1. How does the village girl respond to her family’s death?

2. Give one detail about the lake itself. ("Speaking of Courage")

3. On what date does Norman Bowker drive around the lake?

4. Norman Bowker imagines driving past
Sally Gustafson’s house and impressing her with what skill?

5. What is the topic of conversation in his imagined conversation with his father?

6. Describe Kiowa’s death.

7. Describe the encounter with the carhop at the drive-in.

8. What does Norman Bowker do at the end of his drive around the lake?

1. Make a list of all the people and objects that are described as being repeatedly seen during Bowker's lapping of the lake. 

2. Do you feel that any of them hold significance outside of the chapter? What significance is that? 

"Speaking of Courage" 

1. How do you consider the lake? How is it connected to the war?
   
2. What day of the year is it?
   
3. Why does he keep driving around the lake?
   
4. Why did the author choose to include the scene at the drive in? What is being explored in that scene? 
   
5. How does the very end of the story replicate the war?
   
6. Why does he take a sip of the disgusting water?
   

1. Why is Norman unable to relate to anyone at home? More importantly, why does he not even try?

2. O’Brien describes the experiences of Norman Bowker after he returned from fighting in Vietnam. What point does this chapter make about veterans’ lives after the war?

3. “The Things They Carried” and “Speaking of Courage” are the only two stories written in the third person. Why are these stories set apart in this manner? What does O’Brien achieve by doing so?

You must use quotes in your answers. 

Step in, step out, step back 

Step In: What do you think this person might feel, believe, know, or experience?

Step Out: What would you like or need to learn to understand this person’s perspective better?

Step Back: What do you notice about your own perspective and what it takes to take

somebody else’s?

In the Teams general posts 

https://padlet.com/r_nusser2/norman-bowker-hd299ea3sc7ck8z5

Step in, step out, step back 

Pay attention to the character’s ethics.

Decide whether the character’s actions are wise or unwise.

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 What

is the character’s motivation?

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Consider

the effects of the character’s behavior on other

characters.

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Look for repeatedly used words that describe the character.

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Be aware of items associated with the character.

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Read between the lines.

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Is

the character “flat” or “round”?

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Consider the historical time period of the character.

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Finally, what does the author think?

In the Teams general posts 

https://padlet.com/r_nusser2/norman-bowker-hd299ea3sc7ck8z5