Slaughterhouse-Five
Vocabulary and Question Journal
Part
A: Vocabulary
For this unit on Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five we will keep a word
journal like we did with Henry V but
with a few changes. Please make 15
entries total (either typed or hand-written) that covers the scope of the
reading. Follow the steps below for each entry:
a. Write out at least seven words of the
sentence where your word appears, including the word underlined and the page
number.
b. Before looking up a word’s definition,
write down what you think the word means based on context clues and/or the root
word.
c. Include the part of speech your word
belongs to and write a brief definition in your own words.
d. Use it in your own sentence as the
same part of speech you identified.
Vocab Entry Example:
a. “His mother was incinerated in the Dresden
firestorm” (2).
b. The root “ciner” sounds like cinder and along with the
term firestorm the word seems to have something to do with burning.
c. to destroy by burning (verb)
d. The old man was arrested by the EPA after he incinerated
toxic trash in his back yard filling the neighborhood with dangerous
carcinogens.
Part
B: Questioning
Please make 15 entries total that covers the scope of the reading. For each entry:
·
Ask
a question about style, plot, anything you want that is related to the book
somehow. If you need more guidance, consider
the 5 different types of questions found on the back of this assignment.
·
Include
the page number of the text where you thought of your question.
Question Entry
Example:
1. p. 22: Is Vonnegut writing an autobiography or a
fictional piece like I was told?
Due:
April 20 Worth: 30 points
WORLD CONNECTION
QUESTION:
Write a question connecting the text to the real world.
Example: If you were given only 24 hours to pack your most
precious belongings in a back pack and to get ready to leave your home town,
what might you pack? (After reading the first 30 pages of NIGHT).
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTION:
Write a question about the text that will help everyone in
the class come to an agreement about events or characters in the text. This
question usually has a "correct" answer.
Example: What happened to Hester Pyrnne's husband that she
was left alone in Boston without family? (after the first 4 chapters of THE
SCARLET LETTER). OPEN-ENDED QUESTION:
OPEN-ENDED QUESTION:
Write an insightful question about the text that will
require proof and group discussion and "construction of logic" to
discover or explore the answer to the question.
Example: Why did Gene hesitate to reveal the truth about the
accident to Finny that first day in the infirmary? (after mid-point of A
SEPARATE PEACE).
UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE
QUESTION:
Write a question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that
will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.
Example: After reading John Gardner's GRENDEL, can you pick
out its existential elements?
LITERARY ANALYSIS
QUESTION:
Write a question dealing with HOW an author chose to compose
a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of view,
characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example?
Example: In MAMA FLORA'S FAMILY, why is it important that
the story is told through flashback?