Comments by Helen Plevka Most recent public comments by Helen Plevka https://nowcomment.com/users/117317 I agree! Lots of opportunity for inquiry through this text set and guiding questions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696429 https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696429 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:13:36 -0500 I appreciate the multiple approaches for initially browsing the poems, either from their imagery or for their words. I can envision how my students would approach the material in different ways. https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696426 https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696426 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:12:52 -0500 This activity would fit well in my American Studies class (11th grade, co-taught History and Literature) in our War & Conflict unit. https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696422 https://nowcomment.com/documents/300786?scroll_to=2696422 Currently, we co-construct a list of adjectives with students to describe the battle experience of war: War is…frightening, destructive, humanizing, emotional, strategic, senseless, etc. As we then move through different literary texts in relation to the historic context of four major U.S.-involved wars (Civil War, WWI, WWII, and Vietnam), we return to these words to connect texts and compare the ways in which soldiers wrote about their experiences. Working with this specific text set would help students make further connections to understand the complexity of the wartime experience for soldiers as reflected in their writing. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:07:31 -0500