Private Peaceful "Last Post"

Answer the following question in a complete sentence answer.  Make sure you add lots of detail and three openers in your answer.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in Google Docs. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only. All answers mus be in CSAs.

1. Is Charlie’s court martial fair or unfair in your opinion? Give evidence or reasons to support your view from the story.

Nearly 4 O'clock

German infantrymen wearing gas masks attack across No Man's Land through a cloud of poison gas. By the end of the war, both sides had employed various kinds of gas.

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in GOOGLE DOCS. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. Why does Tommo panic when the Germans attack? Why do you think the German shows mercy to Tommo?

2. Why does Charlie lie and tell the family that he and Tommo are ‘having a fine old time in the trenches?’ Do you agree with his decision?

3. Why doesn’t Tommo desert (leave the army)?  

4. What would you do if you were Tommo?

4. What happened to Anna?

A Minute Past Three

This is a picture of typical trench where soldiers spent their days and nights.

1. Who is Captain Wilkie? How is he different from Sergeant Hanley? (p.120)

2. Is the war going well for the soldiers? How do you know this? 

3. What problems were there in the trenches? 

4. Anna, the girl from the estaminet, reminds Tommo of Molly. Write about a time when you saw someone who reminded you of a person you know.  Tell what it was about that person (not just looks) that reminded you of them.

Draft your answers in Google Docs. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS using Google Read and Write before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember the blog rules.   All answers mus be in CSAs.