Pages+1-26

Date and Pages - 4/29/11 We read pages 1-26.

Summary - In the first few pages of the book, the author talks about the many things that the troop carried when at war. He also emphasized how much the Lieutenant loved this girl from back home named Martha. At the end of the chapter, the author talked about what happened after the troop member Ted Lavender had been shot.

Vocabulary - Page 3 - RTO - Registered training organization Page 2 - SOP - Standard operating procedure Page 5 - Topography - The study of earth's surface shape Page 13 - VC - Vietcong member Page 14 - Dysentaria - Inflammitory of the intestine Page 15 - Mortared - To attack or bomb using shells from a mortar Page 22 - Valor - To be strong in battle Page 22 - Buoyant - To be able to float on top of a liquid or gas Page 25 - Negligence - Failure to take care in doing something Page 26 - Quarreled - To have an angry argument or disagreement

Prediction - We predict that their platoon will straighten up and the lieutenant will forget about Martha to try and help the platoon succeed, because of what happened to Ted Lavender.

Analysis Question - What was the significance of the things they carried? What was the importance repeating so many things? Who is Jimmy Cross?