Dear students,The second year of the Great War has almost ended, and you are a soldier fighting for the Allies on the Western Front. There is a lull in the fighting and you finally get a moment to reflect on your experiences of the past two years. You take out pencil and paper and you begin writing.Some of you write a poem (Option A)~ What have you seen?~ Will your images of war be like Rupert Brooke’s or Wilfred

Owen’s?~ Be creative, but remember the task is to discuss battles in

which you’ve fought (remember the one’s you’ve read about, put on your maps, or we have discussed? Bring those up.)

Also, what damage have you seen because of the new weapons of war? (See how Owen brought up mustard gas in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”)

Some of you have no time for flowery words and decide to write a letter home to Mom or Dad (Option B)

~ Tell them what you’ve seen:→the battles Be specific

→ the weaponry→maybe even explain to them why you signed up in the first place (remember how propaganda might have played a role in this?)

~Get creative.

The common denominator to either the poem or the letter is to be creative and bring in the history as you discuss your war experiences, whether they are good, bad or indifferent, and of course have fun showing what you’ve learned!

Sincerely,Ms. Grimshaw