Sketch to Stretch

Sweet Dried Apples

by

Rosemary Breckler

                      

                                                     

                                                                                        

                                  

Natalie L. of Minnesota cries for the memory of her friends on Memorial Day, May 29, 2000 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Natalie L. was a nurse during the Vietnam war.

                                  

People trace the names of their love ones from the wall of Vietnam Veterans Memorial, May 29, 2000, on Memorial Day in Washington, DC.

                            

Kate Halpin, front, of California is comforted by her friend Latt McInnis as she remenbers her brother on Memorial Day, May 29, 2000 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Halpin's brother was sent to Vietnam war and is reported still missing.

                        

         

                      

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Douglas Findlay touches the engraved name of fellow Marine Sgt.Timothy Bodden, while visiting the Vietnam War Memorial. Bodden was in the same unit which Findlay currently serves in during the Vietnam War and is officially listed as missing in action. Memorial Day honors those who gave their lives in battle for the US.

                       

Becky Solas Diaz kisses the grave marker of her brother who fought in the Vietnam war , May 29, 2000, during the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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•Village•Dirt road•Forest•Guava trees•grandchildren

Page 3•Village•War•Soldiers•Burning •Roaring in the sky•Booming noises

Guava Fruit

Guava Fruit

 

DIPOLOG TROPICAL FRUITS 

 

 

 

 

                                  

 

 

                                  

http://www.lachage.com/vietnam/vietnam1_1.htm

 

 

                                  

MAJOR EVENTS

*The dad goes to war.

*The grandfather leaves to help those fighting.

*War came to the village, and it was burned.

*The grandfather dies.

*The family has to flee.

 

 

                                  

OUTCOME

*The family crowds on to a small boat, trying to escape war.

 

 

                                  

REFLECTION #1

*He was very concerned about how his grandchildren would grow up.

 

 

                                  

REFLECTION #3

*They felt scared, threatened, sad, angry, and nervous.

 

 

                                  

Vocabulary

*elder *fragrant

*stern *exhausted

*naughty

*herb

*armoire

*expensive