Interactive Essay Planning Tool

Some of you might find using this interactive essay map tool helps you practise planning out essays quickly and effectively. It sets you up to create a visual in your mind of the things you need to think about for each part of your essay.

EvidenceChart on Prezi

Visit http://www.evidencechart.com/ and begin analysing our text using this tool. It forces you to dissect the topic and consider all elements of the essay question closely.


- Remember to always include quotes and examples to support your ideas in the supporting details section of your plan.
- Our aim in the exam and SAC is to write four body paragraphs.
- You can plan for a number of different topics using this tool and print them off to review in the lead up to the exam.

Fred Downs - Quotes

‘A man can’t feel safe anywhere in this country.'

‘We live in mud and rain’

‘... One wonders how much the human body can stand’

‘Everyone in the field wants the million-dollar wound so they can be sent back to the states’

‘It was a pretty exciting day’

‘Right now I’m pretending that I’m talking to you’

By Jordan

RODNEY CHASTANT Quotes

-‘My chances of coming away unhurt improve every month because I know so much more than I did as a beginner.’ Pg. 136

-‘The group of men that do this job must have a leader with a conscience.’ Pg 136

-‘We should never have committed ourselves to this goal, but now that we have, what should we do?’ Pg. 210

-‘Mom, I appreciate all your letters.’ Pg. 211

-‘I have a commitment to the men who have gone before me, American men that made the sacrifices...’ Pg. 211

By Laura

Rob Riggan very helpful quotes

‘The longer I am here, the more my hatred of war grows.’ – Rob Riggan, Pg 217

‘And I can go back feeling that I’ve both seen a war, and not been in one’ – Rob Riggan, Pg 166

‘The look on his face mirrored all the frustration and failures of foreign intervention’ – Rob Riggan, Pg 115
‘We seem still cursed by the generalized inability to view these whom we “came to save” as equals.’ –Rob Riggan, Pg 115

‘... Can only feel the human loss and terror which can never be measured in pretty medals or sweet, patriotic speeches.’ – Rob Riggan, Pg 217

By Michael

General Quotes

“We stalked those men as prey.” - James McLeory, page 65.

“Leaves you deaf for the rest of your life but just how long will that be?” - George T. Coleman, page 78.

“Vietnam has my feelings on a seesaw.” -  George Williams, page 105.

“Well, I’ve had my baptism by fire, and it’s changed my I think.” -  Robert C. “Mike” Ransom, Jr., page 180.

“It’s great to know your family’s safe, living in a secure country; a country made secure by thousands upon thousands of men who have died for that country.” -  Rodney R. Chastant, page 211.

“We are the ones you sent to fight a war you didn’t know a thing about.” - William Ehrhart, page 233.

“Please pray for me, Debby.” - Alan Brundo, page 265.

“There are a lot of mixed emotions.” - John Hagmann, page 274.

Rodney Chastant Quotes

• ‘I choose Vietnam’ (Page 137)
• ‘Here there is a job to be done’ (Page 136)
• ‘One of the staggering facts is that most men here believe we will not win the war’ (Page 209)
• ‘We should have never committed ourselves to this goal, but now that we have, what should we do?’ (Page 210)
• ‘I was proud to be an American, proud to be a Marine, proud to be fighting in Asia’ (Page 211)

Rob Riggan Quotes

• ‘The longer I am here, the more my hatred of war grows.’
• ‘And I can go back feeling that I’ve both seen a war, and not been in one’
• ‘The look on his face mirrored all the frustration and failures of foreign intervention’
• ‘We seem still cursed by the generalized inability to view these whom we “came to save” as equals.’
• ‘... Can only feel the human loss and terror which can never be measured in pretty medals or sweet, patriotic speeches.’

 

By Zac