Nov 30
Agenda Planner Check
DUE: Analyzing A Writer's Style
Extra Credit to Present 20 pts.
HW: Show Don't Tell
Choose a different word this time.
Nov 17
On-demand Writing
Analysis Question #2
Write for 40 min
Writing groups
"Range Finders"
Score according to generic holistic rubric
HW: Revise Essay and type
Read 213-233
Apply SOAPStone to the Britt and Barry pieces
Nov 16
HW: Justifications for Dickens and read, Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Silent Dancing"---Apply SOAPStone.
October 29
20 min practice exam: Einstein Letter
Review practice exam: RFK Speech
Review Zeugma
Examples and your chance to create your own Zeugma
Bring essays with the letter to your editor for next class.
October 22
20 min practice exam: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Review practice exam: Samuel Johnson
Review Gatsby Final Exam (Justifictions)
Show Don't Tell handout
HW: complete assignment on the back, along with bringing in an example of each of the following words: zeugma, epistrophe, conduplicatio
October 20th
20 min practice exam
Score Anchor Papers
Individual Grade Conferencing
Score Your Essays (Free Response-- Great Gatsby)
HW. Revise your essays for class on Friday!
October 5th
Continue to work on Quotes Project
Grade Conferencing
Check Reflective letters for a grade.
September 29th
Gatsby Timelines DUE!
Read Ch. 9 FINISH NOVEL!
RESOURCE KITS $3.00 BRING YOUR MONEY! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!
Socratic Seminar
HW: Begin Quotes Project. We will go to the computer lab on Friday!
Gatz to Gatsby transformation (flow chart)
DUE FRIDAY
Whole Group discussion of Gatsby's transformation: take notes
Whole Group reading of Ch. 8. Use the following discussion questions to guide your discussion with partner and add to your timelines which were started on Wednesday.
1) What is Nick's assessment of Gatsby and Daisy's early relationship?
2)What other qualities of Gatsby's character are revealed? What do these details indicate about his character and values?
3) What questions about Gatsby and Daisy's relationship come to mind in this chapter?
4) What do you think Nick means when he yells to Gatsby, "They're a rotten crowd... You're worth the whole damn bunch put togeter" (162). Explain.
5) Select 3 quotations that you think reflect Fitzgerald's ideas or themes on the topics of dreams, success, God, relationships, and self-worth. Explain how these themes are illustrated in the novel.
RESOURCE KITS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK $3.00
Timeline Directions:
- Using the dates provided int the novel and your knowledge of the characters' histories, finish the timeline you have started and include the important events in each character's life.
- For each event, create a symbol or picture to illustrate it.
- There should be 20 or more events on the timeline.
- Draw the illustrations above the horizontal axis of the timeline; write the following facts below the line: Character, date, place, and a brief description of each event.
H.W. TIMELINE DUE TUESDAY! Instructions below:
