Week of January 28th

Monday, Jan. 28th (F)
• Due: Read Chapter Two in Gatsby and complete email (see last week’s calendar).
• Class: Debrief on Valley of Ashes; characterization in Gatsby.

Tuesday, Jan. 29th (S)
• Due: Read Chapter Three in Gatsby. No email today.
• Class: Rhetorical analysis of the Jazz Age.

Wednesday, Jan. 30th (U)
• Class does not meet.

Thursday, Jan. 31st (M)
• Due: Read Chapter Three & Four and complete email (choose roles in advance!):

Chapter Four & Five: Dear Diary
The first person to email should compose a diary entry as Daisy Fay, using information from the period just before her wedding, including the scene with the letter and the bathtub.

The second person to email should briefly comment upon the first writer’s post. Then, compose a diary entry as Jay Gatsby, also using information from this scene. Include what he might have written in that letter to Daisy before her marriage to Tom. Print and bring to class.

• Class: Share diaries; introduce and plan oral interpretations of Chapter Five in groups.

Friday, Feb. 1st (T)
• Due: Passage analysis homework (TBA).
• Class: Perform oral interpretations and discuss; time as motif and theme in Gatsby.

Monday, Feb. 4th (W)
• Due: Read Chapter Six and complete email:

Chapter Six: Free Response
Exchange a short email with your partner about the events in Chapter Seven. Share reactions, observations, insights, analysis, and predictions. Print and bring to class.

• Class: “Fact or Fiction: Tracing Gatsby’s Past.”