Week of February 4th

Monday, Feb. 4th (W)
• Due: Read Chapter Six and bring your email to class.
• Class: Introducing the Favorite Poem Project; “Fact or Fiction: Tracing Gatsby’s Past.”

Tuesday, Feb. 5th (H)
• Due: Keeping reading and study vocabulary.
• Class: Wrap up timeline activity; review vocabulary.

Wednesday, Feb. 6th (F)
• Due: Study for vocabulary quiz on Units #4-6; read Chapter Seven (no email).
• Class: Quiz on Units #4-6 (there may also be a Gatsby section!); film excerpt and discussion (“Drama at the Plaza”).

Thursday, Feb. 7th (S)
• Due: Finish reading the novel (no email); bring a question you would like to discuss.
• Class: Socratic seminar style discussion.

Friday, Feb. 8th (U)
• No class today.

Note: Let me know by Friday if you want to audition for the Favorite Poem Project!

Monday, Feb. 11th (M)
• Due: Final email with your partner in response to the following question: “How can you connect The Great Gatsby to your own life?” Second person should comment on first person’s email; first person should make every effort to write a short response back to the second person’s ideas.
• Class: Identifying theme through characters, values, and actions.

Tuesday, Feb. 12th (T)
• Due: Begin work on Gatsby theme paper.
• Class: Wrap up Fitzgerald biography (video).

Wednesday, Feb. 13th (W)
• Due: Rough draft of Gatsby theme paper (no late days, please!).
• Class: Peer feedback; work on quotation integration and citation. Finish A&E episode of Biography.

Thursday, Feb. 14th (H)
• Due: Final draft of Gatsby theme paper. Bring Gatsby books to turn in today.
• Class: Begin new unit, including some reading over vacation.

Note: If you will be out of school for the days approaching break be sure to let me know in advance. There will be a reading assignment over the vacation.