Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Thur/Friday March 12/13

Fitzgerald Commentary presentations
Vocab 31-40
Hemingway--differences between his style and Fitzgerald's
Watch movie

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Wed/Thur March 3, 4--Gatsby passages, themes

HOMEWORK:
1. Read chapters 7, 8, 9 (finish) before class next Tue or Wed
PDF The Great Gatsby
2. Review vocabulary words 21-30 for quiz Monday

TODAY
1. Write vocabulary story with partner using 5 words from 21-30
2. 20 min reading time
3. Discuss Gatsby passages: 16 (solstice), 21(beautiful little fool), 38 (he was a gentleman), 96 (how do you live there alone?), 99 (push you around in a cloud), 101 (Daisy tumbled short of his dreams)
4. Watch Gatsby, Baz Luhrman/Leo DeCap 

RESOURCES:
"In Another Country"
"A Clean, Well-lighted Place"
Hemingway Code Hero
PDF The Great Gatsby

Audiobook, The Great Gatsby 
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 1
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 2
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 3
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 4
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 5
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 6
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 7
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 8
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 9

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Tue/Wed 25/26th

THE GREAT GASPY

HOMEWORK
Review Study Guide (recommended)
STUDY GUIDE FOR GATSBY QUIZ, CHAPTERS 3, 4 (10pt. quiz)
All questions will be taken from this list (be sure to check list after 8th period enters questions)
Review SAT Vocabulary: The Great Gatsby ALL words 11-20 for easy quiz next time
Read chaptes 5, 6, 7 before class next Tue or Wed
PDF The Great Gatsby

TODAY
1. 40 min reading time (or review vocabulary, if you prefer)
2. Enter at least one of your questions from chapter 3 or chapter 4 into Study Guide
STUDY GUIDE FOR GATSBY QUIZ, CHAPTERS 3, 4
Hand in your questions

3. Color mark Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-lighted Place"
    Take notes/annotate for future reference


RESOURCES:
Some students might like to reread In Another Country at some point, so here it is:
    In Another Country

The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 1
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 2
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 3
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 4
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 5
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 6
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 7
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 8
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 9

Friday, February 14, 2020

Great Gatsby, chapter 1

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Gatsby chapter 2
PDF The Great Gatsby
  (public domain since it was published more than 75 years ago)
2. Memorize vocabulary for quiz next time (words 1-10 SAT Vocabulary: The Great Gatsby ALL)

CLASSWORK:
1. Reading check, chapter 1
2. Commentary passages--In My Younger and More Vulnerable Years  and Daisy's House
3. Gatsby Vocabulary --share example sentences
4. Gatsby Vocabulary Game


Read Gatsby chapter 1
THE VOCABULARY IN GATSBY IS APPROXIMATELY FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE LEVEL (AT WILLAMETTE OR STANFORD, FOR EXAMPLE).
Below, you will find extensive lists of vocabulary for all of the chapters (approximately 30 words per chapter, 250 in all).
I would recommend reviewing the vocabulary before reading a chapter.
Another thing you could do would be to print the list of vocabulary and refer to it as you read.
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 1
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 2, 3, 4
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 5
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 6
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 7
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 8, 9

The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 1
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 2
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 3
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 4
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 5
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 6
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 7
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 8
The Great Gatsby Audiobook, chapter 9

F. Scott Fitzgerald--Great American Dreamer


Thursday, February 13, 2020

Thur/Fri, February 13/14

HOMEWORK: Read Gatsby chapter 1
PDF The Great Gatsby
  (public domain since it was published more than 75 years ago)

Reading check, pp. 693-707

Gatsby Vocabulary
Create Google Doc for Gatsby Vocabulary
Go to the Web and find definitions and example sentences.
Copy definitions and example sentences into a Quizlet deck
SAT Vocabulary: The Great Gatsby ALL

Read Gatsby chapter 1
THE VOCABULARY IN GATSBY IS APPROXIMATELY FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE LEVEL (AT WILLAMETTE OR STANFORD, FOR EXAMPLE).
Below, you will find extensive lists of vocabulary for all of the chapters (approximately 30 words per chapter, 250 in all).
I would recommend reviewing the vocabulary before reading a chapter.
Another thing you could do would be to print the list of vocabulary and refer to it as you read.
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 1
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 2, 3, 4
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 5
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 6
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 7
Quizlet, Gatsby Vocabulary, Chapter 8, 9



Thursday, February 6, 2020

THUR/FRI--COMMENTARY

HOMEWORK: We will have 50 minutes of class time today to finish the  first draft of your Commentary (5 pts.) If that is not enough time for you, work on it at home.
HOMEWORK over the weekend:
     1. Finish final draft of Commentary (20 pts.)
     2. Complete Commentary checklist and self-evaluation (5 points)
 MONDAY'S HW: Read Intro to Modern Age in The American Experience (pp. 693-707)
         Read Intro to Hemingway in The American Experience (pp. 720, 721)

CLASSWORK:
Type 2-3 page double-spaced Commentary (see handout) on a poem by Emily Dickinson
or Walt Whitman

   Example: Spring and Fall--to a Young Child
     We will work on your Commentary in class today
         Draft 1 due Today (5 pts) (I will simply come around and check to verify progress
     We will revise on Thur/Fri during class
         Final draft due Monday, Feb 10, 11:59 PM (20 pts.)

Whitman Poems
When I Heard the Learned Astronomer, by Walt Whitman
Top Ten Whitman Poems
Dickinson Poems
 I died for beauty, by Emily Dickinson
Some keep the sabbath
I cannot live with you
Top 15 Dickinson Poems