Wed/Thur -- Spring Break

Gatsby vocabulary portentous--fortuitous 
You will have a quiz over the words portentous--fortuitous on Thur/Friday after we return

In the The American Experience, read pages 693-707 and write a total of 10 quiz questions:
Four (4) short answer
Three (3) identify the speaker of the quote
Three (3) multiple-guess
YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ OVER THIS READING NEXT TIME. BE SURE TO PAY ATTENTION AS YOU READ. WRITE GOOD QUESTIONS SO THAT I PICK YOURS!

Watch F. Scott Fitzgerald, Great American Dreamer, parts 1 and 2
Great American Dreamer
As you watch, take notes (1+ page), approximately as follows:
1/4 page Fitzgerald's Life
1/4 page Fitzgerald's Work
1/4 page 1920's
1/4 page everything else
If you're going to be gone next time, finish all episodes of Great American Dreamer and finish notes

Monday/Tuesday

Gatsby vocabulary portentous--fortuitous 
You will have a quiz over the words portentous--fortuitous on Thur/Friday after we return

In the The American Experience, read pages 693-707 and write a total of 10 quiz questions:
Four (4) short answer
Three (3) identify the speaker of the quote
Three (3) multiple-guess
YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ OVER THIS READING NEXT TIME. BE SURE TO PAY ATTENTION AS YOU READ. WRITE GOOD QUESTIONS SO THAT I PICK YOURS!

Watch F. Scott Fitzgerald, Great American Dreamer, parts 1 and 2
Great American Dreamer
As you watch, take notes (1+ page), approximately as follows:
1/4 page Fitzgerald's Life
1/4 page Fitzgerald's Work
1/4 page 1920's
1/4 page everything else
If you're going to be gone next time, finish all episodes of Great American Dreamer and finish notes

1.Review vocabulary cartoons
Gatsby vocabulary portentous--fortuitous 
Quiz over these words will be Thur/Friday after spring breakVOCABULARY QUIZ
Discuss Gatsby
Notes: How Fitz. writes
--page 25 to Baz Lurhman movie scene
What is gained by the ideas that Nick shares?
--page 39/40
--52. Gatsby's smile. Summarize Nick's description of the smile.
List two points that Fitz. is making about Gatsby. Be specific.
--69-71 "What's your opinion of my, anyhow, old sport? . . . Montenegro, Oxford . . "
Which movie is truer to the text?
Redford 
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.
Decaprio  
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.                                 
HOMEWORK: Read Gatsby chapter 7 for Thur

BE PREPARED FOR SHORT QUIZ OVER CHAPTERS 1-5 NEXT TIME!

Thor's day

Can you write out Pi to 5 decimal places? Turn to your neighbor and recite as much of it as you can!

1.Review vocabulary cartoons
Gatsby vocabulary nebulous--inexplicable
VOCABULARY QUIZ
Discuss Gatsby
Notes: How Fitz. writes
--page 25 to Baz Lurhman movie scene
What is gained by the ideas that Nick shares?
--page 39/40
--52. Gatsby's smile. Summarize Nick's description of the smile.
List two points that Fitz. is making about Gatsby. Be specific.
--69-71 "What's your opinion of my, anyhow, old sport? . . . Montenegro, Oxford . . "
Which movie is truer to the text?
Redford 
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.
Decaprio  
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.                                 
HOMEWORK: Read Gatsby chapter 7 for Thur

BE PREPARED FOR SHORT QUIZ OVER CHAPTERS 1-5 NEXT TIME!

Tuesday, March 14 Pi day!

Can you write out Pi to 5 decimal places? Turn to your neighbor and recite as much of it as you can!

1.Make vocabulary cartoons
Gatsby vocabulary nebulous--inexplicable
VOCABULARY QUIZ NEXT TIME
Discuss Gatsby
Notes: How Fitz. writes
--page 25 to Baz Lurhman movie scene
What is gained by the ideas that Nick shares?
--page 39/40
--52. Gatsby's smile. Summarize Nick's description of the smile.
List two points that Fitz. is making about Gatsby. Be specific.
--69-71 "What's your opinion of my, anyhow, old sport? . . . Montenegro, Oxford . . "
Which movie is truer to the text?
Redford 
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.
Decaprio  
True to text                                   Not true to text                                             
1.                                                  1.
2.                                                  2.
3.                                                  3.                                 
HOMEWORK: Read Gatsby chapter 7 for Thur

BE PREPARED FOR SHORT QUIZ OVER CHAPTERS 1-5 NEXT TIME!

Gatsby vocabulary nebulous--inexplicable
Read Gatsby chapter 6 (chapter 7 will be due Thur)

BONUS NON-SNOW DAY

Watch and compare both movie versions of The Great Gatsby. As you watch, answer the following:
1) Which movie seems to do a better job of expressing the main ideas found in the novel?
Theme 1
Theme 2
2) The Baz Luhrman/DeCaprio film dispenses with much of the narration found in the book and focuses, instead, on the characters and what their actions. To what extent is this a problem?
3) The Redford film uses period music, whereas the DeCaprio film uses contemporary music. Compare and contrast
Redford film music Positives                              Redford film music Negatives
1.
2.
Luhrman film music Positives                             Luhrman film music Negatives
1.
2.
WE WILL DO THE NEXT PART ON MONDAY
Characterization
Which movie's characters seem truer to the text?
Redford Gatsby Positives                              Redford Gatsby Negatives
1.                                                                    1.
2.                                                                    2.
DeCaprio Gatsby Positives                           DeCaprio Gatsby Negatives
1.                                                                    1.
2.                                                                    2.
Mia Farrow Daisy Positives                           Mia Farrow Daisy Negatives
1.
2.
Carey Mulligan Daisy Positives                     Carey Mulligan Daisy Negatives
1.
2.
Myrtle Positives                                             Myrtle Negatives
1.
2.
Myrtle Positives                                             Myrtle Negatives
1.
2.

Monday

Gatsby Vocabulary
vacuous-defunct for Monday quiz (You have to skip down about 30 words)
Characterization The Great Gatsby
Character is revealed by:
What the character says or does
What others say or do, including how they act and react around the character
The narrator tells us
Wha
What the Character is Like     Example with page #
Nick
1.
2.
3.
Gatsby
1.
2.
3.
Daisy
1.
2.
3.
Tom
1.
2.
3.
Jordan
1.
2.
Fitzgerald's writing style

Hemingway's writing style
Take notes as  you read "In Another Country"
Write quiz questions
Watch movie