LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of class today, you should be able to answer the big questions from the Chapter 6 section of the MASTER PRESENTATION

VOCAB PRACTICE UNIT 9

HOMEWORK FOR WEEKEND:  READ CH. 5

LEARNING TARGETS:as a result of today’s class you should be able to…

1. Summarize the key developments of Chapter Four in the Great Gatsby
2. Define the concept of theme in literature
3. Be able to brainstorm some emerging themes in the first section of Gatsby

MASTER PRESENTATION

NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR GRADE ON YOUR OF MICE AND MEN ESSAY DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. Write a third draft
2. Include a “last page” in which you explain what you did differently in this draft AND why you think it is better.
3. Turn in WITH YOUR GRADED DRAFT STAPLED TO THE BACK by the end of school next Monday!

LEARNING TARGETS:

1. What do we learn about “upper class” society in Chapter 2?
2. What role does alcohol play?

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of today you should be able to identify the symbolism in

1. THE VALLEY OF ASHES
2. THE EYES OF DR. T.J. ECKLEBURG

IN CLASS

1. We took a practice Vocab Quiz for Unit 8
2. Read Chapter 2 (CE read the first couple of pages aloud and discussed the above symbolism)

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of the day you should be able to

• make preliminary “scouting reports” about the five characters we meet in Chapter 1
• say something about the meanings of EAST and WEST in American literature/traditions.

In class:  did a brief group exercise on characters, had a quick lecture/presentation from C.E. (using the same presentation as yesterday with slides added)

IN CLASS:  We started with five practice vocab words (LAST five on the presentation posted last week).  Then class was broken into five groups:  each was assigned one of the following characters and given 10-12 minutes to come up with a list of five adjectives to describe their character–making sure they could support that idea in the text. Both second and third hour’s words were added to the slides in the master presentation.  Then groups reported out and we discussed as a class.  C.E. also added some lecture/new information into the discussion (see slides comparing Nick with Fitzgerald and talking about symbolic meanings of East and West).

LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of this lesson/activity you should be able

1. Explain the basic traits of each of the main characters we meet in Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, (Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan and, a little bit of Jordan Baker).
2. Explain the setting of the novel
3. Explain the significance of the scene on the dock at the end of the chapter.

GATSBY:  TEACHER NOTES/STUDENT GUIDE

LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of the hour you should be able to

• Define Symbolism in your own words
  • SYMBOLISM WEBSITE
  • SYMBOLISM VIDEO
• Be able to explain the key points of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Biography

WORK DAYS:  PAPER FINAL DRAFT (Due Friday)

VOCAB PRACTICE