LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of today’s class, you should be able to

• Explain, in your own words, the basic traits of  each of the main characters introduced in Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby.

In class:  we discussed chapter 1 (Q and A), read the first  scene of chapter 2 together and discussed briefly.

HOMEWORK: READ CH.2

ANNOUNCEMENT: Vocab quizzes (Unit 10) backed up to next week (April 25, 27)

LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of these two days, you should be able to explain the following:

• A brief overview of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life
• What you’ll need to be able to do at the end of the unit
• What is the setting of “THE GREAT GATSBY”
• What do we know about Nick Carraway?”
• What are our first impressions of
  • Nick
  • Tom
  • Jordan
  • Daisy

F SCOTT FITZGERALD BIOGRAPHY

IN CLASS

• Thursday: Intro to Gatsby including a reading of a short biography.  Get copies of Gatsby and packet.  If time permits, begin reading.
• Friday:  Read chapter 1, answer questions for chapter one in packet.

gatsby-packet

LEARNING TARGETS:

1.  Be able to define, in your own words  SATIRE
2. Be able to explain who THE BEATS were and why they were important.
   1. THE BEATS
   2. Beats Video

Week at a Glance

• Monday:  Get new vocab, quick lessons on Satire, The Beats
• Tuesday:  NO CLASS TESTING
• Wednesday: No Class: Testing (5th and 6th hour will meet)
• Thursday/Friday: Introduction to F SCOTT FITZGERALD and “THE GREAT GATSYBY:
• HOMEWORK:  Read CHAPTER 1 of GATSBY by Monday.

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

• Match characters, symbols and passages to the big themes of OF MICE AND MEN

IN CLASS

• Took VOCAB QUIZ 9
• Worked on OF MICE AND MEN THEME CHART YOU RECEIVED YESTERDAY.

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

A) Explain what you think the ending of book means (think in terms of Steinbeck’s message).

B) Refine your thinking about Steinbeck’s themes and how he develops them.

In class we

1. Discussed the ending of the novel
2. Began work on theme sheet

IN class today we….

1.  Took a practice vocab quiz
2. Discussed more “Of Mice and Men”
   1. Talked a lot about what Steinbeck is trying to say by his comparison of
      1. The Dream “Farm”
      2. The reality of “The Ranch”
   2. Big idea is that the big theme of the book is tied up in that so as the book ends, be thinking long and hard about that.

FINISH THE NOVEL BY THURSDAY

LEARNING TARGETS:

• By the end of today, you should be able to explain the significance of key events in chapter 3 and 4 of “Of Mice and Men”

VOCAB PRACTICE UNIT 9

1. VOCAB WEEK:  PRACTICE QUIZ WEDNESDAY, QUIZ FRIDAY
2. READING DAY:  READ OF MICE AND MEN CHAPTER 4

IN CLASS TODAY

1.  READ CHAPTER 3 of OF MICE AND MEN
2. WORK ON REFLECTIONS.  HERE IS A DOCUMENT WITH SOME MODELS OF WHAT 20/20 REFLECTIONS LOOK LIKE