TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Focus on conclusions: view PPT, read and evaluate actual samples, and rewrite a conclusion with a partner. Review Gatsby Chapter 4 and 5: act out a scene where Daisy sees Gatsby for the first time in years. Talk about Chapter 6. Gatsby character songs.
Due: Read Chapters 5 and 6.
Homework: Please read Chapter 7 for Thursday. Think about which character you'd like to read for some of the dramatic scenes for Thursday.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and Gatsby through the end of Chapter 7. Evidence and example reference worksheet - hand out and brainstorm as a class. Read and act out part of Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Due: Read Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Homework: Read Chapters 8 and 9 of The Great Gatsby (finish the book). Does the ending ring true for you? We'll discuss the book when you get back and it'll be on that week's quiz.
Read the synthesis essay sources and prompt, and outline a response for Monday.
Continue reading your independent reading book. We will be working with the information from these books with a synthesis essay in early May (after April's essay).
Have a spectacular Spring Break!
I look forward to seeing everyone in April.
I look forward to seeing everyone in April.
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