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Thursday, Sept 30

9/30/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
EVERYONE! (it's good practice and I'll only record your highest score) take the 101D - Academic Verb quiz in G.C.
Vote for next week's homecoming theme days, if that's your thing: bit.ly/BSHhomecoming

Learning Target

I can analyze a text by Citing Textual Evidence

Agenda

Ch 8 Interpretive Question: Fitzgerald named the novel The Great Gatsby - do you believe Gatsby is actually great or is he being ironic?
Write four sentences:
- First sentence provides an inference about if Gatsby was truly great. (think complex and insightful... not just "No. Gatsby wasn't great.")
- Second sentence is a reference example from the text.
- Third sentence is a direct quote from the novel that further supports your reference example.
- Fourth sentence explains how your quote illustrates your points.
Read chapter 9 (Chapter 9 audio)

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments

Read chapter 9
105 "Is Gatsby great"

Wednesday, Sept 29

9/29/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice

Agenda

Choose one person's question from the post on Google Classroom "Gatsby Discussion Questions (Ch 6-7)" and respond to it. DO THIS, as I'll probably call a few people out to kick off a class discussion.
Read chapter 8, keep working on journals
HEADS UP! We'll do the Academic Verb quiz tomorrow for those who still need to take it.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Read chapter 8

Tuesday, Sept 28

9/28/2021

DO NOW

Nada!

Agenda

Counselor Orientation in the auditorium

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

If you were gone, check in with your counselor

Monday, Sept 27

9/27/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Cold recall: Write down everything you can remember about the skills we're working on with the Great Gatsby so far.

Agenda

Finish chapter 7 (Chapter 7 audio)
Write an interpretive or discussion questions for tomorrow. Post in G.C.
Work on Journals/study for vocab quiz

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Read chapter 7
Study for Academic Terms Quiz
- Adding three new ones! See the full list below
- Analyze: to break down
  Interpret: to infer, conclude
  Support: to justify
  Describe: to report or illustrate
  Develop: to elaborate
  Determine: to establish or identify
  Explain: to clarify, discuss
  Summarize: to outline or paraphrase
  Evaluate: to assess, gauge

Friday, Sept 24

9/24/2021

DO NOW

Agenda

Work on journals (or catch up on any missing assignments) for first 20 minutes of class
Begin reading chapter 7

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments

Read half of chapter 7 (~p. 135)

Thursday, Sept 23

9/23/2021

DO NOW

No check in today! Just watchin that movie!

Agenda

Just got right to watching the movie

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Watched the movie through chapter 6

Wednesday, Sept 22

9/22/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Choose one person's question from the post on Google Classroom "Gatsby Discussion Questions (Ch 1-5)" and respond to it. DO THIS, as I'll probably call a few people out to kick off a class discussion.

Agenda

Discuss chapter 5
Read Chapter 6 (audio)

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Read chapter 6

Tuesday, Sept 21

9/21/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Make a list of the characteristics you think someone needs to live a "good" life.

Learning Targets

I can break down and examine a text using textual evidence
- I can create questions to help me analyze a text and discover complexity and insight
- Extension target: I can understand Aristotelian Virtues and Vices and how they may contribute or detract from one's pursuit of happiness.

Agenda

Learn about kinds of Literary Questions
- Factual – Facts!
  •What color is Gatsby’s car?
- Interpretive – Supported inferences
  •Why is Tom cheating on Daisy with Myrtle?
  •What kind of person is Gatsby so far?
  •Do you think Daisy would leave Tom?
- Evaluative – Personal evaluations of situation or point of view
  •Is unfulfillment and recklessness always a product of wealth?
Catch up on assignments and journals. In addition to 2 vocab words, 2 observations + responses, you'll be adding one Interpretive or Evaluative question for discussion per chapter.

DONE AND ALL CAUGHT UP?

Learn about the Aristotelian Virtues and Vices, the "golden mean"
- See this Virtue and Vice Chart
  - Watch a Crash Course EdPuzzle Video using the links below
    - Period 2
    - Period 3
    - Period 5
  - Question for consideration: How do different characters represent some of the virtues and vices? How might these characteristics help or hinder them in their pursuit of happiness?
- Heads up! I'll ask you later in the novel to evaluate the characters in this novel using the concept of Aristotelean Virtues and Vices, so see what you can notice over the next few chapters.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Write one evaluative or interpretive question based on what we've read in the book so far for discussion tomorrow. Post in Google Classroom.

Monday, Sept 20

9/20/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice: Chapters 3 and 4
Make sure you have actually read the Dialectical Journal assignment page (which is also linked on Google Classroom.

Agenda

Reviewed and discussed chapters 1-4
Read chapter 5

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Keep working on those journals, remember
- 2 Vocab words = YOUR definition + two synonyms.
- 2 Observations = Explicit evidence (pg. #) AND reflection

Friday, Sept 17

9/17/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
If you STILL didn't do it yesterday: In Google Classroom under the "Intro: Mindsets" category, complete the "Self-Management Review"

Agenda

Finished reading chapter 4
Watched the first part of the movie

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Make sure you turn in your dialectical journal for chapters 1-4.

Thursday, Sept 16

9/16/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retake Verb Quiz (103C in Google Classroom)
If you didn't yesterday: In Google Classroom under the "Intro: Mindsets" category, complete the "Self-Management Review"

Agenda

Review questions from yesterday and discuss chapter 3
Read Chapter 4

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Read chapter 4 if you were gone.

Hey folks!
My wife is ill, so I'm at home taking care of the kiddos today. My apologies for being gone. I expect you to be on your best behavior for the sub. Use your time wisely and dig into this book. Turns out it's pretty good.

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
In Google Classroom under the "Intro: Mindsets" category, complete the "Self-Management Review"
Finish the "two things" post in Google Classroom if you haven't yet.

Daily Learning Objectives

I can generate complex and insightful inferences.

Agenda

Remember! Verb Quiz on Thursday.
Finish reading chapter 3 if you need.
Complete the 104 - Chapter 3 summary and analysis assignment (I know! I've become what I swore I hated: chapter questions!)
Catch up on dialectical journal for chapters 1-3. (see my example) You'll turn this in for the first time after chapter 4 on Friday.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

104 - Chapter 3 summary and analysis

Tuesday, Sept 14

9/14/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Retrieval Practice
Do the "two things" post if you're in 3rd period!

Daily Learning Objectives

I can use evidence from a text to support my ideas and create insight.

Agenda

Verb Quiz on Thursday.
Check in on Assignment #103.
- #103 Example:
1. INFERENCE Myrtle Wilson wants to come across as sophisticated, wealthy despite her background and current life.
2. DIRECT EVIDENCE During the apartment party, after her new dress is complimented by a partygoer, Myrtle says “It’s just a crazy old thing. I just slip it on sometimes when I don’t care what I look like” (31).
3. EXPLAINATION Myrtle refers to a new and probably expensive dress as “just a crazy old thing,” when in reality she is definitely showing it off to the other party guests as she moves about the room to show that she is "high-class" and expensive things don't mean that much to her.
Read chapter 3 in Great Gatsby
Catch up on Journal entries for chapter 1, 2, and 3.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Read chapter 3

Monday, Sept 13

9/13/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
Read this article on Eudaimonia, with the purpose of answering the question "How does happiness relate to living a good life?"

Daily Learning Objectives

I can use evidence from a text to support my ideas and create insight.

Agenda

Free-writing and discussion questions about the "Pursuit of Happiness" and what we see characters doing in the novel so far:
- Is happiness all you need to live a good life? Why or why not? What else might a person need?
- What is the connection (or disconnection) between carelessness and happiness?
- How do we see characters acting carelessly in Gatsby in pursuit of their own happiness?
Catch up on Journal entries for chapter 1 and 2.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

Response to Reading #1

Friday, Sept 10

9/10/2021

DO NOW

Daily Check-in
retrieval practice.

Daily Learning Objectives

I can analyze, break down and examine, a text
I can identify explicit textual evidence

Agenda

Work on #103 for the first 20 minutes or so of class
Read Chapter 2 in the Great Gatsby.

Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.

use this weekend to catch up on anything you might need to complete for this class.

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