Read chapter 4 in Great Gatsby aloud.

Assignment:
Finished aphorisms worksheet
Finished chapter 2 question creation
Periods 2 and 6, Finished Tom and Daisy character analysis

Passed out final project. See attachment for details.
DUE JANUARY 13th. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED.

Finish and turn in Aphorism Worksheet. 
Finish and turn in level questions about chapter 2

Review and discuss the following about chapter 3:
•Why might Fitzgerald use rumors to introduce the character instead of just facts?
•What does the “owl-eyed man” symbolize?
•What are your first (well, second) impressions of Gatsby?
•What shift in the party happens at page 56? Foreshadowing anyone?

Finish level questions from yesterday if needed.

Read chapter 3 in Great Gatsby.

Complete aphorism assignment (attached below)

ASSIGNMENT
Read Chapter 2 of Great Gatsby
Come up with 2 interpretive questions and 1 evaluative question about chapter 2 as you read. We will turn in and discuss these on Monday. (notes and slideshow attached below.)

Sample Level Questions:
FACTUAL
1.What is the “Valley of Ashes” literally?
INTERPRETIVE
1.What does the “Valley of Ashes” represent?
2.How does Fitzgerald use descriptions of color to symbolize wealth/success in his story.
EVALUATIVE
1.In your opinion, what is your feeling about Daisy and Tom not getting a divorce? How would you advise a friend who was going through a similar situation as Daisy?


Periods 2 and 6
1 paragraph (6-8 sentences) about what we like or dislike about Daisy and Tom. Be sure to provide examples from the text.

Finish chapter 1. Discuss level questions (notes listed below)
1.What is the relation between the narrator and Tom Buchannan?
2.Given the short description readers have so far, is Tom happy with his life?
3.The narrator mentions Tom Buchannan's search “wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game” (Fitzgerald 7). What affect does “reaching one’s apex” at a young age have on one’s psyche?

ASSIGNMENT
Finish chapter 1 and based on the notes linked below come up with 2 Level Two (interpretive) questions and 1 Level Three (Evaluative) question.

Below is a link to the audio book as read by Jake Gyllenhaal. Mr. Restad wants Jake Gyllenhaal to read him bedtime stories, don't you?

In class write: exploring the American Dream.

​Began reading The Great Gatsby

All classes worked on edits to their argumentative RSVCP papers. 

If you missed this day, see Mr. Restad. This is an important assignment, skill, and there is a very particular procedure:

• In order for any revisions to be considered the physical RSVCP and blue rubric must be turned in 
• The RSVCP must also be in the correct RSVCP folder (which must be shared with Mr. Restad)

ACT practice write. See the attached documents.

Rest day. Watched this cool video.

Peer editing of our Huck Finn essays. 

Procedures for peer editing:
•Expectation: Don’t phone it in. Be present.
•Take turns reading your own essay aloud. While reading make note of areas with

• confusion
• grammatical errors
• unsound logic

•After reading, switch papers and read through silently:
•Identify thesis and topic sentences
•Mark areas of excellence as well as areas that need work
•Suggest places and ways to improve

Final class day to finish Huck Finn Essay.
​Do work.

Continue work on Literary Essays. Today's topic: outlining paragraphs.

The class will be split into three groups and rotate to different stations answering the following questions.

STATION ONE - Independent reflections
• ​What are at least two lessons do we learn from Huck? Back up answers with evidence from the text.
• Huck is a young, teenage boy. Why do you think Mark Twain would use his 1st person perspective to tell this story?

STATION TWO - Group reflections
• List the three most important developments in Huck as he matures and learns to take responsibility for his choices.
• List Huck’s Five Commandments—beliefs he has come to understand as rules to live by.
• Discuss: Do these represent a genuine moral code that we should all embrace?

STATION THREE - Discussions with Mr. Restad
• Discuss the place of morality in Huckleberry Finn. In the world of the novel, where do moral values come from? The community? The family? The church? One’s experiences? Which of these potential sources does Twain privilege over the others? Which does he mock, or describe disapprovingly?
​• Huckleberry Finn deals with some serious themes: murder, revenge, slavery, betrayal, conscience, abuse, and alcoholism. Is this really a book for high school students? Would a contemporary novel dealing with the same issues be assigned reading?