PowerSchool will reopen for students/parents on Friday afternoon. Reminder, next week is Spring Recess/Vacation.
Period 1:
Great Gatsby Chapter 4 due Tuesday.
Great Gatsby Chapter 5 due Wednesday.
Wednesday group discussion questions:
1. How does Gatsby act around Daisy while
at Nick’s house? How does this compare to earlier descriptions/actions of
Gatsby? (Also what does he wear?)
2. Is Gatsby using Nick? Defend your
opinion.
3. What has happened to Gatsby’s view of the green
light on the dock? Why? (93).
4. Look at the lyrics of the song Klipspringer
plays? What is he singing about and how might this relate to big ideas/themes about
life/people in the book thus far?
5. Towards the end of the chapter, Nick
says, “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled
short of his dreams—not through her own fault but because of the colossal
vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything” (95). What
does this quote mean? What does it say about Gatsby and Daisy?
6. Nick says Gatsby “revalued everything in
his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes”
(91). Is this a good thing? What do you think of Daisy’s reactions to Gatsby’s
life (the house, the shirts, etc.)?
Great Gatsby Chapter 6 due Thursday.
Notes from Chapter 6 Graded Discussion:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WzZhYMSqhz58OH5Q0luNoRJP1cNsaA4aiSNWSkpS27c/edit?usp=sharing
For each chapter, track the references and uses of time for characters, specifically how they spend their time and what they do with it. Also look for symbolism, passages that are particularly beautiful, melancholy, meaningful, or that offer deeper insight into characters or themes/motifs (hope, dreams, judgment, truth, time, beauty, opportunity/advantage, status, one's image, love, honesty, etc.). Also continue to consider Nick as our narrator.\
Finish the novel over vacation. Plan to have a writing assignment and graded discussion when we return.
Period 3:
Working on the essay for
The Crucible. Due Friday 4/7.
TED Talk on the power of Twitter and the need for communication with others of different values.
http://www.ted.com/talks/megan_phelps_roper_i_grew_up_in_the_westboro_baptist_church_here_s_why_i_left
Period 5:
Watching
Freakonomics. Research project for the movie due Friday 4/7.
Topic/Research proposal due Tuesday 4/4.
Period 6:
Watching
Freakonomics. Research project for the movie due Friday 4/7.
Topic/Research proposal due Tuesday 4/4.
Period 7:
Great Gatsby Chapter 4 due Monday.
Great Gatsby Chapter 5 due Wednesday.
Wednesday group discussion questions:
1. How does Gatsby act around Daisy while at Nick’s house? How does this compare to earlier descriptions/actions of Gatsby? (Also what does he wear?)
2. Is Gatsby using Nick? Defend your opinion.
3. What has happened to Gatsby’s view of the green light on the dock? Why? (93).
4. Look at the lyrics of the song Klipspringer plays? What is he singing about and how might this relate to big ideas/themes about life/people in the book thus far?
5. Towards the end of the chapter, Nick says, “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything” (95). What does this quote mean? What does it say about Gatsby and Daisy?
6. Nick says Gatsby “revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes” (91). Is this a good thing? What do you think of Daisy’s reactions to Gatsby’s life (the house, the shirts, etc.)?
Great Gatsby Chapter 6 due Thursday.
Notes from Chapter 6 Graded Discussion:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WzZhYMSqhz58OH5Q0luNoRJP1cNsaA4aiSNWSkpS27c/edit?usp=sharing
For each chapter, track the references and uses of time of characters, specifically how they spend their time and what they do with it. Also look for symbolism, passages that are particularly beautiful, melancholy, meaningful, or that offer deeper insight into characters or themes/motifs (hope, dreams, judgment, truth, time, beauty, opportunity/advantage, status, one's image, love, honesty, etc.). Also continue to consider Nick as our narrator.
Finish the novel over vacation. Plan to have a writing assignment and graded discussion when we return.
