The Great Gatsby -- the movie

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made . . . ."

NOTE:  The end of the grading period is April 26th.  Two book reviews are to be posted on Goodreads and the link to the review page shared with me.

 

Essay on The Great Gatsby -- Draft due Friday (due date change).

Begin working on the body paragraphs, analyzing the characters that you have chosen.  Refer to the essay assignment and the handout that I am providing today for additional guidance.  We will be writing in class tomorrow.  Work in Google Docs so you can continue what you have completed at home.

 

Note:  CST Testing next week -- April 24th and 25th

The Great Gatsby -- the movie

"And as I sat there, brooding on the old unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock . . . Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.  It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther . . . So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

No need for netbooks today

1.  NOTE:  The grading period ends April 26th. You must post two book reviews on Goodreads by that date and share them with me by using the  "Book Review Form Link" under "Important Links" on my blog.

2.  ESSAY on The Great Gatsby  -- draft is due THURSDAY.  You must share your draft with me in Google docs by Thursday for credit.  Save as Per __ The Great Gatsby Essay.

3.  Movies -- please continue taking notes on the form I gave you Friday.

Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby

Please get your netbook as soon as you arrive

"I'll get somebody for you, Gatsby.  Don't worry.  Just trust me and I'll get somebody for you ----"

 

1.  Article of the Week #16 due -- Holmes Report 02 Jul 2012

2.      Chapter 9 Quiz

3.   When you complete the quiz, please write a paragraph in response to Chapter 9 in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.

4.  Movie
     Graphic organizer to prepare for your essay -- please complete as we watch the movie.  We will resume the movie Monday.  The plan is to work on the essay Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.  The draft of the essay will be due next Thursday (not Tuesday).

Chapter 8 & 9 of The Great Gatsby

Please get your netbook when you arrive and promptly go to my blog (Baltrushes.blogspot.com).  Follow the directions below.

"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted, across the lawn.  "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."

                                                (Nick, Chapter 8)

You have read Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby for homework.  Please take the quiz for Chapter 8.  Then, in your ENGLISH JOURNAL write about how you felt when you reached the end of Chapter 8.  We will then begin Chapter 9.

 *           Chapter 8 Quiz


  *        English Journal:

                 My reaction to Chapter 8:

HOMEWORK:  1. Article of the Week #16
                                            2.  Finish reading Chapter 9

            

Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby

"Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby.  "I love you now -- isn't that enough?  I can't help what's past."  She began to sob helplessly.  "I did love him once -- but I loved you too."

Gatsby's eyes opened and closed

"You loved me too?" he  repeated.

We need to finish reading Chapter 7 today.  If there is time I will ask you to get your netbook to complete the chapter questions.  I have recorded chapter questions through Chapter 6.  Complete Chapter 7 questions and then take the quiz. 

Chapter 7 Quiz

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 8 for homework.  There will be a quiz tomorrow on the reading.   (No questions for Chapters 8 and 9)


      Read the following article for homework and write a response.  What is the article's argument?  Select three reasons that support this argument.  ALSO, what points caught your attention?  This is due Friday. 
    
    Americans Believe Values have Declined

    

 

Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby

 "You always look so cool."

                                                          -- Daisy

Good morning.  There is no need to get your netbook this morning.  We will resume Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby right away.

NOTE:  Complete Chapter 7 questions for homework.  You have copied these questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL.

    "Our great moral decline"

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Start thinking about what two or three characters you will write about for your essay.  You will show how these characters help develop the themes of this novel -- the moral issues that this novel raises.   There will be an adjustment of the due date for the first DRAFT.

         Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby

Chapter Seven of The Great Gatsby

Good morning and welcome back!  I hope you had a great spring break and are ready to get back to work.  I promise you the rest of the year will go by like the speed of light, so let's savor each day!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive to class.

1.  Independent Reading -- We have been getting a little off track with that.  You should be reading your selected book for this grading period on your own.  You will be writing a review for The Great Gatsby  -- that will satisfy the second book requirement (as I have already explained).  You, of course, will also be writing a review of your selected book.

2.  Dreams and Illusions Process Prompt

3.   Chapter Six Quiz 

4.  When you complete the quiz on Chapter 6, please copy Chapter Seven Questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL:

 Chapter Seven Questions

        
        1.  What was Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's child?
        2.  What did Wilson do to Myrtle?  Why?
        3.  Why do the five drive into the city on such a hot afternoon?
        4.  What does Gatsby think about Daisy's relationship with Tom?
        5.  What is Daisy's reaction to both men?
        6.  What happens on the way home from New York?
        7.  How do these people react to Myrtle's death:
             a.  Wilson
             b.  Tom
             c.  Nick
             d.  Gatsby
        8.  What is the true relationship between Daisy and Tom?