The Great Gatsby

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*Yesterday we got a start on The Great Gatsby essay.  I asked you to continue working on it for homework whether or not you have access to Google Docs at home.  We will continue working on it in class Friday with an eye towards completing the essay.  Carefully compose your sentences and proofread your writing as you go along.

 

*The Great Gatsby -- the movie

 

HOMEWORK:  Essay on The Great Gatsby 

 

 

Essay on The Great Gatsby

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.

*Essay on The Great Gatsby  -- Today we are going to get a significant start on this essay.  The target due date is Friday.  You will have class time on Friday to complete the essay.  Please work on it at home whether or not you have access to Google Docs.  I have already given you the writing prompt.  The one I am passing out today, breaks the assignment down a little bit more. (HANDOUT)

*New Document:  Please create a new document and name it as follows:  Period ___ The Great Gatsby Essay.   THEN, share this new document with me today.  (abaltrushes@gmail.com)

Wed: Periods 1, 3, 7
Thurs: Periods 2, 4, 6 

HOMEWORK:  Essay on The Great Gatsby

Test on The Great Gatsby & Vocabulary

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*Test on The Great Gatsby

*Vocabulary Test

Work efficiently so both tests are completed by the end of the period.

*Tomorrow we will begin the essay on The Great Gatsby.  We will not be spending much time on this essay . . . but enough time to successfully complete it.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9 Questions

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE: One book review is due today published on Goodreads and submitted via the "Book Review Form for URL's" under "Important Links" on my blog.

NOTE: Test on Monday on The Great Gatsby.  Vocabulary test Monday.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9 Questions.  Please copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.

Chapter 9

1.  What surprises Nick about the days following Gatsby's death?
2.  Who is Henry Gatz?  What are some of the things that he says about Gatsby as a young man.
3.   What is significant about the daily schedule that Gatsby recorded on the back 
       of Hopalong Cassidy?
 4.  What are your feelings when you learn why Klipspringer calls?
5.  What additional information about Gatsby do we learn from Nick's meeting with Wolfshiem?
6.  What is the significance of Owl Eyes attending the graveside service?
7.   Describe the contrast between the East and the Midwest that Nick describes.
8.  What does Jordan tell Nick when they meet at a later time? 
9.  What does Nick say about people like Daisy and Tom?
10.  Explain the parallel of Gatsby's dream to the American Dream?
11. Explain the last line of the novel: "So we beat on, boasts against the current, borne back ceaselessly
       into the past."
12. What did you like best about Gatsby?
13.  A descriptive line:
14.  A meaningful line:
15.  An interesting detail:

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 9

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NOTE:  One book review is due tomorrow by class time.  Be sure to follow the rubric and to properly share the URL to your published Goodreads page by filling out the form for "Book Review URL's" under "Important Links" on my blog.

 

NOTE:  The test on The Great Gatsby will be on Monday.  This will include the vocabulary test.  We will begin the essay on Tuesday, and it will be due on Friday, May 2.

 

*The Great Gatsby  -- Chapter 9

 

 HOMEWORK:  One book review.  Study vocabulary

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8 Questions

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NOTE:  One book review is due by class on Friday, April 25th. Be sure to properly provide the link by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog.  Thank you to those of you who have already submitted your book review.

Please get your netbook when you arrive. NOTE: The test on the novel will be on Monday and we will begin the essay on Tuesday.  Complete the following assignment on Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby:

 Chapter 8 Questions 

1.  What does Gatsby tell Nick about his past concerning Daisy?  

2.  What does Michaelis believe caused Myrtle to run?

3.  Why did Myrtle run?

4.  According to George Wilson, who can you not fool?  What is Wilson literally looking at
     when he says this?

5.  What does this symbolize?

6.  Why does Wilson believe that Gatsby killed Myrtle?

7.  What does Wilson do?

8.  A descriptive sentence:

9.  A meaningful sentence:

10.  An abstract sentence (not concrete, not easy to understand):

11.  My feelings at the end of this chapter: 

 HOMEWORK:  One book review by Friday.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8

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Note:  One book review is due by this Friday, April 25th.  Be sure to follow the rubric and post on Goodreads. Properly share the link to your published page by filling out the form under "Important Links" on my blog.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 8

(Yesterday you completed questions to Chapter 7 in your ENGLISH JOURNAL).  NOTE: there will be a test on the novel on Friday as well as the vocabulary test.

HOMEWORK: One book review by Friday.  Study vocabulary.