Wednesday, April 30
Students worked in pairs using Writers Inc to check each others' papers for correct MLA format.
Tuesday, April 29
The Valley of Ashes.
We read, and students took notes on, Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby.
Afterwards, we compared notes.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Monday, April 28
We listened to a recording of the end of Chapter 1 of Gatsby. Students added notes to their note booklets, and afterwards we shared notes.
Friday, April 25
Day of Silence
Students who were present watched the beginning of an A&E Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and we briefly discussed connections between his life and The Great Gatsby.
Thursday, April 24
We read from Chapter 1 of Gatsby and students entered notes of significant details in their booklets.
We listened to a recording of the end of Chapter 1 of Gatsby. Students added notes to their note booklets, and afterwards we shared notes.
Friday, April 25
Day of Silence
Students who were present watched the beginning of an A&E Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and we briefly discussed connections between his life and The Great Gatsby.
Thursday, April 24
We read from Chapter 1 of Gatsby and students entered notes of significant details in their booklets.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 23
Mr. Potratz passed out a booklet for students to take notes in, recording "significant details" in The Great Gatsby to help in tracing some of the book's intricate patterns.
As an example, we recorded certain phrases referring to 'East' and 'West' in the book's opening pages which we read on Monday.
We also talked about what is meant by "significant details" and about questions of symbolism in lierary works.
Mr. Potratz passed out a booklet for students to take notes in, recording "significant details" in The Great Gatsby to help in tracing some of the book's intricate patterns.
As an example, we recorded certain phrases referring to 'East' and 'West' in the book's opening pages which we read on Monday.
We also talked about what is meant by "significant details" and about questions of symbolism in lierary works.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesday, April 22
Students worked in pairs to read and comment upon each other's rough drafts.
Mr. Potratz announced a one-week extension of the final submission date for the research paper. Students submitting their final drafts as originally assigned this Friday (4/25) will receive 10 points extra credit (out of 200). The new submission date is a week from Friday, May 2.
Students worked in pairs to read and comment upon each other's rough drafts.
Mr. Potratz announced a one-week extension of the final submission date for the research paper. Students submitting their final drafts as originally assigned this Friday (4/25) will receive 10 points extra credit (out of 200). The new submission date is a week from Friday, May 2.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Friday, April 18
We watched a few more minutes of The New York documentary, then discussed it briefly.
Mr. Potratz also announced that anyone who is struggling with his or her research paper --especially if they may not be able to make next Friday's deadline -- must arrange to come speak with him individually before or (preferably) after school, or at the beginning of third lunch, early next week.
On Tuesday class will be devoted to peer editing of research papers.
We watched a few more minutes of The New York documentary, then discussed it briefly.
Mr. Potratz also announced that anyone who is struggling with his or her research paper --especially if they may not be able to make next Friday's deadline -- must arrange to come speak with him individually before or (preferably) after school, or at the beginning of third lunch, early next week.
On Tuesday class will be devoted to peer editing of research papers.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday, April 17
We watched part of a documentary film about New York City during the period following WWI, and discussed it briefly.
Mr. Potratz also announced that anyone who has not turned in a rough draft of his or her research paper, must arrange to come speak with him individually before or (preferably) after school, or at the beginning of third lunch, by Monday.
On Tuesday class will be devoted to peer editing of research papers.
We watched part of a documentary film about New York City during the period following WWI, and discussed it briefly.
Mr. Potratz also announced that anyone who has not turned in a rough draft of his or her research paper, must arrange to come speak with him individually before or (preferably) after school, or at the beginning of third lunch, by Monday.
On Tuesday class will be devoted to peer editing of research papers.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, April 14
Mr. Potratz returned students' research paper rough drafts, then read aloud from
" 'These Wild Young People' by One of Them," from The Atlantic Monthly of 1920. This piece illustrates the "disillusionizing" of the post-WWI Lost Generation of American youth.
We then read parts of a poem on the same theme: "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly" by Ezra Pound, also from 1920.
Mr. Potratz returned students' research paper rough drafts, then read aloud from
" 'These Wild Young People' by One of Them," from The Atlantic Monthly of 1920. This piece illustrates the "disillusionizing" of the post-WWI Lost Generation of American youth.
We then read parts of a poem on the same theme: "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly" by Ezra Pound, also from 1920.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Friday, April 4
Students turned in the rough drafts of their research papers. Rough drafts will be accepted on Monday, 4/14 with a reduction of 12 points (out of 60).
We listened to songs of The Great War (WWI), including "Over There," sung by Enrico Caruso, and "I Didn't Raise My Son To Be a Soldier." In periods 5 & 6 Mr. Potratz introduced The Great Gatsby and The Crucible, briefly.
Students turned in the rough drafts of their research papers. Rough drafts will be accepted on Monday, 4/14 with a reduction of 12 points (out of 60).
We listened to songs of The Great War (WWI), including "Over There," sung by Enrico Caruso, and "I Didn't Raise My Son To Be a Soldier." In periods 5 & 6 Mr. Potratz introduced The Great Gatsby and The Crucible, briefly.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Wednesday, April 2
We read part of Chapter 29 of The Jungle, in which Comrade Ostrinski instructs Jurgis in Socialism, then looked at literature of the American Socialist Party, including Dos Passos's biography of Eugene Debs from USA and Debs's Canton speech opposing WWI, which landed him in the Atlanta Penitentiary.
We read part of Chapter 29 of The Jungle, in which Comrade Ostrinski instructs Jurgis in Socialism, then looked at literature of the American Socialist Party, including Dos Passos's biography of Eugene Debs from USA and Debs's Canton speech opposing WWI, which landed him in the Atlanta Penitentiary.
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