Wednesday, June 17

We discussed Chapters 5 & 6 of Gatsby, concentrating on "Platonic conceptions" and "the unreality of reality." Tomorrow: Chapters 7 &8. Friday: Chapter 9. Finis.

Bring back your textbooks!!!!!

Tuesday, June 16

We returned to the motif of careless driving in Chapter 3 of Gatsby, examining the conversation between Nick and Jordan which initiates their love affair, then began Chapter 4, with its many revelations about Gatsby and Daisy.

HW due tomorrow:
First stamping of the motif booklet.
HW due Friday:
Final stamping of vocabulary exercises.

Monday, June 15

Students took a brief quiz over the first six chapters of The Great Gatsby.

We read further in Chapter 3 and remarked upon several important instances of certain motifs, such as disembodiment, cars, and eyes.

Friday, June 12

We continued reading in Chapters 2 & 3 of Gatsby.

HW due Monday:
Chapters 1-6
Quiz and stamping of vocab exercises over those chapters.

Thursday, June 11

We read and analyzed parts of Chapter 2 of Gatsby.

HW due Friday:
Read and complete vocabulary exercises through Chapter 6.

Monday, June 8

Mr. Potratz stamped students' vocab assignments, giving two stamps for exercises completed through Chapter 4. One stamp will be given tomorrow for the same. Next installment is postponed to Thursday: read, do vocab words and collect motifs through Chapter 5.

We continued reading in Chapter 1.

Friday, June 5

Students finished the Junior Writing Assessment.

HW due Monday:
Reading and vocab exercise for Gatsby Chapters 1-4 (revised from 1-5).
No quiz -- Mr. Potratz will stamp the vocab work.

Thursday, June 4

Third day of the Junior Writing Assessment.

HW due Monday:
Chapters 1-5 of The Great Gatsby, reading, motifs, and vocabulary exercise.

Wednesday, June 3

Second day of the Junior Writing Assessment.

Tuesday, June 2

First day of the Junior Writing Assessment.
Students read and annotated the sources provided for their persuasive essays on women's rights.

Monday, June 1

Students received a new handout, a list of vocabulary words for Gatsby with a schedule of readings and instructions for what to do with the words in question. Students will read the first five chapters of the novel on their own this week (as they write an essay in class), and will be filling up their worksheets with motifs at the same time they are working on vocabulary.

We read several more pages of Chapter 1 in class, pausing to note passages to record on the worksheet of motifs.