Daily Log

Friday, May 14

Students were reminded to submit their Whitman/Dickinson essays to turnitin.com by the end of today.

We reviewed briefly, via the Fitzgerald documentary, what we know about Zelda Sayre and Scott Fitzgerald and raised the question of their relevance to, or correlation with, The Great Gatsby.

Mr. P projected a map of Great Neck (aka West Egg) and Manhasset Neck (aka East Egg), Long Island, from the 20's showing houses of the rich and famous, including that of the Fitzgeralds. We used the map as an entree into Gatsby's milieu and the mix of people attending his parties, from the Eggs and from elsewhere. We then read a very little bit of the book (more of Chapter 3).

HW due Monday:
Read at least through Chapter 5 in Gatsby. Quiz over Chaps. 1-5 on Monday.

HW due Tuesday:
Booklets with at least thirty entries (to be stamped).