Tuesday, May 31
Students took the first Gatsby vocabulary quiz (over Chapters 1-4).
Students received a calendar with all deadlines for the remainder of the term.
We then resumed reading and listening to The Great Gatsby, finishing Chapter 3 and beginning Chapter 4, with its satirical catalog of those who attended Gatsby's parties from East Egg. West Egg, and New York City.
HW due Wednesday:
Read Chapter 4 of Gatsby (at the least).
HW due Thursday:
Rean Chapter 5.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Friday, May 27
Students turned in their vocabulary assignments and Mr. P issued a somewhat reduced list of the words from Chapters 1-4 which will be on the quiz Tuesday. Those words are:
vulnerable feigned
epigram superficial
anticlimax supercilious
reciprocal languid
vigil tangible
cynical pastoral
incessant hauteur
disdain vehemently
credulity impetuous
vacuous corpulent
wan convivial
malevolent poignant
affectations somnambulatory
denizen beaux
debut façade
We reviewed a few of these words, then returned to our reading of Chapter 3 of Gatsby, finishing it in most periods.
HW due Tuesday:
Vocabulary quiz
HW due Wednesday:
Read Gatsby, Chapter 4
HW due Monday, May 6:
Outside Reading Assignment
Students turned in their vocabulary assignments and Mr. P issued a somewhat reduced list of the words from Chapters 1-4 which will be on the quiz Tuesday. Those words are:
vulnerable feigned
epigram superficial
anticlimax supercilious
reciprocal languid
vigil tangible
cynical pastoral
incessant hauteur
disdain vehemently
credulity impetuous
vacuous corpulent
wan convivial
malevolent poignant
affectations somnambulatory
denizen beaux
debut façade
We reviewed a few of these words, then returned to our reading of Chapter 3 of Gatsby, finishing it in most periods.
HW due Tuesday:
Vocabulary quiz
HW due Wednesday:
Read Gatsby, Chapter 4
HW due Monday, May 6:
Outside Reading Assignment
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 26
Mr. P announced a further revision of upcoming deadlines. The second Gatsby vocabulary assignment is still due tomorrow, but the first vocabulary quiz is postponed until Tuesday. The final deadline for Outside Reading assignments is deferred until Monday, June 6.
We looked at a youtube clip of Joe Frisco in action and another of the trailer for the 1926 silent movie of Gatsby, which is all that remains of that film.
We continued reading aloud in Gatsby, stopping at points to annotate and analyze and to add images to our motif booklets.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocab assignment.
HW due Tuesday:
First vocab quiz.
HW due Monday, June 6:
Outside Reading assignment.
Mr. P announced a further revision of upcoming deadlines. The second Gatsby vocabulary assignment is still due tomorrow, but the first vocabulary quiz is postponed until Tuesday. The final deadline for Outside Reading assignments is deferred until Monday, June 6.
We looked at a youtube clip of Joe Frisco in action and another of the trailer for the 1926 silent movie of Gatsby, which is all that remains of that film.
We continued reading aloud in Gatsby, stopping at points to annotate and analyze and to add images to our motif booklets.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocab assignment.
HW due Tuesday:
First vocab quiz.
HW due Monday, June 6:
Outside Reading assignment.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 25
Students received back the first Gatsby vocabulary assignment, and we briefly discussed expectations for the second.
We finished reading/listening to/discussing The Great Gatsby, finishing Chapter 2 and beginning Chapter 3 -- moving on from Myrtle's party to Gatsby's.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocabulary assignment and quiz over vocab words from the first four chapters.
HW due Tuesday:
Outside Reading assignment.
Students received back the first Gatsby vocabulary assignment, and we briefly discussed expectations for the second.
We finished reading/listening to/discussing The Great Gatsby, finishing Chapter 2 and beginning Chapter 3 -- moving on from Myrtle's party to Gatsby's.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocabulary assignment and quiz over vocab words from the first four chapters.
HW due Tuesday:
Outside Reading assignment.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday, May 24
After students supplied CD's to demonstrate their careful reading of Chapter 2 of Gatsby, we began analyzing it together, listening to a recording which we would stop periodically in order to discuss what we had heard. Students added images to their motif booklets.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocabulary assignment and quiz.
HW due next Tuesday (May 31):
Outside reading assignment.
After students supplied CD's to demonstrate their careful reading of Chapter 2 of Gatsby, we began analyzing it together, listening to a recording which we would stop periodically in order to discuss what we had heard. Students added images to their motif booklets.
HW due Friday:
Second Gatsby vocabulary assignment and quiz.
HW due next Tuesday (May 31):
Outside reading assignment.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, May 20
Mr. P announced postponement of the deadline for the Outside Reading assignment to Tuesday, May 31.
We reviewed the film on the Twenties (The Jazz Age) which students watched yesterday, then read further in the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, commenting on details of setting and character, and adding passages to the motif booklets.
HW due Monday:
Read carefully the remainder of Chapter 1, adding to your booklet as you read.
HW due Friday, May 27:
Second Gatsby vocab assignment and first vocab quiz
HW due Tuesday, May 31:
Outside Reading assignment
Mr. P announced postponement of the deadline for the Outside Reading assignment to Tuesday, May 31.
We reviewed the film on the Twenties (The Jazz Age) which students watched yesterday, then read further in the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, commenting on details of setting and character, and adding passages to the motif booklets.
HW due Monday:
Read carefully the remainder of Chapter 1, adding to your booklet as you read.
HW due Friday, May 27:
Second Gatsby vocab assignment and first vocab quiz
HW due Tuesday, May 31:
Outside Reading assignment
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, May 18
We resumed our reading of the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, stopping to clarify and comment as we read and to record significant details in the motif booklet. We paid especial attention to West Egg and East Egg and the differences between them.
Mr. P announced he will be out of class Thursday; students will take notes on a documentary about the 1920's.
HW due Friday:
First Gatsby vocabulary assignment.
We resumed our reading of the first chapter of The Great Gatsby, stopping to clarify and comment as we read and to record significant details in the motif booklet. We paid especial attention to West Egg and East Egg and the differences between them.
Mr. P announced he will be out of class Thursday; students will take notes on a documentary about the 1920's.
HW due Friday:
First Gatsby vocabulary assignment.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 17
We began reading The Great Gatsby, focusing on the first two pages and their oblique introduction of the narrator and his subject Gatsby, about whom the narrator is of two very different minds. A capacity for hope -- a sensitivity to the promises of life -- unites the two, yet Nick has for Gatsby and everything he represents "an unaffected scorn."
We identified details which may prove to be significant and recorded them in the character booklets under different headings; these included details of East and West (Geography and Locations), Autumn and Spring (Time, Clocks, and Seasons), and the "foul dust which floated in the wake of Gatsby's dreams" (Dust and Ashes).
HW due Friday:
First vocabulary assignment.
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside Reading assignment.
We began reading The Great Gatsby, focusing on the first two pages and their oblique introduction of the narrator and his subject Gatsby, about whom the narrator is of two very different minds. A capacity for hope -- a sensitivity to the promises of life -- unites the two, yet Nick has for Gatsby and everything he represents "an unaffected scorn."
We identified details which may prove to be significant and recorded them in the character booklets under different headings; these included details of East and West (Geography and Locations), Autumn and Spring (Time, Clocks, and Seasons), and the "foul dust which floated in the wake of Gatsby's dreams" (Dust and Ashes).
HW due Friday:
First vocabulary assignment.
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside Reading assignment.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 16
Introduction to The Great Gatsby.
Students received
(1) a vocabulary assignment sheet to accompany the novel, with exercises due each Friday for four weeks and quizzes every other Friday (see Documents page);
(2) a note booklet for students to record patterns of imagery in the book;
(3) a copy of the novel.
Mr. P discussed what is meant by imagery literature and showed a brief video he had constructed to review/introduce the concept.
HW due Friday
First vocabulary assignment
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside Reading assignment
Introduction to The Great Gatsby.
Students received
(1) a vocabulary assignment sheet to accompany the novel, with exercises due each Friday for four weeks and quizzes every other Friday (see Documents page);
(2) a note booklet for students to record patterns of imagery in the book;
(3) a copy of the novel.
Mr. P discussed what is meant by imagery literature and showed a brief video he had constructed to review/introduce the concept.
HW due Friday
First vocabulary assignment
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside Reading assignment
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Monday, May 9
We reviewed parameters and procedures for the Junior Writing Assessment, to be administered Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We looked at the cover sheet, including the prompt and general directions, the checklist of criteria on which the essays will be graded, and (very briefly) the scoring rubric.
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside reading assignment.
We reviewed parameters and procedures for the Junior Writing Assessment, to be administered Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We looked at the cover sheet, including the prompt and general directions, the checklist of criteria on which the essays will be graded, and (very briefly) the scoring rubric.
HW due Wednesday, May 25
Outside reading assignment.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tuesday, May 3
Mr. P announced:
(1) the final due date for the Outside Reading assignment is Wednesday, May 25.
(2) (reminder) the second and final Crucible quiz will be on Friday. It will cover the play primarily but will also include questions about differences between the play and the film. Students will receive a grade for one quiz only -- whichever of the two is higher.
(3) students can earn 5 points extra credit for attending the school production of You Can't Take It With You and up to and additional 10 points for submitting a typed review of the production.
We watched the beginning of the film of The Crucible.
HW due Friday:
Completed character booklet. Quiz in class that day.
HW due May 25:
Outside reading assignment.
Mr. P announced:
(1) the final due date for the Outside Reading assignment is Wednesday, May 25.
(2) (reminder) the second and final Crucible quiz will be on Friday. It will cover the play primarily but will also include questions about differences between the play and the film. Students will receive a grade for one quiz only -- whichever of the two is higher.
(3) students can earn 5 points extra credit for attending the school production of You Can't Take It With You and up to and additional 10 points for submitting a typed review of the production.
We watched the beginning of the film of The Crucible.
HW due Friday:
Completed character booklet. Quiz in class that day.
HW due May 25:
Outside reading assignment.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday, May 2
Mr. P announced that the second quiz would be given after we watch the film of The Crucible rather than before. It will be given Friday, on which day students' completed character booklets are also due.
In addition, Mr. P will throw out the lower score from the two Crucible quizzes, meaning that students who did poorly on the first will have a chance to replace that mark with a higher one.
We finished the recording of the play, then began to discuss characters and work on the character booklets. We began with Elizabeth Proctor, Deputy Governor Danforth, and Reverend Hale.
HW due Friday:
Completed character booklets. The second (final) quiz over the play will be given the same day.
Mr. P announced that the second quiz would be given after we watch the film of The Crucible rather than before. It will be given Friday, on which day students' completed character booklets are also due.
In addition, Mr. P will throw out the lower score from the two Crucible quizzes, meaning that students who did poorly on the first will have a chance to replace that mark with a higher one.
We finished the recording of the play, then began to discuss characters and work on the character booklets. We began with Elizabeth Proctor, Deputy Governor Danforth, and Reverend Hale.
HW due Friday:
Completed character booklets. The second (final) quiz over the play will be given the same day.
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