Sunday, April 16, 2017

April 17-21

We are finished with The Great Gatsby!  We'll discuss the novel and view the 2013 version of the story.  On Friday, we'll begin our next unit: nature and the environment and enjoy American writing about the topic, old and new.

MONDAY: Journal warm-up.  Collect Gatsby questions and begin the 2013 movie The Great Gatsby.

Due: Read Chapter 9 of Gatsby (finish the book). 

Finish Gatsby questions with original answers.

Make sure your journal is ready to turn in next Wednesday, April 19.

Homework: Make sure your journal is ready to turn in next Wednesday, April 19.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Finish The Great Gatsby movie and compare and contrast the movie and the book.

Due: Journals turned into bin in classroom.

Homework: Study for the quiz.

Bring Gatsby books either to class or back to the library. 

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up.  Quiz.  Receive questions back.  Discuss The Great Gatsby in small groups.  Begin environment unit and continue with synthesis-style writing.  Read through prompt about whether or not the U.S. government should fund space exploration and provide a synthesis-style response. 

Due: Study for quiz.

Homework: Finish outline of Space Exploration synthesis prompt for Tuesday.

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