MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Pass back ACT-style reading comprehension sheet and grade together as a class. Discuss multiple choice strategies. Pass back argument essay and and provide feedback. If you don't like your score, you may revise the essay, upload it to Turnitin.com, and I will average the scores. Intro to the Synthesis-style essay (ACT-style). Discuss the four articles you read, annotated, and performed SOAPS analyses for over the weekend. Step-by-step individually and in groups, discuss and debate the issue. Work in groups to outline a synthesis-style response.
Due: Read, annotate, and perform a "SOAPS" analysis of the four articles with differing perspectives on whether or not college athletes should be paid. This will be our current event for this week, and we will perform a rhetorical analysis (SAT-style) on the arguments, as well as a "synthesis/ACT-style" response in small groups. Come to class with your annotated articles, an informed opinion, and a list of factors that should be considered in the decision.
Homework: Read Gatsby, Chapter 4.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Check in with Gatsby, discuss Chapters 3 and 4. Begin reading and acting out Chapter 5 in class. Gatsby Character Song - hear what classmates chose for one of the characters.
Due: Read Gatsby, Chapter 4.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby.
FRIDAY: (minimum day) Journal warm-up, vocab activity. Quiz covering Vocabulary List #19, grammar, and Gatsby reading. Gatsby Character Songs.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby.
Homework: Please read Chapters 6 and 7 of The Great Gatsby. Think about which part you'd like to act out, especially during the big confrontation that happens in Chapter 7 between Tom and Gatsby.
Have a spectacular Spring Break!
I look forward to seeing everyone in April.
I look forward to seeing everyone in April.
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