April 8 - 12

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a sensational Spring Break. I ate many good meals, caught up with friends and family, and read a couple of books for pleasure. Unfortunately, I also took my seventeen year-old scruffy tomcat to the animal hospital, but fortunately it looks like we may get a little more time with him.

Here's what's on the agenda for the week:

MONDAY: (All period schedule) We will go to the College and Career Center together as a class to hear about the application process and the benefits that are available to you at PVHS. Receive Vocabulary #18.

Due: Read The Great Gatsby, through the end of Chapter 6.

Homework: Please review Gatsby and be caught up. If you need help reading it, come and see me during any lunch, and/or search for a good, free audio version on YouTube. There is an interesting one with Jake Gyllenhaal narrating that many students seem to like. We will use the novel as a basis for a writing assignment and there will be a final quiz after we finish.

Journals will be due in the bin at the end of the week, so be sure your entries have dates at the top and are full pages, except when noted that day.

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: (no late start on Wednesday due to CAASP testing) Journal warm-up. Read and act out the beginning of Chapter 7 of Gatsby. (4th and 6th only: go to the play preview.)

Due: Read The Great Gatsby, through the end of Chapter 6.

Homework: Please read Gatsby through the end of Chapter 8.

Study for the quiz covering Vocab #18, grammar, and reading. 

Have journals ready to turn in next class. 

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocab #18, grammar, reading. Finish Gatsby casting activity, vote as a class. (1st and 3rd only: go to the play preview.)

Due: Finish reading Gatsby through Chapter 8.

Journals in bin by the end of the class period (periods 4 and 6).

Homework: Finish Gatsby, Chapter 9 (finish the book). 

(1st and 3rd period - make sure journals are ready to turn in on Monday.)