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Tuesday, March 8

Tuesday, March 8. Don’t forget sentence imitation due by midnight. You each selected a vocabulary term. Your homework for next Monday is to create a vocabulary poster for it. Requirements: Word, definition, picture, example—LARGE SIZE. The Great Gatsby. Distribute books and bookmarks

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Tuesday, March 8

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  1. Tuesday, March 8 Don’t forget sentence imitation due by midnight. You each selected a vocabulary term. Your homework for next Monday is to create a vocabulary poster for it. Requirements: Word, definition, picture, example—LARGE SIZE

  2. The Great Gatsby • Distribute books and bookmarks • Overview novel and schedule • Start chapter 1 together with dialectic logs • Collect satire proposals

  3. Journal #12- label phrases and comma rules; write a mimesis sentence using the same types of commas • “Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and s nub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.” (7)

  4. Journal #12- label phrases and comma rules; write a mimesis sentence using the same types of commas • “Turning me around by one arm, hemoved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and snub-nosed motor-boats that bumped the tide offshore.” (7)

  5. Group Assignment for Gatsby • Review Student-led discussion weekly assignment • In your groups, review Foster’s 18 things to look for on the first page • Make a T-Chart identifying each element—1 per group due at end of class • HW: Satire Draft/ Bring Conscious Reader tomorrow

  6. Thursday, 3/10 5 min. to finish group T-chart from yesterday and turn in “I Have a Dream”—What is the American Dream according to Martin Luther King, Jr. in this speech? Group T-charts (1 per member) of devices used to demonstrate dream (may finish for homework)

  7. Friday, 3/11 • ICE • Read and annotate “Economic Mobility and the American Dream” packet for Tuesday

  8. Monday, 3/14 • Turn in vocab posters on back desk • Group#1-Prepare class discussion • Groups 2-3: Read and work on dialectic logs (chapters 1-3 of Gatsby and the packet “Economic Mobility and the American Dream”)

  9. Tuesday, 3/15 • Collect Satires • Vocab posters (8) • Group-led graded discussions “Economic Mobility” and chapters 1-3 • HW: Review Notes; add left sides to journal to prepare for quiz chapters 1-3 (25 questions)

  10. Wednesday, 3/16 • Class discussion (cont.) • 8:50 –quiz chapters 1-3 (check d-log) • HW: read chapters 4-6 for Tuesday; keep dialectic log

  11. Thursday, 3/17 • Vocab Posters (7) • “I Have a Dream” revisited—discuss American Dream to minorities/ racism in Gatsby

  12. Friday, March 18 • Open your notebooks to journal #13 please and place them in the in box BEFORE you begin writing • ICE: goal is a 6 better or you will need to revise it by March 25 (next Friday). • HW: read and annotate Time Magazine’s “Restoring the American Dream”

  13. Monday, March 21 • Finish Vocab Posters • Debrief discussions and quizzes • Work time for discussions tomorrow

  14. Tuesday, March 22 • Group 2 leads discussions • Sentence Imitation due by midnight

  15. Wednesday, March 23 • Finish discussion with group 2 chapters 4-6 • At 8:50 quiz on chapters 4-6 and vocab • HW: read handout chapter 8 “Arguments of Definition” p 217-233 Answer question 2 on page 240 in your journal

  16. Thursday, March 24 • Arguments of Definition Samples • HW: read Argument Handout pages 234-239 and answer question 1 on page 240 in your journal • Current event essay due tomorrow

  17. Friday, 3/25 • Collect/ review current events • Synthesis Essay overview • HW: finish Great Gatsby and read nonfiction essay packet for Tuesday (Group 3 leads)

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