HW Due Wed. 11/2

HW: Read Chapters 8 and 9 of Gatsby by Wednesday. Annotate according to envelope assignment. Write min. 2 pages in dialectical journals for each chapter read.

Record vocabulary in book or notebook:

Chapter 8:

1. Indiscernible (148):
2. Redolent (148):
3. Unscrupulous (149):
4. Stratum (149):
5. Armistice (150):
6. Corroborate (153):
7. Garollous (156):
8. Forlorn (159):
9. Fortuitous (161):
10. Amorphous (161):

Chapter 9:

1. Pasquinade (171):
2. Superfluous (174):
3. Elocution (181):
4. Pander (189):
5. Aesthetic (189):

HW Due Friday 10/28

HW: Refer to Chapter 5 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: Define “noblesse oblige” (Oxford English).

Write in dialectical journal: How does this concept apply to Gatsby? Focus on how it has applied thus far and in Chapters 6 and 7.

Read Chapters 6 and 7.

Record vocabulary in book or notebook. Page #s may be inaccurate. Sorry (again).

Chapter 6:

1. Insidious (98):
2. Meretricious (98):
3. Ineffable (99):
4. Turgid (99):
5. Debauchee (100):
6. Antecedent (101):
7. Euphemism (107):
8. Menagerie (107):

Chapter 7:

1. Affront: (115):
2. Genial (118):
3. Medium (112):  spirits…
4. Tumultuous (126):
5. Portentous (127):
6. Vicariously (131):
7. Rancor (132):
8. Magnanimous (135):
9. Inquest (136):
10. Truculent (140):
11. Rift (144):

HW Due Wed. 10/26

Read Gatsby Chapter 4 and 5 by Wednesday.

Annotate for envelope activity.

Write min. 2 pages in dialectical journals for each chapter.

Record and define vocabulary in books or notebooks. Make sure you have defined the proper part of speech using Oxford English Dictionary ONLY!

****These page numbers may be wrong. Sorry. I am pretty sure I am doing too many tasks at once. When you see these words in the book, define****
Chapter 4:

1. Knickerbockers (62):
2. Punctilious (64):
3. Rajah (65):
4. Somnambulatory (69):
5. Juxtaposition (71):
6. Beaux (75):

Chapter 5:

1. Harrowed (90):
2. Tonic (90):
3. Defunct (91):
4. Kant (93):
5. Vestige (94):
6. Postern (96):
7. Swathe (96):
8. Pompadour (99):
9. Nebulous (100):

HW Due Mon. 10/24

Read Gatsby Chapter 3.
Enter these vocabulary words with definitions in context: (note them where they appear in your books)

1. Innuendo: suggestive hint (40)
2. Prodigality: wasteful extravagance (40)
3. Homogeneity: of the same kind (44)
4. Spectroscopic: relationship between matter and electromagnetic radiation  (44)
5. Obstetrical: present, focused (50)
6. Subterfuges: deceit in order to achieve a goal (58)

Create dialectical journal entries (minimum 2 pages, with evidence on left side - what text says and with reaction on right side - your opinions, comments, connections, noticings)

Preview image that we will discuss in class.

“Gatsby’s Long Island”

Think: How does image enhance your understanding of Gatsby?

Envelope presentations: Chapter 1 - 3 on Tuesday.

HW Due Thursday *field day tomorrow*

Read Gatsby Chapter 2. Annotate according to envelope activity assignment.
Be prepared to tell me your independent reading title on Thursday (no need to bring in book).

HW Due Friday Oct. 14; reading/SOAPSTone due Tuesday 10/18

Due Tomorrow: Read the remainder of Chapter 1 of Gatsby. Annotate for signs of peripheral character's perception of The American Dream.
Due Tuesday 10/18: Read "Not Knowing" by Donald Barthelme - create SOAPSTone for the essay (on loose leaf).

HW Due Thurs. Oct. 13

Due Thurs. 10/13: Read and annotate "The Jazz Age and The Roaring Twenties"
Must be signed into WJPS email to access the document.
Be prepared to discuss the impact of historical context on Gatsby.

Gatsby due in class Thurs. 10/13

Independent Reading Response #1 Due Nov. 11: See choice board for details. Must be signed into WJPS email to access the document. Book must be fiction - preferably "The American Dream" theme. Choose a book from the list of AP recommended books (see top nav bar of blog) or see Mrs. Marks to ensure your book is of literary merit.

Due Tuesday Oct. 11

Read/annotate background article on The Great Gatsby.

Read/annotate "Zelig" - the first story in The Greatest American Short Stories of the Century. Please bring the book with you to class on Tuesday. Respond in dialectical journal.

Dialectical journals will be collected on Tuesday. Please have your book with you in class when the bell rings. Late books will lose points. If you have been absent for any of the journal assignments, please make them up. You are responsible for all entries. Please also make sure the entries are dated and organized. Each entry should have a title of the text you are responding to and should be divided into two columns, text and analysis/reaction. Going forward, all entries should be done in this format. At this point, it matters that you did the entries, don't worry about the format.

Please make sure you have ordered your copy of Gatsby and you will have it in class on the due date.

FRIDAY, plus HW Due Tues. 10/11

Tomorrow first 1/2 of period: Complete Literary 3X3 for "Death by Landscape". Each group must submit minimum of 3, 3-word sentences according to your assignment (plot, theme, author's message). Please make sure each index card (3x3) contains the assignment title, (plot, theme, or author's message), the 3-word sentence, plus the group members' names. 
Tomorrow second 1/2 of period: Read "Zelig" (story #1) in The 100 Greatest American Short Stories of the Century tomorrow. Finish the story by Tuesday.
Write in dialectical journal: How is the story "Zelig" a comment on The American Dream?
Due Tuesday: Dialectical Journals will be collected. Please make sure ALL entries are done (including students who came to class after day 1). All assignments are posted on the blog. Please make sure all entries are dated and titled.

HW Due Thurs. Oct. 6

Read How to Read Literature Like a Professor chapters 7-10. Create dialectical journal entries for each chapters, making connections to books and short stories you have read in school or outside of school.

Bring your annotated copy of "Death by Landscape" on Thursday.

Dialectical journals will be collected Tues. Oct. 11. (no more extensions, I promise!)

Gatsby due in class 10/13.

The Best American Short Stories of the Century, Gatsby, Dialectical Journals updated due date

Please begin to bring your book, The Best American Short Stories of the Century, to class on Friday, Oct. 7.
You will have an assignment to read a story that day in class. If you have not ordered the book yet, please do so ASAP. The story you have to read is not published online. You will be assigned to read stories in this book throughout the year, so please keep it in your locker.
Your dialectical journals will now be collected on Tuesday Oct. 11 (had been Friday Oct. 7). 
Also, please do not forget to bring in The Great Gatsby on Oct. 11.