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Weekly Overview for The Great Gatsby: Key Assignments and Discussions (March 8-25)

This document outlines key assignments and discussions relating to "The Great Gatsby" from March 8 to March 25. Each student is required to create a vocabulary poster for their selected term, complete a sentence imitation by midnight, and participate in group discussions covering chapters 1-6 and the concepts of the American Dream. Key deadlines include vocabulary posters, satire drafts, dialectic logs, and various journal entries. Additionally, quizzes will assess understanding of the material covered, alongside group-led discussions analyzing key themes.

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Weekly Overview for The Great Gatsby: Key Assignments and Discussions (March 8-25)

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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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