Week 28, Day 1
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Grade The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Quiz
- Grade Week 28 DRE
- Begin reading Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby
- Turn in corrections
- Chapter 2 Gatsby Quiz due today.
- Reminders:
- Chapter 3 Gatsby Quiz corrections due THURSDAY.
Week 27, Day 5
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Quiz
- Grade Week 27 DRE
- Bell Work: Free Write
- Turn in corrections
- Week 25 Quiz (B) due today.
- Chapter 1 Gatsby Quiz due today.
- Leadership/Membership Resume and Professional Resume
- See blog for directions and examples.
- Resume redos due TODAY. Send me an email with the link so I can re-grade.
- Reminders:
- Chapter 2 Gatsby Quiz corrections due MONDAY.
Week 27, Day 4
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Open your Gatsby book
- Reading Chapter 3
- Homework: Finish Chapter 3 on your own
- TECHNOLOGY SURVEY-needs to be taken by my 3rd period (Activity period) and ANY other student who has NOT taken it.
- If for some reason, it doesn't work, we will try again later. Sorry about that.
- Reminders:
- Chapter 3 Quiz tomorrow
- Even if you are absent on Thursday, you will have the quiz. It is your responsibility to check the blog and stay caught up.
- DRE is due tomorrow
- W25 SAT Quiz (Part B) Corrections due tomorrow.
- Gatsby Chapter 1 Quiz Corrections due tomorrow.
- Gatsby Chapter 2 Quiz Corrections due MONDAY.
Week 27, Day 3
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Every year schools try to come up with ways to save money. It seems like the education budget is always getting cut. Come up with at least five ways that schools could SAVE money and five ways that schools could MAKE money. Be creative! (Remember 80 words and at least two SAT words.)
- Chapter 2 Quiz
- Grade Quiz
- Discuss Bell Work
Week 27, Day 2
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Describe at least five ways that children could get an education without attending a conventional school. Be creative! (Remember 80 words and at least two SAT words.)
- Finish reading Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby
- Begin reading Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
- You will have a quiz on Wednesday over CHAPTER 2.
Week 27, Day 1
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Week 27 DRE
- Grade SAT Quiz Week 25 -Part II
- Corrections may be done for a grade of 100.
- Write the word, definition, sentence, and synonyms three times each (on your own paper and in blue or black ink.)
- Due Friday
- Grade Gatsby Chapter 1 Quiz
- Corrections may be done for an addition of 1/2 of the remaining points added to your original grade.
- Write the question, the correct answer, the page number from the book, and the quote from the book that proves your answer correct (on your own paper and in blue or black ink.)
- Due Friday
- Begin reading Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby
Week 26, Day 5
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Grade Week 26 DRE
- The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 and Author Information Quiz
- Bell Work: Free Write
- Video
- Reminders:
- No SAT Quiz on Monday.
Week 26, Day 4
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: In your Gatsby notes (on paper), write down everything you know about F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby. There is author information on page 729 of your textbook.
- Continue reading Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby
- If we don't finish, the rest of the chapter is homework.
- Chapter 1 Quiz tomorrow.
- Reminders:
- DRE is due tomorrow.
- No SAT Quiz Monday.
Week 26, Day 3Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Read this article and respond.
- Discuss expectations and quizzes for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- You will be expected to take notes (handwritten) as we read.
- You will be able to use these notes on your quizzes over the chapters.
- The quizzes will be VERY detail-oriented.
- If you are absent, please catch up BEFORE you return to class. I would encourage you to get with a classmate to know how much we read.
- If you want to bring your own copy of the book, you may do so.
- If you lose your school-issued book, it will cost you $15.00 to replace it.
- I HIGHLY encourage you to check out Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or other web resources IN ADDITION TO reading the text. It will help you with understanding. It WILL NOT take the place of reading the actual book. Do NOT rely solely on those resources
- Begin reading Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby
- Reminders:
- The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt due yesterday, but I didn't put the form on my blog until late. You may still turn it in today. Use this form to turn it in.
Week 26, Day 2
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: What changes would you make to GHS to make it your "perfect school?" Use information from the article yesterday.
- Grade Week 25 SAT Quiz
- Discuss 21st century schools and bell work
- Discuss expectations and quizzes for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- You will be expected to take notes (handwritten) as we read.
- You will be able to use these notes on your quizzes over the chapters.
- The quizzes will be VERY detail-oriented.
- If you are absent, please catch up BEFORE you return to class. I would encourage you to get with a classmate to know how much we read.
- If you want to bring your own copy of the book, you may do so.
- If you lose your school-issued book, it will cost you $15.00 to replace it.
- I HIGHLY encourage you to check out Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, or other web resources IN ADDITION TO reading the text. It will help you with understanding. It WILL NOT take the place of reading the actual book. Do NOT rely solely on those resources
- Reminders:
- SAT Week 24 Quiz corrections due today.
- The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt due today. Use this form to turn it in.
