Weekly Usuals
Mark your calendars---The Great Gatsby viewing party will be Saturday, February 24th, 6:00 at the Walker's home. More details coming soon! Bling/dressing up is welcomed but not required.
Reminder: bring your The Great Gatsby next week.
A. SAT Grammar Concept: Parallelism
Play the following game to practice parallelism:
When ready, take this Parallelism Quiz---be sure to check and understand your answers. Yes, I will receive your score.
B. Poetry wall theme of the week:
Dream Poems 10:00
Dream Poems 12:15
C. Poetry Journal
Write two poems connected to the concept of dreams. Here's a site with some good ideas to get you started.
The poems can rhyme or be free verse. They can be about someone or something that inspires you, dreams of others, your own dreams, or anything else related to dreams.
Also follow this link and read the guidelines for the Carl Sandburg Poetry Competition we'll participate in:
Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest
Continue reading The Great Gatsby. Read and track your items (major character, minor character, symbol, and theme/thread) for Chapters 2-6.
I want your pair to focus on generating information about your main character(s) this week. You should be taking notes/marking anything significant related to your character as you read. This could be direct or indirect characterization.
Use the categories and directions on this sheet to guide your recordings. You may record your findings on a separate document or chart where you have more room.
I also want you to thoughtfully fill out this "Fakebook" Profile for your main character. Be imaginative but be sure the information you create reflects and credibly fits the details of the novel.
Note: The sheet only has room for one status update, but I would like a total of FOUR. You can write the other updates on separate paper. Each status update should come from a different chapter, so list the chapter for each update as well.
You will create two posts on their "wall" from other characters and generate other details. You can draw the person (more creative) or find an online picture of what you think the character might look like, but DO NOT take the easy route and post a photo of an actor from a Gatsby movie. ; )
I will check both of these pieces of work next class, will collect your FB profile, and you will share your work with your partner as well.
Dream Poems 12:15
C. Poetry Journal
Write two poems connected to the concept of dreams. Here's a site with some good ideas to get you started.
The poems can rhyme or be free verse. They can be about someone or something that inspires you, dreams of others, your own dreams, or anything else related to dreams.
Also follow this link and read the guidelines for the Carl Sandburg Poetry Competition we'll participate in:
Carl Sandburg Student Poetry Contest
Other Work
I want your pair to focus on generating information about your main character(s) this week. You should be taking notes/marking anything significant related to your character as you read. This could be direct or indirect characterization.
Use the categories and directions on this sheet to guide your recordings. You may record your findings on a separate document or chart where you have more room.
I also want you to thoughtfully fill out this "Fakebook" Profile for your main character. Be imaginative but be sure the information you create reflects and credibly fits the details of the novel.
Note: The sheet only has room for one status update, but I would like a total of FOUR. You can write the other updates on separate paper. Each status update should come from a different chapter, so list the chapter for each update as well.
You will create two posts on their "wall" from other characters and generate other details. You can draw the person (more creative) or find an online picture of what you think the character might look like, but DO NOT take the easy route and post a photo of an actor from a Gatsby movie. ; )
I will check both of these pieces of work next class, will collect your FB profile, and you will share your work with your partner as well.
