Weeks 9-11

Mon 3/12--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 5

Tu 3/13--S: Writing assignment on Gatsby Chapter 5

    • Passage analysis: Analyze ONE key passage (no longer than a paragraph) from Chapter 5. Pick at least THREE key words from the passage and suggest what these words say about Gatsby and/or an important theme of the novel.

        • Please write out your passage and THEN write out your analysis

          • Begin your analysis with a working thesis:

            • Your thesis should state a theme of the novel and how the passage addresses that theme

        • Suggested passages (note: if we discuss one of these passages at length in class, then don't use it for your homework)

          • bottom of 91 to top of 92

          • 93 (top)

          • 95 (bottom)

        • Word count: 400 words

            • Passage does not count towards your word count

        • Note: if you want extra practice, you can do this as a practice in-class essay at home (in which case, you'd have an intro with thesis, two body paras, a conclusion--be sure to pick a very rich passage for this!)

    • Please post on Canvas here

Weds 3/14 OR Thurs 3/15--L: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 6

Mon 3/19--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 7 (to bottom of 129)

Tu 3/20 or Weds 3/21--L: Grammar Day: Clauses and Sentence Types

  • Read about clauses and sentence types in pink workbook (74).

    • Do exercises on clauses on pages 75 and 77 of pink workbook.

      • Note: On p. 77, you do not need to identify noun, adjective, and adverb clauses but you should label whether the sentences are simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

      • Information on sentence types is here

    • Please review your poetry in-class essay

      • Re-read your essay and also re-read my comments

      • On your Google doc, please reply to each of my side comments

        • Hit "reply," then write in your response to my comment

          • For example, your response might be a correction of a mechanical mistake

          • Or your response might be a sentence that's re-written for clarity or a thesis sentence that's made more specific

          • Or, you can just write "Got it" if it's not a comment that makes sense to respond to in any other way

        • Don't "resolve" the comments (you want to be able to see them)

      • Make a list of the mechanical errors you made and please post here on Canvas

        • The list is designed to help you know what errors to watch out for when you write your next in-class essay

Thurs 3/22 or Fri 3/23--L: Finish reading and annotating Gatsby Chapter 7

    • Please do practice paragraph or freewrite for passage test here: Canvas.

    • Note: a paper copy of the assignment is below, if you wish to print it out.

Mon 3/26--S:Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 8

Tu 3/27--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 9

Weds 3/28 or Thurs 3/29--L: In-class passage analysis of Gatsby

    • Practice passage analyses for homework

      • Give yourself 40 minutes (time yourself)

      • Post your analyses here on Canvas.

        • Link is now live

      • Sample answers to be posted below (for the second question): please read this; it will help you get a sense of what a strong, full answer looks like.

    • Sample close reading from Dr. P of the "One October Night . . ." passage

    • Dr P's passage analysis

    • Please bring in a paper copy of mechanical errors to watch for as you write your paragraphs.

    • Also, please read my comments on your Canvas practice passage from last week (page 2 of Gatsby)

Fri 3/30--S: Grammar Day: Pronoun Case

    • Read about pronoun case in pink workbook, pp. 80-81

  • Do exercises on 82 and 83 of pink workbook