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
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