Weeks 9-11
Mon 3/18--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 5
Tu 3/19 or W 3/20--L: 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: 350 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 (link is now live)
Thurs 3/21 OR Fri 3/22--L: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 6
Mon 3/25--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 7 (to bottom of 129)
Tu 3/26--S: 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
Make a list of the mechanical errors you made
Also, write down some suggestions to yourself to improve on the next in-class essay
Please post here on Canvas
Note: because I revised this assignment late, you can have till Friday the 29th to complete it.
Weds 3/27 or Thurs 3/28 March--L:
Finish reading and annotating Gatsby Chapter 7
Please do practice paragraph or freewrite for passage test here: Canvas
Don't read the passage until you're ready to write on it
Note: a paper copy of the assignment is below, if you wish to print it out.
Fri 3/29--S: Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 8
SPRING BREAK
Mon 4/8--S:Read and annotate Gatsby Chapter 9
Tu 4/9 or Weds 4/10--L: Passage practice
Practice passage analyses for homework
Give yourself 40 minutes (time yourself)
Post your analyses here on Canvas.
Link is now live
Sample close reading from Dr. P of the "One October Night . . ." passage
Thurs 4/11 or Fri 4/12--L: In-class passage analysis of Gatsby
Sample answers for practice question #2 are posted here: please read this; it will help you get a sense of what a strong, full answer looks like.
Please bring in a paper copy of mechanical errors to watch for as you write your paragraphs (this was a homework assignment from before the break)
Mon 4/15 S: Grammar Day: Pronoun Case
Read about pronoun case in pink workbook, pp. 80-81
Do exercises on 82 and 83 of pink workbook