For Tuesday, March 23
Post date: Mar 24, 2020 1:35:20 AM
Here are a couple of videos from me, commenting on yesterday's work and previewing today's reading: https://cobbk12org-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/michael_woodall_cobbk12_org/ElCtxvJCARNPlvX21Lr6y2IB11VZeAHKaDKxOzXYForDsQ?e=E9AgDg
In the second half of chapter four, you met an associate of Gatsby's named Meyer Wolfsheim, a character based on the real Arnold Rothstein. Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim "fixed" the 1919 World Series, which really happened. If you'd like to know a little more about it, here's a short video:
Reading Assignment: Read the first half of chapter 5 (I like to call it, "Reunited. And it feels so good." ), which starts on page 81 and ends on page 90. Stop after Gatsby talks about filling his house with "Celebrated people."
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Complete the reading guide attached below. Tomorrow, we'll have you do something a little more creative. I also attached a picture of the book cover, in case you're working without a hard copy of the novel.
As always, here's a link to the online text and the audio book: http://esl-bits.net/Books/The_Great_Gatsby/Ch5-1/default.html
And here's the scene from the movie (at least part of it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI9ztZV1CCs