Mon, Feb 17, 2020

• ACT - 3 Minutes a Day - Principle 8 - Be Chalant pg 20-22

• Discuss "Any Human...."

Assignment:

• Read background Jean Toomer

• Read from "Storm Ending" p7g 666 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Do ??? 1-3 pg 667

• Journal: Writing Option #2 pg 667

Tue, Feb 18, 2020

• ACT - 3 Minutes a Day - Principle 9 - The Power of Pivot pg 23-24

• Discuss "Storm Ending"

Assignment:

• Read background Zora Neale Hurston

• Read from "Dust Tracks on a Road" pg 668-673 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Do ??? 1-3 pg 673

• Journal: Writing Option #2 pg 673

Wed, Feb 19, 2020

• ACT - 3 Minutes a Day - Principle 10 - Wordlubbers, Beware pg 25-27

• Discuss "Dust Tracks on a Road"

• Assign Writing Option #1 (College students) pg 673. Response due tonight by 11:59, Responses due to classmates Fri, Feb 21 by 11:59 pm

• Review "The Novel" pg 526-527

• Handout out novels The Great Gatsby

• Handout study guide questions

Assignment:

• Build Background, Journal , Meet the Author, Analyze Literature pg 528

• Read from "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1 and 2. Do all questions over chapters 1 and 2

Objectives After studying this unit, students will be able to

• read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate ideas and themes from a novel

• understand the ways in which the novel depicts the Jazz Age.

• analyze and understand narrator and setting.

• To expose students to a different era of American life.

• Students will demonstrate their understanding of the text on four levels: factual, interpretive, critical and personal.

• Students will consider what it means to be successful and/or rich, and the responsibilities that accompany success and/or wealth.

• Students will be given the opportunity to practice reading aloud and silently to improve their skills in each area.

• Students will answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in The Great Gatsby as they relate to the author's theme development.

• Students will enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.

• Students will read aloud, report, and participate in large and small group discussions to improve their public speaking and personal interaction skill

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

• ACT - 3 Minutes a Day - Principle 11 - Get a Clue, Holmes pg 28-30

• Discuss chaps 1 & 2 of The Great Gatsby

Assignment: Read Chap 3 and do questions of The Great Gatsby 

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

• No School - Student Enrichment/Professional Development