Monday:
  • Vocabulary Quiz
  • Continued discussion over Ch. 1
  • Homework:  Read and Annotate Ch. 2; Response Paper on Ch. 2

Tuesday
  • Socratic Seminar over Ch. 2
  • Homework:  Read and Annotate Ch. 3; Socratic Seminar Questions over Ch. 3

Wednesday:
  • Vocabulary Quiz
  • Discussion over Ch. 3
  • HW:  None

Thursday:
  • Compare and contrast 3 parties
  • Discussion over Ch. 3
  • Homework: REad and Annotate Ch. 4
 
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Wednesday: 
  • Finish up Independent Reading Presentations
  • Discuss Color Symbolism 

Thursday:
  • Discuss Color Symbolism
  • Read Ch. 1 of Gatsby

Friday: 
  • Socratic Seminar Q

 
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  • Students will present independent reading projects and turn in their MWDS and response papers
  • Teacher will give students another day to correct MWDS after they receive their Oedipus Rex MWDS
  • On Tuesday, students will finish and begin working on the Color Symbolism Worksheet for The Great Gatsby
  • Tuesday Homework: Finish Color Symbolism Worksheet
 
In-Class:
 
Thursday:
  • Students did a quick write over what their dreams and goals were for the future
  • Students brainstormed over what the American Dream was in the past and what it has evolved to now
  • Students made two mind-maps on the board: one for the traditional American Dream and one for The Dream of 2013
  • Students listened to 1920s music and completed The Roaring Twenties Trivia Quiz
  • Teacher and Students discussed answers (winners got candy!)
  • HW:  Students will read and annotate Modernism Handout (get from Mrs. Hirzel) and complete Modernism Vocabulary to go along with it.