Week 25--February 29--March 4

Objectives:
identify and integrate evidence
bring together ideas, concepts and arguments from multiple sources
organize ideas for academic writing
reinforce annotation skills

Monday, February 29:

• prompt:  How does the author of The Great Gatsby use images to contribute to themes of corrupt wealth, pervasive immorality, and impossible love?

revise first draft and write final draft of image essay

Sample paragraph structure:
S1:  Topic sentence
S2:  Further explanation and lead-in to source
S3: Evidence paraphrased and/or quoted
S4:  Commentary on evidence 
S 5:  Additional reference and explanation to evidence
S6:  Clincher sentence== commentary and conclusion 

HW)  finish final draft of essay

Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1st  and 2nd
Ethics exercise:
Groups:  
read aloud to get started
   10 minutes per article
talk through begin to take notes
each person responsible for annotation on his/her own page

The following is a list of some techniques that you can use to annotate text:

1. Underline important terms.
2. Circle tough words and define in the margin.
3. Write key words and definitions in the margin.
4. Signal where important information can be found with key words or symbols in the margin.

Articles:  
"School cancels graduation for cheaters"
"American teens lie, cheat and steal--and think they're okay"
"High School Students Cheating Less"

Talk back
Class discussion
Ticket out:  notes + 4 complete sentences explaining your experience and position on student ethics

HW)  1 paragraph opinion with support on American high school student ethics

Thursday and Friday, March 3rd and 4th
Ethics quiz


High School Students Cheating Less
Kids Cheat, Lie, Steal, and think They're Ok
Ohio High School Cancels Graduation because of Cheaters

Review and discussion for first draft of FCA on high school ethics
write First draft:
for simplicity's sake:  
1 5-6 sentence paragraph about ethics for American high school students based on the article 
1 5-6 sentence paragraph about your own ethics as seen in the survey and your own experience.

FCA's:
topic sentences
evidence from all 3 sources
proper parenthetical citations
Evidence explanation
Grammar

Hw)  do something that exemplifies character as seen on the Character Counts website
write one four-sentence paragraph about what you did

Week 24, February 22-26, 2016

Objectives:

• Identify Details
• Evaluate how details construct images
• Analyze how images contribute to themes
• Collect textual evidence to develop a thematic exposition

Monday 2/22 and Tuesday 2/23

• Detail, Image, Themes explained
• Watch Baz Lurman version of The Great Gatsby while itemizing details and images
• Hand in image graphic organizer

HW)  Read for the prezi on colors in Gatsby found at https://prezi.com/rwlkqbtp9rtt/colors-in-great-gatsby/

Wednesday 2/24 and Thursday 2/24

• Finish viewing Gatsby
• Identifying images
• Outline image essay
• write first draft of FCA on function of images
• prompt:  How does the author of The Great Gatsby use images to contribute to themes of corrupt wealth, pervasive immorality, and impossible love?

HW)  finish draft 1 of image essay 


Friday 2/25
revise first draft and write final draft of image essay

Sample paragraph structure:
S1:  Topic sentence
S2:  Further explanation and lead-in to source
S3: Evidence paraphrased and/or quoted
S4:  Commentary on evidence 
S 5:  Additional reference and explanation to evidence
S6:  Clincher sentence== commentary and conclusion 

HW)  finish final draft of essay

week 23, February 9-12

Objectives:
Finish reading and discussing The Great Gatsby
Write about literature demonstrating an understanding of character and theme, plot development and irony

Monday
Snow day

Tuesday 2/9 shorty
Read and discuss chapter 8
Return short essays
Students may revise and improve returned essay for improved grade

Wednesday 2/10 Green Day
Return short essays
Students may revise and improve returned essay for improved grade
Read and discuss chapter 8
Itemize in chronological order 7 key steps taken by George Wilson before the "holocaust was complete" (Fitzgerald,162) 
Exit ticket:  In four complete sentences, explain why and how George Wilson committed homicide.  Include 1 sentence about the irony of his selected victim. Number the sentences.
Irony involves a result that is different from the character's or audience's expectation.  A meaningful effect results as you learn what you don't expect.
HW)  Revise short essay on chapter 7

Thursday 2/11 and Friday 2/12
read and discuss chapter 9
understanding Denouement, Irony and Pathos
Denouement   a literary device which can be defined as the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction. Majority of the examples of denouement show the resolution in the final part or chapter that is often an epilogue.
Irony involves a result that is different from the character's or audience's expectation.  A meaningful effect results as you learn what you don't expect.  
Pathos is a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow.
How is the title The Great Gatsby ironic? When people think of this book, what do they focus on? 
Exit ticket:  In four complete sentences, explain Gatsby's love for Daisy, and Daisy's love for Tom.  What is romantic love?

HW)  find and watch the Robert Reford/Mia Farrow movie version of The Great Gatsby

FCA set up

How to set up an FCA essay (Focus Correction Area)

Top Left of your paper:  write on consecutive lines the focus correction areas listed for the assignment
For the current assignment, they are the following:  Topic Sentences
                                                                             Quote integration
                                                                             Clincher sentences

Top Right of your paper:  name
                                       date

Skip lines as you write your paragraphs.  At the end of the writing time or in the next class, there will be time dedicated to revising your writing.  When you revise, please look for mistakes, such as the following:
                    run-ons
                    fragments
                    homonym or homophone errors (there/they're, your, you're, our, are) 
                    capitalization
                    subject-verb agreement
                    pronoun agreement
                    parallel structure

week 22, February 1-5, 2016

Objectives:

• evaluating evidence 
• identifying red herrings
• making inferences in literature
• understanding literary themes

Monday
Read Great Gatsby chapter 6
Discuss and answer questions
sample "Bluff the Listener" game
HW)  write your own fraudulent story based on a true news story, including the set up, the odd details, the red herrings and the embedded quotes

Tuesday/Wednesday
Bluff the Listener

• identifying key evidence
• picking out red herrings

Read Great Gatsby chapter 7
Discuss and answer question: "What happens when Daisy’s affair with Gatsby is brought to light? How does Gatsby’s dream die?"
Write short essay to FCA's for the following:

• topic sentences
• quote integration
• clincher sentences

HW) write your own fraudulent story based on a true news story 

Thursday/Friday
Share your Bluff the Listener stories with small groups
Rewrite and score short essay on chapter 7
Reader Theater for end of chapter 7
HW) write a second Bluff the Listener story