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