Tuesday, October 19th and Friday, October 23rd

 1. The Great Gatsby Test. 

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Homework/ Online work for October 22nd and 23rd

1. Continue review of IB Assessments- IO and HL Essay.  The HL essay is the assessment you will complete next semester. (Found in Monday/Thursday's folder) 

IB Assessments Introduction and Review- (Complete by end of Wednesday) 

A) Read: IO and Global Issues Handout. 

B) Watch: IO Overview. Global Issues

B) Complete: Global Issues Chart- Exercise

C)  Watch: Screencast- Biggest Issues Brainstorm

2. Open Poetry Resources (Found in Naomi Shihab Nye Folder) 

A) Read through IB Lit Poetry Expectations. 

B) Read through the IB Poetry Commentary Wiki (Thinking about HL essay.. or Paper 1 next year) 

C) Look through Common Sense Tips- Poetry Analysis 

D) Run through the Poetry Terms Quizlet a few times. 

E)  Review TPCASTT method (handout in Schoology Folder) 

F) Complete the 'Meet Naomi Shihab Nye' assignment (goes in your notes). 

3.  Watch Mrs. Schulenberg-Cole's video demonstrating annotation of a poem. (Poetry resources)

4.   Using ALL OF THE RESOURCES made available to you...  TPCASTT. Multiple Handouts. Poetry Terms.  Read and Annotate Naomi Shihab Nye's poem "Famous."  Found in Online Classwork folder. 

- Upload a picture of your annotations to Schoology assignment (Due: Sunday, October 25th) 

Monday/Thursday, October 18th and 22nd

 1. Juxtaposition exercise- The American Dream (Schoology) 

After watching two scenes from Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby, what can we understand about the issue of the American Dream through juxtaposition? 

Juxtaposition- two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Requirements:

1. Post with referencing specific examples from the text. Make sure that you reference both scenes to demonstrate juxtaposition. 

2. Respond to one classmate's post. Interact with their evidence. Add ideas or follow up evidence. 

2. Review theme-  Collect a list of possible thematic issues in Gatsby  and Allusions- Student chart

3.  Literary Device Review (Schoology) 

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Homework: 

1. Gatsby Test on Tuesday/Friday. Come early from Advisory if possible. 

2. IB Assessments Introduction and Review- (Complete by end of online class dates) 

A) Read: IO and Global Issues Handout. 

B) Watch: IO Overview. Global Issues

B) Complete: Global Issues Chart- Exercise

C)  Watch: Screencast- Biggest Issues Brainstorm

Tuesday, October 13th and Friday, October 16th

  1. “Beyond Notes” due. Discuss with your small group in class. 

2. Determining Literary THEME-

Understand the difference between the two concepts-

A. Thematic issue- The universal issue that is addressed in a text.

B. Thematic statement- The MESSAGE the author is making about the thematic ISSUE.

Thematic Exploration- start and finish as homework

3. Allusions- An indirect reference to a person, event, piece of literature that has significance.

Discuss allusion chart- introduced today. Finish as homework.

4. Gatsby practice test-

Monday, October 12th and Thursday, October 15th

1. Discuss snippets-  Small group. 

• Remember the goals of the snippets. Tie the evidence specifically back to author choice. 
• Avoid summarizing meaning of evidence. 

- Record findings in the Schoology Discussion post- Post response by the end of the day. 

2.  Discussion of Crash Courses. Small group.  Discuss findings. Revelations. 

Homework for Tuesday, October 13th- 

• Finish the book, if you have not done so yet. 
• Verify your Gatsby Beyond Notes are finished and upload to this week’s Schoology assignment. 
• Read and take notes over Modernism. You will be considering Fitzgerald's STYLE as reading.  Modernism Notes

FYI- We have a Gatsby test on the horizon (Next week).

Tuesday, October 6th and Friday, October 9th

  1. Lit HIIT-  What is the literary importance of revelations of organized crime in chapter 5? How does this contrast to the lavish party that is set and thoroughly described in chapter 4? 

• Restate the question and provide an answer. 
• Provide bullet-pointed evidence to support your claim. 

(We did not get to this for Group B. Please complete on your own) 

2. Snippet presentations- Class discussion.

 SCORING-

1) Provides clear location of the snippet for the class and 

      reads snippet clearly and loud enough for all to hear. X     X      X

   -Provides context of snippet in a sentence or two without

    leaving out significant/essential details.                             

 

2) Names the choice of the author.             X       X     X 

 

3) At least one comment is presented that discusses how

a deliberate decision on the part of the author affects the text X    X      X

4) Is prepared and addresses questions effectively X X X

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Online work- (Group A- 10/8 and 10/9.  Group B- 10/12 and 10/11) 

1. Finish the book by Tuesday, October 13th. 

2. When you have finished the book, complete the TWO Gatsby Edpuzzles. 

• Group A Join Edpuzzle Link: Group A- Edpuzzle link  
• Group B Join Edpuzzle Link: Group B- Edpuzzle link

3. Chapter 6 and 7 Snippets. Discussion on Monday, October 12th AND Thursday, October 15th

4. Organize Learner's Portfolio for review on Monday, October 12th AND Thursday, October 15th. 

• Make sure you have ample notes on the Big 8- and Gatsby notes guide. 

5. Beyond Notes added into LP. Be ready to discuss when you return to class. Beyond Notes- Assignment Sheet We will submit this to Schoology. (a picture of notes will be fine to submit) 

Monday, October 5th AND Thursday, October 8th

 

1. LIT HIIT: 

Fitzgerald shifts Nick Caraway from reliable to unreliable narrator with Nick’s introduction to Gatsby and his world because __________________.

• Complete the literary claim by considering the reason or effect of the literary choice by Fitzgerald. 
• Find as many specific quotes that support Mrs. Schulenberg-Cole's literary claim. Write these in your notes. Be ready to discuss and connect evidence back to claim.

2. Review literary analysis writing expectations and necessary components. 

Point --> Seamus Heaney (a poet) uses potato-based puns to enforce his love of potatoes

Example --> He says: "Without potatoes/I would not be rooted in this life" (yes this is made up)

Explanation --> The word "rooted" refers back both to the author's roots and also to the nature of potatoes themselves which are root vegetables. He also uses a very effective sentence structure to emphasize the significance of potatoes by making them the start of the phrase, the verb in the middle and then with "life" as the last word in the phrase, the stresses fall in such a way that the two seem linked…. etc etc etc. I

2. How does each sentence function? 

Sammy's descriptions of the A & P present a setting that is ugly, monotonous, and rigidly regulated. The chain store is a common fixture in modern society, so the reader can identify with the uniformity Sammy describes. The fluorescent light is as blandly cool as the "checkerboard green-and-cream rubber tile floor" (486). The "usual traffic in the store moves in one direction (except for the swim suited girls, who move against it), and everything is neatly organized and categorized in tidy aisles. The dehumanizing routine of this environment is suggested by Sammy's offhand references to the typical shoppers as "sheep," "house slaves," and "pigs” (486). These regular customers seem to walk through the store in a stupor; as Sammy indicates, not even dynamite could move them out of their routine (485).

3. Snippet Assignment and Discussion 

Snippet Assignment

Snippet Assignment Example

Snippet is due: Group A- Tuesday, October 6th. Group B- Friday, October 9th. 

Thursday/Friday, October 1st and 2nd

For today, you wrote your first piece of carefully crafted literary analysis.  We are going to go over these when you come into class next week. For now, I want you to reflect on the writing you produced. 

1. In Schoology, you will see a discussion board posted. For this response, you will need to pull up your piece of literary analysis and do a close read of the writing techniques that you employed. 

Consider the following questions:

• The claim was provided for this exercise, but we are going to practice full-reflection, so you can get in the habit. Does the claim identify the usage of a literary device? Does the claim address the how this device is employed by the author? Does the claim speak to the effect of this device on the text? 
• How do you introduce and integrate your textual evidence in your writing? Is it smooth? Do you use cue words that provide insight to what is the goal of the quotation that will follow? How effective are your link phrases/transitions. Is the speaker clearly identified? (Differentiated from author)
• Do you use proper citation? Is Fitzgerald referenced? 
• How well do you explain/explore your evidence? Do you "sum up" your evidence, or do you discuss it piece by piece? Does your explanation speak to its support of the claim.. NOT paraphrase what the quote says. (Big difference). This part is where you are digging into the HOW the text works and into the WHY it is relevant. (THIS IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF ANALYSIS... the how you see it force of your writing)
• Do you transition effectively to your next example/evidence? (repeat the process).
• Does your conclusion statement simply restate or does is synthesize the argument? Synthesis is where you process how all of what you mentioned before results in your claim or argument. It can also speak to its relevance or evaluation of its purpose. 

Your reflection needs to be an honest assessment of your writing. What are you doing well? What is missing? What do you need to improve upon? Why? What was a struggle for you? What new process did you learn? 

I can offer feedback and feedback, but if a writer doesn't understand how techniques work and how to wield them, then they never really become their skill.. This is how writers improve their craft. 

2. When you are done with your reflection, YOU MAY go back to your original piece and make revisions. Any revision you make, I would like you to use a different colored font. 

3. Reading- We are going to need to be through Chapter 6 by the end of next week. 

4. I will be doing a LP informal check in the next week. Take some time this weekend to get these organized so they are working for you.