We did not have class today due to the early dismissal.

Bell Ringer: Reviewing the directions for today's activity and considering how we will be required to use indirect characterization

Today's Activities: Afterwards, I asked students to complete Handout 8 as if it were a quiz.  When they were done, we had our discussion for participation points, but I allowed them to take Handout 8 with them to revise it for homework.

Tomorrow's Class: I will collect the packet containing Handouts 7 & 8, and we will begin reading chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby.

Homework: Revise work on Handout 8 - Nick Carraway

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Bell Ringer: Discussed Nick Carraway's comfort levels at the two parties we've seen so far

Today's Activities: We discussed Friday's classwork (Handout 7 - George & Myrtle Wilson) as a class for participation points.  Afterwards, I assigned SHandout 8 - Nick Carraway to be completed individually.

Tomorrow's Class: We will finish Handout 8, discuss it, and turn it in.  If we have time, we will begin reading The Great Gatsby chapter 3.

Homework: None

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Bell Ringer: Completing Handout 7 - George & Myrtle Wilson with our partners.

Today's Activities: When Handout 7 was complete, we discussed the questions for participation points.  We ran out of time to complete this discussion before the basketball walk-through.

Monday's Class: We will finish our discussion of Handout 7 before moving on to individually complete Handout 8 - Nick Carraway.

Homework: None

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Bell Ringer: Defining and discussing direct and indirect characterization

Today's Activities: We went over Handout 5 - The Social Register as a class for participation points.  After this discussion, I assigned Handout 7 - George & Myrtle Wilson which asks students to complete 9 questions about chapter 2 dealing with the characterization of the Wilsons.

Tomorrow's Class: We will spend the first 5-10 minutes finish Handout 7 before we discuss it as a class for participation points.

Homework: None

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After a brief hiatus due to extreme busy-ness (and a little illness), this blog is back in working order!

Bell Ringer: Defining and Discussing Direct and Indirect Characterization

Today's Activities: After discussing the notes we took yesterday on Direct and Indirect Characterization, I asked students to complete handout 5 - The Social Register in partners.  This activity asks students to reexamine chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, looking specifically for what we learn from direct and indirect characterization.

Tomorrow's Class: We will have a full class discussion of the work we completed today before we move on to analyze characterization in chapter 2.

Homework: None

:) EHock

Today in English III, we started our class by completing a 5 minute, type 1 writing (come see me if you missed it).  After our discussion of this writing, we took notes on the terms in the essential question using the Great Gatsby Background Packet posted below.  As we took notes we completed the connected discussion questions in the packet.

In 3rd period, we moved on to watching the "Crash Course: The Roaring 20s" video (posted below) and answering the discussion questions about the video in the background packet.  We did not get a chance to finish the video, so we will complete it and the discussion questions in tomorrow's class.

In 7th and 9th periods, we did not have enough time to watch the video, so instead we moved on to taking notes on Prohibition and answering the connected discussion question.  We will be watching the Crash Course video at the beginning of tomorrow's class.

No homework tonight.

:) EHock