October 27-31
Monday, 10/27 - Tuesday, 10/28
Test Debate: The Great Gatsby

Wednesday, 10/29
Complete test-debate
Introduction to research project......

Thursday, 10/30
Create topics for research/gather sources

Friday, 10/31
Film: The Great Gatsby; Francis Ford Coppola

October 20-24

Monday, 10/20
Chapter 9 - Review of Symbolism/Motifs in novel

Tuesday, 10/21
Existentialism in The Great Gatsby
*Read "The Most Sensible Thing" - F. Scottt Fitzgerald

Wednesday, 10/22
"The Most Sensible Thing" discussion

Thursday, 10/23
Final exam review

Friday, 10/24
Final Exam

Journal Reflection:
"The Great Gatsby does not proclaim the nobility of the human spirit; it is not politicaly correct; it does not reveal how to solve the problems of life; it delivers no fashionable or comforting messages. It is just a masterpiece."

To what extent to you agree/disagree with this quotation? Substantiate your comments with a quote(s).

October 14-17

Tuesday, 10/14
Discussion: Chapter 7-8

Wednesday, 10/15
Presentation 8
Read Chapter 9

Thursday, 10/16
Period 5: Presentation 8
Period 7: Presentation 7-8

Friday, 10/17
Presentation 9

• Explore symbolism in the eys of T.J. Eckleberg
• Identify irony in Gatsby's swimming pool
• Identify foreshadowing in chapter VIII - Gatsby's death

October 6-10

Monday, 10/6


Tuesday, 10/7
Read chapter 7
Presentation 6

Wednesday, 10/8
Chapter 1-5 Quiz
JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: Due 10/10
Respond to the following using the conventions of proper English; 200 words minimum.
"It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment."
Reflect on the above quote - what does it mean in context to the novel? Relate it to your life - when have you looked through new eyes at something which you you have been adjusted to or comfortable with?

Thursday, 10/9
School closed for religious observance



Friday, 10/10
Read chapter 8
Chapter 7 presentation