On Monday, we started to prepare for the Socratic seminar for The Great Gatsby. Our main goal is to discuss the book, so we can understand it better. Hopefully, then, this will lead us to excellent scores on the Gatsby final test next week. PLUS, class discussions are fun - amirite?
In case you were absent or lost yours, click here to download a blank copy of the prep sheet for the Gatsby Socratic Seminar. Please make sure you read all of the directions. Some sections require answers for your questions, complete with text evidence and citations.
Remember: If you're citing a book, you just put the author's last name and page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. For example: Tom Buchanan accuses Jay Gatsby of being a bootlegger during the confrontation by saying that Gatsby's stores "sold grain alcohol over the counter" during the Prohibition (Fitzgerald 133). Notice that the citation (Fitzgerald 133) is before the period at the end of the sentence.
If you would like to look at the class resources for writing questions, click here to see the resources.
Please come prepared on block day! Your whole prep sheet should be done. This Socratic seminar is a double daily grade - one grade for the completed prep sheet (again - please read the directions on the page to make sure you've done everything), and one grade for your participation in the discussion. For whatever reason, if you are unhappy with your discussion grade, you will have a chance to raise that grade after we do the seminar.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Great Gatsby: Chapters 8 and 9 Detailed Review
Click here to download the review for chapters 8 and 9. All page numbers are from the hard cover version of the book.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Friday, February 15, 2019
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
The Great Gatsby Chapter 4
You received the extra credit for chapters 4-6 today in class; I have extra copies if you need one. Click here to download a copy of the extra credit for this Friday's quiz. (Just do the chapters 4, 5, and 6.)
Click here to read chapter 4.
Today, we worked on a character analysis for chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. There are four options, and I asked you to complete two of them. Click here to download a copy of the chapter 4 character analysis.
You will then take ONE of those analysis paragraphs and turn it in on TurnItIn.com. It's just one single paragraph. You also received a piece of paper that states how this paragraph will be graded. Please note that I have changed the due date to Friday, February 8 at 11:59pm.
Click here to download my example MLA format.
To use this file:
Click here to read chapter 4.
Today, we worked on a character analysis for chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. There are four options, and I asked you to complete two of them. Click here to download a copy of the chapter 4 character analysis.
You will then take ONE of those analysis paragraphs and turn it in on TurnItIn.com. It's just one single paragraph. You also received a piece of paper that states how this paragraph will be graded. Please note that I have changed the due date to Friday, February 8 at 11:59pm.
Click here to download my example MLA format.
To use this file:
- Download the file.
- Save it to your computer or thumb drive. Make sure you are saving it where you can find it later!
- Look at the header and heading. Update the information with your name, class period, etc. Make sure to double click the header and put your last name up there next to the page number.
If you want to set up your own MLA formatting, click here to download step-by-step directions.
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