Tuesday, September 16Honors English II

I can demonstrate my comprehension of text.I can create a mini-project for The Great Gatsby.

I can independently read text.I can participate in a class activity.

With a partner, discuss the prompt and write a paragraph explanation.Prompt: Alienation, love, friendship, identity, and the American Dream are topics that readers encounter in The Great Gatsby. Which of these do you think is the most important theme? Why? Give examples from the book? Is this theme only relevant to the time in which Fitzgerald wrote the book or is it still relevant today?

Bell Ringer

Share the Bell Ringer

Choose two of the following projects. Make sure that you turn into the box. You may use markers, computer paper, or construction paper. Be CREATIVE!!!1. Write a letter to Daisy from Gatsby after he’s just found out she’s married to Tom.

Must be one page in length. Don’t forget a date and signature.2. Write a letter to Gatsby from Daisy explaining her life with and marriage to Tom.

Must be one page in length. Don’t forget a date and signature.3. Create a timeline of the major events in novel with pictures.4. Create a realistic invitation to one of Gatsby’s parties. Don’t forget to include time

of party, date, address, whether it is formal or informal dress, food to be served, and an RSVP date.

5. Create a realistic license plate for one of the characters in the novel. Must include 7 letters that create a word or phrase fitting to the character, registration tags (year and month), and background art. The rectangle around the plate must include a theme for the novel that relates to the character or a famous quote by the character.

6. Create a Facebook page for one of the characters. You must at least four status updates and responses from at least three of the characters to each status update.

7. 1919- World Series Article- Create a realistic front page newspaper article that features the scandal. Must include the who, what, when, why, where, and how.

Mini-project

Read chapter 8. Complete vocabulary activity. Make sure to fill in color chart.

Humidor- a container or storage room for cigars Indiscernible-cannot be seen or perceived clearlySettee- a seat for two or more personsIn cahoots-in partnershipDivot-a piece of turf gouged with a clubGarrulous- excessively talkative in a rambling mannerIncoherent- disjointed; ramblingConceivable-imaginable; believableForlorn- desolate or drearyLaden- burdened; loaded down

Chapter 8

Choose one of the scenarios. With your partner (s) plan your scene. Be ready to act out your scene.

1. Daisy and Myrtle (assume they don’t know each other’s identity) find themselves sharing a table at a bridal luncheon for a mutual friend.

2. Nick wanders into a bar at a posh New York hotel. He sees Meyer Wolsheim sitting all alone at the bar and goes over to join him.

3. While standing in line to purchase a ticket to a movie, Nick and Tom turn around to find Wilson and Myrtle standing directly behind them.

4. Nick is having dinner with Jordan when he receives a telephone call from his “entanglement” back home.

5. Tom and Myrtle are in separate compartments riding a train to the city. They can see one another through the glass. Wilson gets on the train at the next stop and sits down next to Tom.

6. Gatsby and Daisy are dancing at one of his parties and Tom cuts in.

Role play