January 2019
Week 4: John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
Monday Jan 28
Tuesday Jan 29
Wednesday Jan 30
Thursday Jan 31
Friday Feb 1
- Midterm return: essay models and missed questions
- Participation eval (2nd MP)
- Looking ahead (and downhill) through the 2nd half
- Get your copy of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men / Begin guided read of Chapter 1
Tuesday Jan 29
- Snow day #2
Wednesday Jan 30
- Snow day #3
Thursday Jan 31
- Discuss Ch. 1 focus questions
- HW: read Chapters 2 and 3 for Monday's class
Friday Feb 1
- TPCASTT: "To a Mouse"
- Notes: Background and context of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
- HW: read Chapters 2 and 3 for Monday's class
Week 3: Gatsby and Midterms
Week 2: "Can't repeat the past? . . . Why of course you can!"
Monday Jan 14
Tuesday Jan 15
Wednesday Jan 16
Thursday Jan 17
Friday Jan 18
- Film (Ch. 4 & 5)
Tuesday Jan 15
- Discuss Ch. 6 & 7
Wednesday Jan 16
- Midterm review: writing the essay (essay structure and practice)
Thursday Jan 17
- Discuss Ch. 8 & 9 (the end)
Friday Jan 18
- Midterm review: small group discussion prep for the other essays
Week 1: "Gatsby. What Gatsby?"
Monday Jan 7
Tuesday Jan 8
Wednesday Jan 9
Thursday Jan 10
Friday Jan 11
- Ch. 1-3 reading due. Ch. 1-3 focus questions due submitted before class. Concise but complete.
- Discuss Ch. 2 & 3
- Assignment (discussion buddies): Fitzgerald's American Dreams
Tuesday Jan 8
- Watch and compare: Gatsby Ch. 1-3 on film
- HW: read Ch. 4 & 5 for Friday's class
Wednesday Jan 9
- work day: Fitzgerald's American Dreams / vocab / Ch. 4 & 5 reading
Thursday Jan 10
- Test: Gatsby Vocab
Friday Jan 11
- (KPFF due before class: see Schoology) Ch. 4 & 5 discussion
- HW: read Ch. 6 & 7 for Tuesday