Monday, January 7th

Do Now:

1.  Take out your poetry packets. Reflect on the annotations from Friday's class.

2.  Take out your laptops and log on to our blog.  Open up the responses to Thursday's poetry assignment so that you are prepared to follow along with each presentation.

SWBAT:

•  Improve our ability to extract critical poetic/literary devices "at a glance."   
•  Increase our ability to assess the poet's/writer's craft.
•  Go beyond locating literary techniques and begin explaining how they convey or extend meaning.

Today:

 We will finish poetry explications and transition to The Great Gatsby.
 


Homework:

Review the power point presentation below.  Review the map of East & West Egg, NY & Determine how you will manage your electronic version of Gatsby.  Reading begins on Tuesday.

1. Power point presentation on The Roaring 20's, Fitzgerald & The Great Gatsby
  
Cut/paste the address to see a powerpoint presentation for background details.
 http://www.slideshare.net/mrsdenglish/the-great-gatsby-2822980

2.  A Map of NY (East & West Egg) in Gatsby... 

Cut/paste the address to see a map made of the Hamptons, as described by Fitzgerald, in The Great Gatsby.

http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/fitzgerald_fscott/gatsby/map.html

3.  Below is the link for your version of The Great Gatsby:

Cut/paste the link and determine how you would like to access your copy of Gatsby.

http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/complete.html