January 24-28

Monday, January 24

Special Olympics Basketball Game, 7pm @ RHS

Goal: analyze author's use of language and rhetoric

• All Book Club documents due
• Reading Section #6 Due
• Multiple Choice Practice Test (p. 88, 50 Essays)

Tuesday, January 25

Goals: anlayze author's use of theme and symbols

• Reading Section #7 Due
• Discussion on theme--Fitzgerald's persepctive on the American Dream
• Finish reading (final section due Thursday)

Wednesday, January 26

Goal: identify author's word choice and use in writing

• Grammar Wednesday
• Diction

Thursday, January 27

Goals: analyze theme; make connections between texts

• Grammar Due--correct
• Grammar Test #1--next Wednesday. All lessons will be due!
• Final Gatbsy section due
• Discuss theme--The American Dream

Friday, January 28

Goals: analyze theme; make connections between texts

• "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
• Synthesis On Demand Write Prompt

Monday, January 31

• Synthesis On Demand Write

January 17-21

Monday, January 17

No School
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 18

Goals: identify and analyze symbols in texts

• Reading Section #4
• Notes on symbols due
• Discussion questions
• No journal this week--wrap up missing work for the semester!

Wednesday, January 19

Goals: effective writing strategies--keeping consistent

• Grammar Wednesday
• Pronouns

Thursday, January 20

Goals: Work effectively in a small group; visualize texts

• Book Club #5
• Final book club meeting--Visual Interpretation of the text due

Friday, January 21

Goals: Analyze literature--make connections to self; analyze author's rhetorical strategies

• Book Club quizzes and discussion questions due
• Grammar due--correct
• Reading Section #5 due
• Multiple choice practice questions

Due Monday: All Book Club documents

January 10-14

Monday, January 10

Goal: Discuss the relevance of the American Dream--does it still exist?

• Gatsby p. 1-30 due--discuss
• The Horatio Alger Myth

Tuesday, January 11


Goal: Discuss the relevance of the American Dream--does it still exist?

• Journal Due (use imperative sentences)
• Discus Gatsby (p. 31-52)
• "Gold Hat" poem

Wednesday, January 12

Goal: Incoroporate effective writing strategies

• Grammar lesson--short and simple sentences

Thursday, January 13
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly

Goal: Discuss the relevance of the American Dream--does it still exist?

• Grammar lesson due--correct
• Discuss Gatsby p. 52-64

Friday, January 14

Goals: identify themes in literature; work effectively in small groups

• Book Club #4
• Theme assignment due