Q2 - week 7/10

Day 1 - Mon. 11/28 
Essential Question:  How does this interpretation of GG compare/contrast with the novel? 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)

Do Now:  Decipher the HW together and peek behind the curtain
Agenda:
>  STAR head's up - not all are doing it...
>  GG - Exam Week @ day this week & next
    >  Psychoanalysis
    >  Old shirts & Old girls & Old Sports
    >  New shirts & new girls & Old Sports
>  GG example thesis statement for upcoming, in-class essay/exam on characters/settings/symbols:  In, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates a character, Jay Gatsby, whose "intrica[cy]", "hope[fulness]", and "romantic readiness" illustrate the complexity of the human experience.
Exit Pass:  GG - select char/set/sym to write about
HW:  
-  EOS section 1 exercises - graded Day 3 - continue 
weekly exercises until final exam in week 10 - real exam
-  GG thesis due Day 3 - beginning of class for the in-class essay 
-  GG - look at Day 3 HW
-  IR - enrichment IR Thing due by Day 1 week 10
-  ARP peer editing your 2nd Draft this/next week
    - 3rd Draft Due end of class 12/8-9
    - 4th/Final Draft Due 12/16 @ midnight - no extension and probably no grade before the break
-  Word Mastery - week 7 due 11/30 midnight
-  Tropes & Schemes on hold until further notice


Day 2 - Tue. 11/29 & Wed. 11/30
Essential Question: ? ? ? STAR ? ? ?
Do Now:  Get a computer loaded up 
Agenda: 
>  STAR test
    >  click on the RL or Renaissance Learning tab OR type:     http://tinyurl.com/kkhsstar2
    >  User Name:  first letter of first name and last name (ex. nlong)
    >  Password:  your birthday (04/01/2000)
    >  #DYB

>  Silent peer editing ARP - HW if not finished...
Exit Pass:  
HW:  as above


Day 3 - Thu. 12/1 & Fri. 12/2
Do Now:  Grade old EOS, "Old Sport" 
Agenda: 
>  Reflection - what have you/can you do to finish this EOS torture
>  GG Essay - hope you picked your thesis...prepared quotes...?
Exit Pass:  turn in your essay
HW:  
- GG - gather evidence for both/all sides of a Philosophical Chair discussion/debate.  Topic to defend/challenge/qualify:  Before writing The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald said, “I want to create something new -- something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned.”