They Shoot Horses

They Shoot Horses Reading:

Complete reading through page 51.

http://www.bronxenvision.org/ourpages/auto/2014/1/9/61527864/They%20Shoot%20Horses_%20Chapters%205_6%20_%207.pdf

Due dec. 16

What is the most important symbol inThe  Great Gatsby?

Chapters 8 & 9

You may find the following links to the audio version of The Great Gatsby useful when completing your homework.

Beginning of Chapter 8 - pages 147

Middle of Chapter 8 -pages 152-155

End of chapter 8 - pages 154-162

Beginning of Chapter 9 -pages 163-169

Middle of Chapter 9 - pages 169-175

End of Chapter 9 - pages 175-180

Post Due, December 9, 2013

Due December 9, 2013

Is Gatsby reasonable to expect Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him?

Answer with a well-structured paragraph that uses specific and relevant evidence from the book.

December 3, 2013 - Homework

December 3, 2013 - Homework

Homework: Read Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby
*Additionally: If you did not complete Chapter 5 between last night and today, you must do so before tomorrow.

You will find the text here: http://www.publicbookshelf.com/fiction/great-gatsby/young-reporter

If listening to an audio version of the book while you are reading is helpful to you, you may access audio files by clicking here: http://bronxenvision.org/apps/classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=541290


Beginning of Chapter 6:
End of Chapter 6:

You will have a quiz  on Wednesday.

The Great Gatsby, December 2

December 2

READ: The Great Gatsby, Chapter 5 

If you are reading in your own book read pp 81-90.  If you are reading on line, read through Chapter 5, Page 11 at the following link:

(http://www.publicbookshelf.com/fiction/great-gatsby/blazing-light) OR

LISTEN

http://bronxenvision.enschool.org/ourpages/auto/2013/12/2/43581686/02%20Track%2002%201.m4a

AND

Respond to the following question:  what do you think about the way Gatsby behaves when first meeting Daisy again?

Monday, November 25

Monday November 25

27. Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by one of the authors F. Scott Fitzgerald. Using specific details from either Passage I (the biography excerpt) or Passage II (the poem),The Great Gatsby in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.

Possible Sentence Starter: —F. Scott Fitzgerald uses _________ as a symbol to show….

——HINT!  You may use the car accident on pages 54 and 55 in answering the question.!