HONORS ENGLISH II
AUGUST 28
I can use a comma with independent clauses.
I can apply my knowledge of denotation of
words.
I can score 80% or higher on my WFA.
I can demonstrate my comprehension of a
text.
Grammar
• Review comma rule #3
• Join two independent clauses with a comma AND a coordinating
conjunction.
• EXAMPLE: For many of these people, adoption is the answer, yet a lot of
them will choose international adoption.
SAT/ACT Vocabulary
1. Emulate-follow example
2. Evanescent-short lived, as an image
3. Frugal- thrifty
STUDY!!!
4. Haughty- arrogant
Use index cards
or on your paper:
5. Impetuous- impulsive
Write the word,
definition, use it
6. Fortuitous-lucky
in a sentence, and
7. Mundane-ordinary
draw a picture.
8. Intuitive-instinctive, untaught
9. Ostentatious-displaying wealth
10. Perfidious-disloyal
WFA
• Grab your clickers!
• Write your answers on your paper and then input in your clicker.
• Good Luck!
Try Clickers Again…
• Try putting in answers for your diagnostic test.
The Great Gatsby
• Comprehension Check
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
List the five characters the reader meets in chapter 1.
What is the setting of chapter1?
Describe Tom and Daisy’s relationship. Why is it strained?
What is the mood in chapter 1? Explain.
How is Gatsby described at the end of chapter 1?
What can the reader pick up on as far as author’s tone in chapter
1?
The Great Gatsby: With a partner
BUT… on your own Paper
1.
Make a chart with 9 columns (one for each chapter). Find all the
colors that are listed in chapter 1. Write the page number where
found and the sentence. What connotation does the color
provide? You will keep this chart through the book.
2. Find an example of imagery, simile, and allusion in chapter one.
Remember, allusion is the reference to literature, mythology, the
Bible, etc….
You will have 10 minutes to work on the following two activities. If
you do not finish in class, you will need to finish at home.
The Great Gatsby
• Read chapters 2 and 3 and answer the following questions.
1. What does Nick learn about Tom at the end of the chapter 2?
2. How does Tom’s treatment of Mrs. Wilson affect Nick?
3. In chapter 3, what does the reader learn about Gatsby from
Nick’s observations before we meet him?
Don’t forget you will also need to find the chapter 2 and 3
vocabulary in context. If you didn’t finish classwork, you will need to
finish at home.
Comprehension Check Chapters 2 and 3
• True or False
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The beginning of chapter 2 has a carefree mood.
Nick meets Tom’s mistress at the Gatsby mansion.
Myrtle/Mrs. Wilson/the mistress is described as beautiful, petite
woman.
Nick became drunk for the second time in his life on the day he met
Myrtle.
Daisy is a Catholic.
Tom broke Myrtle’s nose because she kept saying, “Daisy”.
Nick was invited to the Gatsby mansion by Gatsby himself.
The party at the Gatsby mansion was informal and small in number of
attendees.
Gatsby and Nick were both in the war.
Jordan Baker and Nick become involved as a “couple”.
Check Yourself
1. The beginning of chapter 2 has a carefree mood. False
2. Nick meets Tom’s mistress at the Gatsby mansion. False
3. Myrtle/Mrs. Wilson/the mistress is described as beautiful, petite
woman. False
4. Nick became drunk for the second time in his life on the day he
met Myrtle. True
5. Daisy is a Catholic. False
6. Tom broke Myrtle’s nose because she kept saying, “Daisy”. True
7. Nick was invited to the Gatsby mansion by Gatsby himself. False
8. The party at the Gatsby mansion was informal and small in
number of attendees. False
9. Gatsby and Nick were both in the war. True
10. Jordan Baker and Nick become involved as a “couple”. True
The Great Gatsby: With a partner
BUT… on your own Paper
1.
Make a chart with 9 columns (one for each chapter). Find all the
colors that are listed in chapter 1, 2, and 3. Write the page
number where found and the sentence. What connotation does
the color provide? You will keep this chart through the book.
2. Find an example of imagery, simile, and allusion in chapters 1-3.
Remember, allusion is the reference to literature, mythology, the
Bible, etc….
You will have 10 minutes to work on the following two activities. If
you do not finish in class, you will need to finish at home.
The Great Gatsby Homework
• Finish anything from class.
• Read chapters 4 and 5.
• Be ready for a vocabulary check on chapters 2 and 3 words on
Tuesday.
• In chapter 4, why does Nick say, “There are only the pursued, the
pursuing, the busy, and the tired?”
• In chapter 5, find two literary device examples. Look for imagery,
simile, and metaphor.
The House on Mango Street
• Read pages 56-73
• Draw a map of at least 5 places on Mango Street: character’s
houses, apartments, stores, etc. You may also add other significant
features of the neighborhood like pets, objects, trees, etc.
• Select one quotation from the novel for each building or feature of
the street and copy it onto your map in a physically or symbolically
appropriate location. (For example if I were talking about
Esperanza’s house, I might write the quotation “It’s small and red
with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they
were holding their breath” (4) on the windows of the house.)