3/20-21- Happy Spring!
 Check out The Great Gatsby
 Speech Assignment, Reading Notes process
 Early Assessment Program– Writing Assessment
 4th start at 11:15
 3rd period start at 10:35
 5th period start at 12:55
 HW: Web quest and Research Assignment, due in class
on Monday 3/25
3/22 Happy Friday!
 Handouts: GG notes, Sample Poem Assessment
 Poetry Assessment
 HW: Web quest and Research Assignment, due at
beginning of class on Monday 3/25
3/25 Happy Tuesday!
 Focus: Characterization
DO
NOW
 Themes/Speech Tracker
 Re-Read the passages identified in the theme tracker and
discuss how each of them connect to the corresponding
theme.
 Add one or two of your own marked passages from Ch.1 to
the tracker. Be ready to share your passage and thinking
with the class.
 First Impressions of the Characters Close Reading Activity
 HW: Finish First Impressions Activity, Read Chapter 2
3/24 Happy Monday!
 Focus: Getting into The Great Gatsby
 Journal Write: Have you ever wanted to relive a
moment/time from your past, to re-do it? Describe the
situation. How would you change the past?
 Start Chapter 1 together in class
 HW: Finish Chapter 1
3/26-27 Happy Block Day!
 Focus: Visualizing the Setting
DO
NOW
 Take out the First Impressions Handout from Tuesday. Share
your conclusions about the characters at your tables. Be ready
to share with the class!
 Visualizing the Setting Activity
 HW: Finish Visualizing Reflection, Read Chapter 3
The now-demolished Beacon Towers served as
an inspiration for Gatsby's home
3/26-27 Happy Block Day!
Buchanan’s
Estate
Gatsby’s
Estate
Valley of
Ashes
3/28 Happy Friday!
 Focus: Assessment of Reading
Clarification about Visualizing Activity for 1,3 periods.
DO
NOW
 Themes/Speech Tracker
 Add your own marked passages from Ch.2 & Ch.3 to the
tracker. Be ready to share your passage and thinking with
the class.
 Reading Assessment, Chapters 1-3
If you finish early– work on finishing all assignments from this
week:
 Research packet & web quest responses
 First Impressions Activity
 Reflection on Visualization Activity
 Start reading ahead for next week!
 HW: Catch up/Finish all work from this week if you haven’t!
3/31 Happy Monday!
 Focus: Gatsby’s World
 Discussion/Review questions for Chapter 3
1. Describe the party preparations.
2. How do the guests of the party feel about Gatsby? Why?
3. What did Gatsby do about Lucille's dress?
4. Describe Jordan and Nick's interaction with "Owl Eyes" in the
library.
5. How do we, the audience, and Nick meet Gatsby? Describe him,
and how he behaves at his parties.
6. What does Jordan tell Nick she has learned about Gatsby?
7. What does Nick see as he is heading home from the party?
8. Describe Nick's relationship with Jordan. What do we learn about
Jordan at the end of the chapter?
3/31 Chapter 3: A closer look
 Journal:
At the end of chapter 3, Nick explains, “Everyone suspects himself of at least
one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest
people that I have ever known.” (64)
Cardinal virtues:
• Prudence - good judgment, common sense
• Justice - fairness, impartiality, objectivity
• Temperance or Restraint - practicing self-control, moderation
• Fortitude or Courage - confront fear, resilience, stick-to-itiveness
1. What would you say is your greatest virtue? What makes you say this?
2. Which of these virtues seem to be generally lacking in the novel/1920s
New York?
3. Which of these virtues seems to be generally lacking today?
HW: Read Chapter 4
American Culture
 What is Fitzgerald suggesting about American culture in this chapter?
Quote/Passage from CH. 3
"Don't ask me," said Owl Eyes,
washing his hands of the whole
matter. "I know very little about
driving - next to nothing. It
happened, and that's all I know."
(59)
Commentary on American Culture
Reckless
Refuses to acknowledge/accept
responsibility for actions
Satisfied with ignorance
 Work with your table to identify 2 passages from Chapter 3 that
illustrate something about Fitzgerald’s view on American Culture.
Agree/disagree
If you agree that this aspect still exists in
our culture today: window side
If you disagree - this is not a major part of
our culture: door side
4/2-4/3 Happy Block day!
Focus: What is the influence of wealth?
Preparation for Socratic Seminar
 Clip from The Great Gatsby (34:09-1:05)
 Hypothetical Scenario
 Watch TED Talk: Does Money Make You Mean?
 Annotate Transcript – especially with QUESTIONS it generates for you.
 Preparation for Socratic Seminar Friday:
 Create open-ended discussion questions based on The Great Gatsby
and the TED Talk.
 HW: Prepare for the Socratic Seminar on Friday. Review Questions by
Table
Scenario
1. Nathan's father is a high-ranking executive at a multi-billion dollar company that makes
electronics gadgets.
2. Recently, the gadgets were credited with helping revolutionaries take back democratic control
from a military dictatorship in the middle east. The gadgets were the main source of
communication between rebel fighters.
3. Nathan's father's annual salary is 2 million dollars, plus bonuses.
4. The manufacturing plants that make the gadgets are located in one country in Southeast Asia.
5. The plants have a very poor track record in terms of worker's rights, health care, and pay.
6. The waste from the plant has long polluted the local water supply.
7. The company has done little more than make empty promises about fixing the situation.
8. None of its workers have health insurance.
9. Average pay for employees is less than $1 per day.
10. Safety standards are minimal.
11. There are many accidents each month.
12. Workers who are too injured to continue doing their job are fired.
13. Nathan graduates from an elite college. College is paid for by his father, in full.
14. Nathan joins the Peace Corps to work overseas with less privileged populations.
15. Nathan's assignment places him in a town where most of the people work for his father's
company.
16. Nathan's assignment is to help build a school and a safe water source for the town.
17. Nathan does the work and completes his time with the Peace Corps; he comes home.
18. Nathan's father offers Nathan a very high-paying job at the company.
Hypothetical: If Nathan MUST follow the advice of ONE of these friends, which friend's advice
do you think makes more sense?
Friend #1
This friend says that his dad's job offer is just to buy off Nathan's guilt about working for a
company that doesn’t consciously “give back” to the world – that it is blood money. This friend
tells Nathan to refuse the job and the money.
Friend #2
This friend tells Nathan that he can help change the company from within – that he should take
the job and work to change the culture of the company, even if the process takes him years and
years to accomplish.
Friend #3
This friend tells Nathan it is his moral obligation to undermine the success of his dad's
company; that he should take the job and work from within to expose its corruption and
undermine its profits, even if he has to break the law to do so.
Explain your answer by providing 5 specific and compelling reasons this advice is more solid
than the advice of the other friends.
Beliefs About Wealth
Slide your notebook to the person on your left:
Look at your choice and reasons from the above
activity; what do you assume to be his/her main
BELIEF about wealth?
Write down your thoughts below the activity
responses.
Discuss. Is your peer’s assumption accurate?
Happy Friday!
Periods 1, 2, 3
Lesson Plan
We will NOT have a socratic seminar today as originally planned since there are so many
people missing AND now I am sick! We will do the socratic when we return from break.
Each table should compare their responses with the class to the Chapter 4 and Chapter 5
Review Activity. Give everyone time to write the responses in their notebooks as each table
shares.
Periods 5 & 6
Lesson Plan
Please have students read and annotate the speech titled “Knotty Ties”.
Read it together first as a class, then they should work together to annotate the structure and
the rhetorical devices in the text.
Socratic Seminar
Purpose: Achieve a deeper understanding about the ideas and values in a text.
Background: Based on a systemic way of using questioning to delve deeply into a subject,
participants carry the burden of responsibility for the quality of the discussion.
The best discussions occur when participants study the text (The Great Gatsby, TED Talk) or
prepare in advance, using evidence to support their ideas.
Discussion is not about “right answers”; it is not a debate. Students are encouraged to think
out loud to exchange ideas openly while examining ideas in a rigorous, thoughtful manner.
Assessment will be based on:
- the quality of your group discussion as a whole
- the equitable participation of all members
40 points possible:
-20 “group think”
- 20 “equitable participation”
In other words… this is not a competition against each other to see who can say the most. It is
about how you work together to develop a thoughtful, collective, elevated understanding of
your thinking about the effect of money in society.
Socratic Seminar
Purpose: Achieve a deeper understanding about the ideas and values in a text.
Questions to discuss:
What is Fitzgerald implying about the effect of money on people’s lives?
What does Fitzgerald suggest about how individuals are affected by their own as well as
society’s beliefs about money?
What role does/should significant wealth play in a person’s life?
Add your own questions---
Socratic Seminar
Team United
Team Delta
Maya Acharya
Kelli Carlson
Ryan Espiritu
Jordan Higham
Mo Fernandez
Kayla McHenry
Jose Hernandez
Moises Flores
Tim Hsu
Jeffrey Liu
Maddie Klein
Kathryn Mueller
Jake Klepper
Sean Nguyen
Ines La’o
Casey Young
Oscar Martinez
Bryan Melo
Kunal Patel
Evan Ryder
Jonas Schill
Michael Wu
Nicole Vendelin
Darius Seigl
Elvis Li
Daniel Steigman
Socratic Seminar
Team United
Absent:
Tim Lam
Team Delta
Romy Aboudarham
Farris Scott
Kathia Angel
Clara Ramirez
Alex Castro
Theo Ebenhoech
Tristan Cottarel
Bret Gustafson
Elizet Cruz Bravo
Victor Macias
Matt Glein
Elise Hu
Hasan Iqbal
Kenneth Moussavian
Andre Jenab
Thomas Kelleher
Eric Kopps
Will Pye
Brianna Lane
Shauna Schultz
Olivia Mann
Annie Zhang
Makinnon Baugh
Kristen Liu
Nicole Miller
Rachel Miller
Charles Lien
Elizabeth Li
Akhil Avula
Elizabeth Li
Socratic Seminar
Team United
Team Delta
Borna Barzin
Billy Berman
Katheline Do
Oliver Dong
Amy Tran
Ben Gardner-Gill
Jehan Godrej
Faraz Gorji
Alex Golgolab
Montana Goloubef
Cameron Hayes
Funo Heims
Jenna Hoover
Jackson Houdek
Riley Kahan
Menson Li
Megan Lee
Chris Lytle
Ryan Laehy
Riley Moulds
Julissa Garcia
Michelle Yau
Toby Macaluso
Joseph Ong
Zach Pozzi
Abby Williams
Noah Tsao
Maddy Healy
Emily Webb
Lesley Enriquez
Rebekah Zhang
Adrian Romero
Group A
Miss Biss’
Desk
Group B
Miss Biss’
Desk
4/14/14 Happy Monday!
Welcome Back!
Focus: Speech Preparation
 Spring Break Highlights & Lowlights
 Reality Check: Reminders
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Poetry Unit Work– Will be in SIS by Friday
Topic Proposals (due by 4/18 at latest)
Annotated Bibliography & Speech Rough Drafts (block day 4/23-4/24)
Speeches Begin: Tues 4/29
 Rhetorical and Oratorical Devices Handout
 Watch and Read: MLK Jr. Address at Mason Temple
 HW: Read Chapter 6, Topic Proposal
4/15 Happy Tuesday!
Please take out your theme tracker and add 2 quotes from Chapter 6.
Then tear out a piece of paper -- this will be your exit ticket from class today.
Put your name and date on it. You can use a half a sheet and share with another student.
 Reading Quiz Chapter 6
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2.
3.
4.
Who is James Gatz? Explain HOW he becomes Jay Gatsby?
Describe Dan Cody.
How does Daisy behave at Gatsby’s party?
How does Tom talk about Gatsby while at his party?
 Rhetorical Analysis of MLK’s Mason Temple Address: Page ONE and
TWO only.
Use the chart given out yesterday with the rhetorical devices and
annotate page one of the speech text.
 HW: Read Chapter 7, Topic Proposal
 Topic Proposals (due by 4/18 at latest)
 Annotated Bibliography & Speech Rough Drafts (block day 4/23-4/24)
 Speeches Begin: Tues 4/29
4/16-17 Happy Block Day!
Focus: Chapter 7 & Speech Preparation
 Topic Proposal Check list/General Topic Ideas
 Annotated Bibliography guidelines
Work on topics
 Chapter 7– Focus Questions
 Respond thoughtfully to your assigned question. Find quotes/specific examples to
support your answers. You will share with class.
 Start the reading, if time.
 HW: Read Chapter 8, Topic Proposal
 Topic Proposals (due by 4/18 at latest)
 Annotated Bibliography & Speech Rough Drafts (block day 4/23-4/24)
 Speeches Begin: Tues 4/29
4/16-17 Happy Block Day!
Topic Proposal Check
IS your topic written in a STATEMENT form? Proposals
should not be written as questions.
Did you articulate a connection, allusion or thematic link to
The Great Gatsby?
Is your topic statement clear and specific?
Does your topic have too much going on? If so, refine it to a
more simple, straight forward topic.
 Remember, this is a 3-5 minute speech. 2.5-3 pages only.
4/16-17 Happy Block Day!
 Chapter 7– Focus Questions
1. Describe Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship.
2. Compare Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. What did each man learn about his wife and
how did they each react?
3. Be Dr. Phil. Consider how each person in the Daisy, Gatsby, Tom love triangle behaves
during chapter 7. How does Daisy feel about Gatsby? How does he feel about her? How
does Tom feel about Daisy? Write down key quotes to help organize your thinking about
the love triangle that exists. What is your professional opinion on the status of the
relationships?
4. Consider the fight between Tom and Gatsby: What do these men think of each other?
How are Tom and Gatsby similar?
5. How does Nick feel about turning 30? Why might he be feeling this way?
6. Be the officer at the scene of the accident. What happened?
7. What is Gatsby “missing” about the status of his relationship with Daisy as he waits,
pointlessly, in the bushes to be sure she is safe from Tom? How is this like other times in
the novel when he has been clueless in terms of some aspect of reality?
4/18 Happy Friday!
 Please put your topic proposals in the basket on my desk.
 Rip the blank yellow paper in half (hamburger style).
 Record your collective response to the CH. 7 on each of the
half sheets. (Same answer, two times)
 You will have 5 minutes to get this response recorded.
 Gallery Walk for CH. 7 review questions.
 Processing the novel activity
 HW: Read Chapter 9,
 Finish processing the novel handout
 begin researching, drafting annotated bib, rough draft of speech.
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Annotated Bibliography & Speech Rough Drafts (block day 4/23-4/24)
Speeches Begin: Tues 4/29
4/21 Happy Monday!
Focus: Processing the Novel & Speech Preparation
 Reminders:
Topic Proposals: Now Late (due 4/18)
Annotated Bib on your topic due Block Day
Speech Rough Draft due Block day
Bring Laptops to class this week.
Reading Assessment Grade: 100 points total for unit
Reading Assessment #1 (ch.1-3)
25
Socratic Seminar PREP sheet
25
Processing the Novel activity
25
Love Analysis
25
 Speech Assignment
 What’s Love Got to Do with It?
HW: Annotated Bib, Speech Rough Draft
4/21 Speech Requirements
Speech Requirements:
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Speeches will be at least 3 minutes long but not longer than 5 minutes.
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We will examine the uses of some rhetorical devices and oratorical techniques, and you will apply
these techniques when you present your speech to the class.
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You will not be required to memorize per se, however you will be graded on the effectiveness of your
delivery. Keep in mind that reading from your paper is not speech-making.
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Include evidence from at least three credible sources.
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Make reference to some aspect of The Great Gatsby in your speech.
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Typed, double-spaced, MLA format (It will probably be about 2.5 pages.)
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Submit an annotated bibliography with at least 6 sources along with a Work Cited page.
Correctly cite your sources, using MLA format.
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Highlight and label at least three unique rhetorical devices.
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Annotate some notes on your delivery (oratorical techniques)
4/21 Speech Structure
Format:
Introductory
Paragraph
Body
Paragraphs
Requirements:
 Examples
 Expert
testimonies
 Anecdotes
 Statistics/Facts
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Commentary
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Rhetorical Devices
Conclusion
Paragraph/ Call to Action
“Hook” your audience with a paragraph that presents a
personal perspective or anecdote on the issue you are
discussing. You need to give some background info so
that the audience understands the urgency of the problem.
End the paragraph by clearly presenting your claim
(opinion) on the issue and your call to action.
Give clear, specific and effective arguments for your
position (2-3 paragraphs)
Select 2-3 main arguments for your opinion.
For each reason, use statistics, expert testimony, personal
experiences, or other information from the texts in your
packet to prove your claims.
Don’t forget to address any counterarguments opponents
might have.
Use rhetorical devices to make your arguments more
effective. At least one example of concession must be
included in your speech.
The purpose of the conclusion is to present your
closing thoughts on the issue. Recap your main
arguments for your position and include a final call to action
stating what you want the audience to do about this
problem.
4/22 Happy Tuesday
Speech v. Essay
Essay
Speech
Can give more information because the Usually heard once
reader can always refer back to a section,
or read it more often
Need more attention getters
Allows for longer sentences and
paragraphs, and more complex language
(especially when
explaining technical information)
Fewer attention getters needed
Have to keep the facts to a short list of
important facts. Listeners can only take in so
much information
Need to repeat the facts in creative ways
because listeners need repetition to remember
anything.
Less repetitive to get the point across
Keep it simple; Shorter sentences
Obviously premeditated
Sound spontaneous
5/2 Happy May!!
THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY!! Remember:
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Know your audience
Have a specific and clear tone
Appeal to your audience: ethos, pathos and logos
When in doubt, repeat your argument- your audience needs repetition
Use concrete examples- do not be vague
Keep your audience with you: signposts
Use rhetorical devices purposefully and appropriately
Use simple sentences
Don’t beat around the bush- Say what you mean!
Practice reciting it
Have fun with your speech…be passionate and creative!
5/2 Happy Friday!!
 Speech Order
 Practice speech Protocol
 HW: Finalize speeches, PRACTICE AND
TIMING!!! Turnitin.com by Monday night
11:59pm
Speech Order- 3rd Period
Monday 5/6
Tuesday 5/7
Wed/Thurs 5/8-9
Alec Aaron
Cori Blasing
Carmen Diaz
Adeline Berrospe
Michael Waarts
Kavi Mehta
Vik Bhagat
Recner Lugardo
David Parra
Barbara Garcia
Brett Chin
Amy Shannon
Katie Gomez
Matthew Farmer
Bhavna Sharma
Max He
Jenna Iwamura
Savannah Swan
Isabel Kunkel
Demia Jones
Margaret Branyon-Goodman
Katie Tritschler
Eric Marshall
Katie Winters
Gabriela Preciado-Rivera
Jesse Mayer
Ranya Zeitoun
Tony Tran
Kyung Sun Park
Tony Yang
Speech Order- 4th Period
Monday 5/6
Tuesday 5/7
Wed/Thurs 5/8-9
Ryan Elson
Alexia Falcon
Patrick Leung
Austin Mahowald
Casey Hanni
Sam Lisbonne
Matt Nero
Braden Holt
Kevin Lynch
Ali Young
Mingy Hua
Christopher McDonald
Mari Ahern
Spencer Katchman
Mia Montanez
Christian Beck
Kelsey Kawaguchi
Adam Nazak
Maddy Colbert
Maggie Kristian
Kendall Ng
Sophia Drobny
Jacob Kuo
Alexandra Nguyen
Gabi Wachs
Janzen Lee
Ben Pinkelman
Nisha Sharma
Carlos Rivera-Solis
Speech Order- 5th Period
Monday 5/6
Tuesday 5/7
Wed/Thurs 5/8-9
Amaani Desai
Rebecca DeShetler
Aylin Perez
Alex Lee
Jerry Torres
Jonathan Garcia
Krystal Kim
Chloe Simion
Naomi Palmer
James Oleson
Marco Martinez
Abel Gorfu
Kevin Klein
Maria Montes
Shawn Kayhan
Lucas Frangos
Adrian Tan
Paige Casas
Loisi Moli
Jovani Mendoza-Fitz
Jake Caddes
Kelly Hamamoto
Elias Medina
Brendan Hoffman
Rohan Maghrajh
Helen Verber
Rebecca Hsu
Audrey-Miller Foreman
Haleigh Miller
Hector Lopez
5/6 Happy Monday!!
 Play Circles Prep Info
 Speeches: Give me your hard copy
 HW:
 Speech, Work Cited and Annotated Bib to
Turnitin.com by tonight @ 11:59pm
 Read Play selections, fill out preference sheet,
bring to class tomorrow.