 Welcome to Ms. Chaga’s 11-1 English Class!
 Daily Question (#1): Would you rather have a third arm or a
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third leg? Why?
Vocab (#2)
Syllabus (#3)
SSR Choices (#4)
SSR Project Assignment Sheet (#5)
4 Truths and a Lie
Letter of Introduction (#6)
HOMEWORK: 1. Letter of Introduction due TOMORROW 2.
Syllabus Signature and Binder due FRIDAY 3. SSR choice and
signature due FRIDAY 4. Things They Carried Summer Reading
Quiz THURSDAY 5. Things They Carried Summer Reading Essay
FRIDAY IN-CLASS (Bring your book!!)
 Daily Question: How do O’Brien’s diction and structural choices
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relate to his purpose in the following passage? “War is hell, but
that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror
and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity
and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is
thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you
dead.”
Vocabulary
The Crucible Project Assignment Sheet (#7)
American Studies Themes Practice (#8)
Terms for Literary Analysis in Groups (#9)
HOMEWORK: 1. Syllabus Signature and Binder due FRIDAY 2.
SSR choice and Signature due FRIDAY (Book WED) 3. TTTC
Quiz TOMORROW (bring a pencil!) 4. TTTC In-Class Essay
FRIDAY 5. Crucible Project due THURSDAY
 Daily Question: Keeping in mind the setting of The Things They
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Carried, what is the irony in the following passage? “…fresh
watermelons and crates of ammunition and sunglasses and woolen
sweaters– the resources were stunning– sparklers for the Fourth of July,
colored eggs for Easter– it was the great American war chest…” (15).
Vocabulary
Short Review/Questions
TTTC Quiz
American Literature Themes Practice (#8)
Closing Question: Which course theme do you think best relates to
TTTC. How and why?
HOMEWORK: 1. Syllabus and Binder due TOMORROW 2. IN-Class
Essay TOMORROW 3. SSR choice and signature TOMORROW (Book
for WED) 4. Crucible project due THURS 9/13
 Question of the Day: Correctly integrate and cite the following
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quotation in a sentence (I suggest using a smaller portion rather than
the whole sentence): “…they carried it on their backs and shoulders—
and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and the
unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they
would never be at a loss for things to carry.” Page 16 (this is NOT the
correct way to cite)
Vocab
In-Class Essay
Take your time, use your books, and follow the directions. Good luck!
You may listen to your IPod during the essay, but remember to keep
your time constraints in mind and not distract others.
HOMEWORK: 1. SSR signature and book due WEDNESDAY 2.
Remember to bring your TTTC book next week! 3. Crucible Project due
THURSDAY! 4. Have a nice weekend!
 Daily Question: “Love” is the title of an entire chapter
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in TTTC. How might the concept of “Love” function as
a theme within the book?
Vocabulary
American Literature Themes Examples (#8 cont.)
Themes
“The Things They Carried” Questions (#9) and Theme
Development (#10) in groups
HOMEWORK: 1. SSR book and signature for WED! 2.
The Crucible project due THURSDAY
 Daily Question: What are some of the ways that Americans mark
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the anniversary of September 11, 2001? Do you think it is
important to do so? Why or why not?
Vocabulary
Glossing Instructions (#11)
9/11 Articles and S.O.A.P.S. (#12)
(Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker(s))
9/11 Documentary
Closing: Was this documentary different that other coverage
you’ve seen of 9/11? How might SOAPS play a role?
Homework: 1. SSR books and signature due TOMORROW 2.
Glossing of “On the Rainy River” (#13) for TOMORROW 3.
Crucible Project due THURSDAY
 SSR – 30 minutes (11:30-12)
 Daily Question: How did you structure your glossing of
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“On the Rainy River”?
Vocab
“On the Rainy River” Circle Discussion (#13)
Closing: Why did Tim O’Brien eventually go to war?
HOMEWORK: 1. Projects due TOMORROW (email to
schaga@havsd.net if you are using power point) 2. SSR
for FRIDAY
 Daily Question: Why do you think we try to look beyond
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simple plot summary when talking and thinking about
literature?
Vocab
Presentations **Give me your rubric before presenting!
Steps of Truth (#14)
Closing: How do you feel you did on your presentation?
Why? (If you did not present today– how did they go
overall?)
HOMEWORK: 1. Presentations continue tomorrow 2. SSR
TOMORROW! 2. Finish your own “Steps of Truth” for
TTTC or The Crucible on the back for TOMORROW!
 SSR – 30 minutes with Friday Reflection (#15)
 Daily Question: In The Crucible, Mr. Hale is a dynamic
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character. Based on the transformation he undergoes, is
Mr. Hale truly a good man? Why or why not?
Vocab (2 words)
Continue/Finish Presentations
Steps of Truth (hopefully!) (#14)
Closing: If happiness was the national currency, what kind
of work would make you rich?
HOMEWORK: 1. Vocab quiz on the first 10 words on
TUESDAY 2. Enjoy your long weekend!
 5 MINUTES TO STUDY
 Daily Question: What do you think is the most important
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WORD from either TTTC or The Crucible. Why?
Vocab Quiz #1
Vocab **New sheet
Finish presentations
Steps of Truth (#14)
Closing: What is your “Test of Truth” for your example?
HOMEWORK: 1. Write your own example of Steps of Truth
from TTTC, The Crucible, or your SSR book. 2. SSR
TOMORROW!
 SSR – 30 minutes
 Daily Question: How do you prepare to write a thesis?
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How do you know if your thesis is strong?
Vocab
Steps of Truth (#14)
Essays/Thesis Statements
What is a Thesis Statement? (#15)
Closing: Revise your thesis statement using p. #15.
HOMEWORK: Read and answer the questions for
“Rethinking the American Dream” (#16)
 Daily Question: What is the American Dream? What
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is YOUR American Dream? Are they the same? Why or
why not?
Vocab
“Steps of Truth” (#14)
“Rethinking the American Dream” (#16)
Begin Modernism Notes (if time) (#17)
Closing: Do you agree that the “concept of a shared
national ideal” is dying? Explain.
HOMEWORK: 1. SSR TOMORROW 2. Finish #16
 SSR– 30 minutes (Reflection Prompt: Which course theme
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do you think best fits your book thus far? Explain.)
Daily Question: What skills do critical readers use when
beginning a new text and making inferences?
Vocab
Modernism Notes (Loose-leaf #17)
Gatsby books investigation
Gatsby Reading Notes (Loose-leaf #18)
Closing: What do you make of the quotation on the title
page? Explain your reflection.
HOMEWORK: 1. Gatsby Ch. 1 with notes for MONDAY!
 Daily Question: How did you choose your two
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quotations from chapter 1? Which one is “better” for
analysis? Why? Explain.
Vocab
Gatsby Anticipation Guide (#19)
Inferencing for Character Analysis (#20)
HOMEWORK: 1. Ch. 2 Gatsby for TOMORROW 2.
SSR TOMORROW (because of Wednesday’s holiday)
 SSR – 30 minutes
 Daily Question: Which of the questions on the
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Anticipation Guide do you find most engaging? Why?
Vocab (2 words)
Collect Inferencing HW/ Review
The Hidden Rules of Class (#21)
Marxism and Gatsby (#22)
Closing Question: Try to make a comment about one of
your quotations (#18) using a Marxist lens.
HOMEWORK: If you haven’t yet finished Ch. 2 or the
Inferencing page, do so for Thursday! Enjoy your day off or
your holiday!
 DAILY QUESTION.: Using a Marxist/Social-Class lens, what is the
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significance of the following passage? “My dear, I’m going to give you
this dress as soon as I’m through with it. I’ve got to get another one
tomorrow. I’m going to make a list of all the things I’ve got to get. A
massage and a wave, and a collar for the dog, and one of those cute
little ash-trays where you touch a spring, and a wreath with a black silk
bow for mother’s grave that’ll last all summer. I got to write down a list
so I won’t forget all the things I’ve got to do"(36).
Vocabulary
Character Inferencing Review
Marxism and Gatsby (#22) Continued
CLOSING: What do we gain from using different “lenses” for literary
analysis? (Example: Feminist, Marxist, Formalist, Historical…etc.)
HOMEWORK: 1. Ch. 3 and quotations due TOMORROW 2.
Vocabulary quiz MONDAY
 SSR– 30 minutes + reflection (Use Marxist/Social-Class
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criticism to reflect on and analyze your SSR book thus far.
5-7 sentences) 11:30– 12:05
Daily Question: How does the scene in chapter 3 in the
library (Owl Eyes and the books) convey the theme of the
upper class’s lack of integrity?
Vocab
Gatsby Film
Closing Question: List 3-5 words that describe you. No
explanation necessary.
HOMEWORK: 1. Gatsby Ch. 4-5 with quotations *2/each
due MONDAY 2. Vocab quiz MONDAY
 Vocab Quiz #2
What is the significance of the connotation of the word
“Great” in the title, The Great Gatsby? Think how it might change if it
were instead, “Gigantic,” or “Fantastic” or “Wonderful.”
Denotation: the dictionary and literal meaning of a word.
Connotation: the emotional / contextual / cultural meaning attached
to a word; shades and degrees of meaning
Diction: word choice
Formalist Criticism (Connect Rhetorical Choices to Meaning) (#24)
In pairs– complete “diction” for ONE of your quotations. If what you
have doesn’t work, find one that will!
Closing: Think back to the words you used to describe yourself in
Friday’s closing question– what are the connotations of some of those
choices? (example: if I said confident vs. courageous)
HOMEWORK: 1. Chapter 6-7 with 2 quotes each for THURSDAY
 Daily Question:
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 Daily Question: List your two favorite names (male and
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female). Example: Anthony and Reagan
Vocab
Connotations (#25)
Rhetorical Devices to Meaning Review/Continue (#24)
Closing: Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of names (particularly in
the opening of Ch. 4). What commentary is he making on
these people? What differences might you notice? How
does he further the motif of geography through names?
HOMEWORK: 1. SSR tomorrow 2. Ch. 6-7 due THURSDAY
with notes (2/chapter)
 The word “overpopulated” used to describe Gatsby’s
lawn at a party conveys excess because Gatsby lives in
excess. This is significant because “overpopulated” not
only represents the high number of people at one of
his parties but in his life to want more and have more.
Examples of this reflection include Gatsby’s mansion,
the amount of food per party, his cars all show his
need for excess, probably to fill an empty void.
 The phrase “great bursts of leaves growing on trees”
used to describe East Egg conveys the fast growth of
the community and America in general. Since the
leaves are growing in “great bursts,” Fitzgerald is
suggesting that East Egg is rapidly growing into a
beautiful community where everyone has a chance to
be something special. The “great bursts” are
something beautiful and special just like the
development of the country he’s in.
 “Gaudy” used to describe the halls, saloons and
verandas conveys the tasteless and bright colors,
having no taste. Because Fitzgerald uses the word
“gaudy” he is trying to say that they have no taste and
almost ugly. This is significant because it shows that
wealth doesn’t always come with style and class, you
can’t judge a book by it’s cover like you can’t judge
Gatsby by his mansion.
 The word “fool” used to describe/identify what Daisy
wishes her daughter to be conveys that she doesn’t
want her daughter to be too smart because she doesn’t
want her daughter to know the bad things that are
happening around her. This is significant because
Daisy doesn’t want her daughter knowing bad things
surrounding her like she knows about Tom’s affair.
 The phrase “swirls and eddies” used to describe the
people at Gatsby’s mansion party conveys the constant
change in the upper class because the “swirls and
eddies” represent the constant shifting in social
standing. Social Transitions within the upper class are
always mixed. People in the upper class get so caught
up in the swirling and constant shifts that no one
actually gets to know one another. Though they are all
part of the upper class, know one knows anyone on the
inside because they only value the status of being
wealthy.
 SSR– 30 minutes
 Daily Question: What effect is created by the greenhouse
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hyperbole on p. 89? “…for at two o’clock a greenhouse
arrived from Gatsby’s, with innumerable receptacles…”
Vocab
Formalism continued (Metaphor/simile)
Gatsby Film
Closing: Analyze the passage: “No amount of fire or
freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his
ghostly heart” (101)
HOMEWORK: 6-7 TOMORROW
 The image of “his blue gardens” where “men and girls
came and went like moths among the whisperings and
the champagne and the stars” conveys the infinite
possibility of social interaction at Gatsby’s estate
during one of his famous parties. (HOW?) The image
is important to the novel as the reader later learns that
Gatsby’s parties were his way to increase his chance of
seeing Daisy Buchanan. It foreshadows and gives the
reader the feeling and atmosphere of Gatsby’s parties.
 SIMILE– “like moths” Why THIS comparison?
 The image of Gatby’s Rolls-Royce becoming an
“omnibus” conveys a picture of a low class man
because the reader realizes that even though Gatsby
outwardly appears to be a man of high class, it is
apparent that he is new money through his use of
expensive cars to transport people. This is significant
because the reader sees what’s underneath Gatsby’s
extravagant experience.
 OMNI = every
 Discussion of the bus imagery itself?
 The image of a “pink cloud” conveys a sense of Daisy’s
state of mind at the moment (What moment?)
because the reader realizes that Daisy was finally
reunited with Gatsby, who was gone because of the
war. The “pink cloud” and Daisy’s reunion with Gatsby
seem to show her finally being able to be free from the
tension of her house with Tom. This is significant
because the readers should question Daisy and
Gatsby’s previous relationship.
 Why PINK? Why CLOUD? Focus on the imagery of
that particular choice.
 When specifically is this used?
 “The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain” (90)
 “With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall,
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turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living
room” (91)
“While the rain continued it has seemed like the murmur of their
voices, rising and swelling a little, now and then, with gusts of
emotion” (94)
“It’s stopped raining” “Has it?” When he realized what I was talking
about, that there were twinkle-bells of sunshine in the room, he smiled
like a weather man, like an ecstatic patron of recurrent light, and
repeated the news to Daisy” (94)
“Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock”
(97)
“It has seemed as close as a star to the moon” (98)
“I think that voice held him most with its fluctuating, feverish warmth
because it couldn’t be over-dreamed—that voice was a deathless song”
(101)
 Collect Metaphor/Simile HW and Quiz on Ch. 6 and 7
 Daily Question: List all the words you can think of to
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describe a promiscuous woman; next, list all the words for
men in this position. (Please try to handle this in a mature
manner)
Vocab
“Miss Representation” Trailer – Thoughts?
Feminist Theory in Groups (#26)
Closing: Which of the three criticisms we have used thus
far (Marxist, Formalist, Feminist) do you find most valid
for analysis of Gatsby? Explain.
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Gatsby with quotations (18 total)
for MONDAY
 SSR– 30 minutes
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+ reflection: “Complete either a feminist or
gendered critique of your SSR text. Use your essential questions
for a starting point.”
Daily Question: Critique the following quotation using a
Feminist lens: “I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy. By
God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around
too much these days to suit me” (103)
Vocab
Feminist Criticism (#26) (continued)
Gatsby Film
Closing: Would you rather survive a nuclear war only to become
a podiatrist to a race of mutants OR be born with a refrigerator
on your back?
HOMEWORK: Finish Gatsby for MONDAY with 18 quotations
 Daily Question: Do you believe Nick is an unreliable or
reliable narrator? Explain.
 Vocab
 Review yesterday’s work #27
 An Honest Slant #28
 Creation of the Dream #29
 Closing: Why or how is it significant that the only
person to whom Nick grows close in the novel is
Gatsby?
HOMEWORK: 1. Essay MONDAY 2. Test FRIDAY
 SSR
 Daily Question: What essay prompts can you recall from
your past experiences? Why do you think this prompt
stands out? Explain.
 Vocab
 Creating essay prompts “look for possible relationships…”
 – AP Lit prompts
 Check Quotations
 An Honest Slant– (#28) Has your opinion of Nick changed?
How would the story be different if told through another
perspective?
 Closing: Why or how is it significant that the only person to
whom Nick grows close is Gatsby?
 HOMEWORK: 1. Test FRIDAY 2. Essay MONDAY 3. **
Vocab quiz TUESDAY
 Daily Question: Respond to the following quotation from an essay entitled
“Gatsby: False Prophet of the American Dream”:
 “Gatsby’s ministry is ‘that huge incoherent failure of a house’ that he left
behind. And his epitaph on this monument is an obscene word, scribbled
in chalk, by some neighborhood boy. As a prophet of the American dream,
Gatsby fails—miserably—a victim of his own warped idealism and false set
of values. The American dream is not to be a reality, in that it no longer
exists, except in the minds of men like Gatsby, whom it destroys in their
espousal and relentless pursuit of it. The American dream is, in reality, a
nightmare.”
 Vocab
 Essay Planning
 Keystone Questions/ Review/ Question Writing (#29)
 AP Rubric (#30)
 Closing: Summarize your understanding of the epilogue (the final page of
the novel).
 HOMEWORK: 1. Unit Exam TOMORROW 2. Vocab quiz MONDAY 3.
Essay IN CLASS TUESDAY** this is a change!
 GATSBY EXAM!
 Daily Question: **Fun Friday!** If you could have permanent
possession of any single object in the world, what would you
want it to be?
 Vocab– GRIEVOUS- The scientist’s tests found enough indication
that the substance could do grievous harm, not only to humans,
but also to the entire ecosystem.
 Adjective– causing great pain or suffering; atrocious.
 Closing: If one of your parents was to be a famous person from
any time in history, who would you want them to be?
 **BE SURE TO HAND IN YOUR QOD SHEETS BEFORE YOU
LEAVE!
 HOMEWORK: 1. VOCAB quiz on MONDAY! 2. Make-up SSR
MONDAY (bring your book!)
 SSR – 30 minutes
 Daily Question: What is the most defining characteristic of identity:
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gender, sex, race, socio-economic status, culture, language, nationality
or something else? Explain.
NO Vocab– we’ll catch up with words tomorrow
Collect Gatsby/ Hand out TEWWG
TEWWG Packet (#30)– write essential questions on inside cover!
Jigsaw “Negro Art Hokum” and “Racial Mountain” (#31)
Venn Diagram (#32)
Closing: Which sentence from your reading stands out the most for
you? Why?
Homework: 1. Chapter 1 for TOMORROW 2. Bring in photo of yourself
in a context that is significant for you. Be prepared to tell the story of
the photo to a partner. For TOMORROW. 3. Chapters 2-4 due FRIDAY!
 What forces contribute to the complexity of Janie’s
individual and cultural identity?
 How does Hurston (stylistically) convey the effects of
various internal and external forces on Janie’s identity
formation? How do these effects change throughout
the story?
 Daily Question: Are certain languages privileged over
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others? Why or why not? Explain.
Vocabulary (make-up)
Review Venn Diagram/ “Negro Art Hokum”/ “Racial
Mountain”
Listen to selections from TEWWG
Dialect Ch. 1(#33)
Closing: What effect does language have on identity?
HOMEWORK: 1. Chapters 2-4 due TOMORROW 2.
Bring in photo of yourself in a context that is
significant– be ready to share the story.
 SSR– 30 minutes (Prompt: Evaluate the writing style of the
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author. What are the sentences, word choice, descriptions like?
Does the style help the story line? Could the style be improved?
How?)
Daily Question: How are language and storytelling markers of
culture? Identity? Explain.
Vocab
Share photograph/story– respond to each other by discussing the
elements of storytelling that give you insight about the teller.
Dialect  #33
Closing: If you were given one hour to spend in any store in the
world, which would you choose?
HOMEWORK: 1. Finish #33 for MON. 2. Ch. 5-6 for MON.
 Daily Question: While Hurston achieved success in so-called “white
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publication” and received critical acclaim from white critics, her
black contemporaries harshly criticized her and her work. What
events in Janie’s life parallel this situation?
Vocab
Review Gatsby Test
Dialect Discussion  #33
“Colored Me”  #34
Closing: In what ways does Hurston relate power to
language/speech in the book so far (think Jody and Janie’s
relationship, specifically)?
HOMEWORK: 1. Interview a person from a different generation
than your own about a story that shaped his or her identity. At least
5 minutes of the interview must be included in the transcript– for
FRIDAY 2. Ch. 6-9 due WED
 Daily Question: In chapter 5, Janie and Joe arrive in Eatonville to find
that it is not the town they’d hoped. Joe, however, sensing a business
opportunity, decides to open up a store. As a result, he is elected mayor of
the town, and becomes a force to be reckoned with. In essence, he begins
to demonstrate the full nature of his masculinity as his power and
influence grow. Select one passage that you feel illustrates this particularly
well and note in your answer with the page number.
 Vocab
 “How it Feels to Be Colored Me”  #34
 “I Love My Hair”  #35
 Closing: Janie was “irked...endlessly” (55) by the fact that “her hair was
NOT going to show in the store,” (55). What can we infer about her
relationship with Joe, based on the mention of this important symbol?
 HOMEWORK: 1. Ch. 1-9 due TOMORROW 2. SSR Tomorrow 3. Identity
Interview FRIDAY
 SSR– 30 minutes (reminder: SSR Midterm Essay is FRIDAY, Nov.
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2nd)
Daily Question: Which of the following has placed the most
limits on Janie’s identity? What has defined her the most: race,
class, sex, gender, or attitudes of others? Explain.
Vocabulary
Ch. 1-9 Quiz
Packet– read/gloss indirect discourse
Closing Question: Does Hurston glorify white people,
particularly her white patrons, by catering to their racist notions
of how and what fiction about blacks should be written?
HOMEWORK: 1. Ch. 10-13 due FRIDAY 2. Interview due FRIDAY
(2 pages double-spaced, minimum)
 1. Explain what Hurston means by saying that Nanny
choked Janie with the horizon. Did Nanny intend to
hurt Janie?
 2. How does Hurston’s narrative voice differ from the
dialogue of her characters?
 3. In what sense does the novel begin at the end of
Janie’s story? What is the literary term for this type of
structure?