Monday, June 10, 2019

English 12 Block 1: Homework for Tuesday
  • Did you miss today's Gatsby test?
    • Read Chp. 9 of The Great Gatsby and finish a new page of quote notes or a mindmap for next Monday. Do your own work!
    • Consider some of the following questions:
      • Who is Henry Gatz? What does he tell us about Gatsby?
      • What is ironic (and eerie) about the “The Swastika Holding Company"?
      • Who showed up to the funeral? Who didn't?
      • Who does Nick meet after the funeral?
      • Is Jay Gatsby an appealing character?
      • Is Jay Gatsby similar to Sandor Hunyadi/Alex Hunter in Under The Ribs of Death?
      • In a broad sense, who killed Gatsby? Was it just one person?
      • Is the ending (i.e. Chps. 7-9) of Baz Luhrmann’s movie version of The Great Gatsby similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original novel?
      • Review the 6 essay types (esp. #1, 4 and 5).
  • Did you miss the 3rd vocabulary quiz (Chps. 7-9)?
  • Interested in an epub version of The Great Gatsby? Right click here and choose Save Link As. Then import it into any epub reader or epub phone app. 

English 9 Block 2: Homework for Tuesday
  • Finish the outline for your personal essay.
  • Did you write today's drama test?
  • Start studying for Wednesday's Thursday's subject-verb agreement test. Take a look here and here.

English 11 Block 3: Homework for Tuesday
    • Read the rest of October Sky for Thursday and finish the 4th study guide. The 4th OS test is next Thursday! 
    • Did you miss last Wednesday's pronoun agreement (aka pronoun antecedent) quiz?
      • Interested in an epub version of October Sky? Right click on the link and choose Save As. Then import it into any epub reader or epub phone app. 

      English 9 Linear: Homework for Wednesday
      • Finish the outline for your personal essay.
      • Did you write today's drama test?