Junior and Senior Assignments for the week of March 30-April 2, 2015

Seniors

Monday- Arizona Youth Coalition Presentation

Tuesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 28, 29, & 30 in Divergent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

Wednesday- Students will read for pleasure the first ten minutes of class. Students will then read chapters 31,32, &33  in Divergent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

Thursday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapter 34, 35, & 36 in Divergent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

Juniors

 

Monday- Arizona Youth Coalition Presentation

Tuesday- Students will write a five paragraph essay utilizing textual evidence regarding The Great Gatsby, from the prompts provided (See Below). 

Wednesday- Students will watch the most modern version of the film, The Great Gatsby.

Thursday- Students will continue to watch the most modern version of the film, The Great Gatsby.

· Is Fitzgerald writing a love story that embraces American ideals, or a satire that comments on American ideals? Refer to passages and quotes to build your thesis.

· In Chapter 6, Nick says, “You can’t repeat the past.” Gatsby replies, “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” Gatsby then describes a moment when he had kissed Daisy. Nick describes Gatsby’s memory as “appalling sentimentality,” after which Nick himself remembers a “fragment” and an “elusive rhythm.” Are these passages about Nick or Gatsby? What has Nick forgotten that he is trying to retrieve? Finally, does Gatsby misuse the past and his memories in order to enliven the present? Does this make him part of the Lost Generation?

· Originally titled On the Road to West Egg, then Trimalchio, then Under the Red White and Blue or Gold-Hatted Gatsby, Fitzgerald had difficulty settling on his title. Help F. Scott Fitzgerald rename the novel. Provide an argument to explain why your new title ideally suits the story.

· At the end of Chapter 3, Nick says: “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” When you consider his role as narrator, do you believe that he is honest? Are his depictions of others honest? If he is not honest, why does he believe he is so honest?

· Examine the last page of the novel. Fitzgerald writes, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.…And one fine morning—” Why does Fitzgerald leave this sentence unfinished? What does Nick think will happen one fine morning? Are hopes and dreams always centered on a future belief? Is this more important than the actual satisfaction of one’s desires? Why or why not?