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Check out The Great Gatsby Speech Assignment, Reading Notes process Early Assessment Program– Writing Assessment 4 th start at 11:15 3 rd period start at 10:35 5 th period start at 12:55 HW: Web quest and Research Assignment , due in class on Monday 3/25. 3/20-21- Happy Spring!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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
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
DO NOW
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
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
DO NOW
The now-demolished Beacon Towers served as an inspiration for Gatsby's home
3/26-27 Happy Block Day!
Valley of Ashes
Buchanan’s Estate
Gatsby’s Estate
3/28 Happy Friday!
Focus: Assessment of ReadingClarification about Visualizing Activity for 1,3 periods. 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!
DO NOW
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?
Work with your table to identify 2 passages from Chapter 3 that illustrate something about Fitzgerald’s view on American Culture.
Quote/Passage from CH. 3 Commentary on American Culture"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)
RecklessRefuses to acknowledge/accept responsibility for actionsSatisfied with ignorance
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 #1This 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 #2This 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 #3This 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 WealthSlide 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 SeminarTeam 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
Absent: Tim Lam
Socratic SeminarTeam United 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 SeminarTeam 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
Miss Biss’ Desk
Group A
Miss Biss’ Desk
Group B
4/14/14 Happy Monday! Welcome Back!
Focus: Speech Preparation Spring Break Highlights & Lowlights Reality Check: Reminders
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
1. Who is James Gatz? Explain HOW he becomes Jay Gatsby?2. Describe Dan Cody.3. How does Daisy behave at Gatsby’s party?4. 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 CheckIS 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. 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 DaySpeech Rough Draft due Block dayBring Laptops to class this week. Reading Assessment Grade: 100 points total for unit
Reading Assessment #1 (ch.1-3) 25Socratic Seminar PREP sheet 25Processing the Novel activity 25Love Analysis 25
Speech Assignment What’s Love Got to Do with It?
HW: Annotated Bib, Speech Rough Draft
4/21 Speech Requirements
Speech Requirements:• Speeches will be at least 3 minutes long but not longer than 5 minutes.
• 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.
• 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. • Include evidence from at least three credible sources.
• Make reference to some aspect of The Great Gatsby in your speech.
• Typed, double-spaced, MLA format (It will probably be about 2.5 pages.)
• Submit an annotated bibliography with at least 6 sources along with a Work Cited page. • Correctly cite your sources, using MLA format.
• Highlight and label at least three unique rhetorical devices.
• Annotate some notes on your delivery (oratorical techniques)
4/21 Speech Structure Format:
“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.
Introductory Paragraph
Body Paragraphs
Requirements:
Examples Expert
testimonies Anecdotes Statistics/Facts
Commentary
Rhetorical Devices
Conclusion Paragraph/ Call to Action
4/22 Happy TuesdaySpeech v. Essay
Essay Speech
Can give more information because the reader can always refer back to a section, or read it more often
Allows for longer sentences and paragraphs, and more complex language (especially whenexplaining technical information)
Fewer attention getters needed
Less repetitive to get the point across
Obviously premeditated
Usually heard once
Need more attention getters
Have to keep the facts to a short list ofimportant facts. Listeners can only take in somuch information
Need to repeat the facts in creative waysbecause listeners need repetition to rememberanything.
Keep it simple; Shorter sentences
Sound spontaneous
5/2 Happy May!!
THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY!! Remember:• 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 PeriodMonday 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 Tony Yang
Kyung Sun Park
Speech Order- 4th PeriodMonday 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 PeriodMonday 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.