The Great Gatsby

M: School Holiday

T: The students will read pages 103 – 110  and discuss “shedding daylight on the dream.” Answer study guide questions  5 – 7.

W: The students will complete the Character Test.

Th: The students will read pages 111 – 118 and discuss the changes in Gatsby’s lifestyle since his reunion with Daisy. Answer study guide questions 8 – 10 and complete chapter six vocabulary review.

F: The students will complete the chapter 6 vocabulary quiz and will read and discuss pages 119 – 125.

The Importance of Being Earnest / Introduction to Victorian Literature

M: TIOBE The students will read pgs. 111 – 117 and identify examples of epigram, irony, and pun. Notes and discussion.

T: TIOBE The students will complete the Act III study guide.

W & Th: Vic Lit Intro  The students will read pgs. 946 – 952 and complete an exercise over

• The relationship between place and literature
• How literature shapes and reflects society
• The relationship of the writer to tradition

Due at the end of class Thursday.

F: The students will view an installment of Gone with the Wind, noting examples of survival.

TEKS: 12.02, 12.04, 12.08

The Great Gatsby

M: The students will read pages 61 – 69, noting the diversity of Gatsby’s party guests and the continued speculation about Gatsby’s identity.

T: The students will complete the Acts 1 & 2 quiz. Read pages 70 – 80. Notes and discussion of Gatsby’s autobiography and  the account of Daisy’s early relationship with Gatsby.

W: The students will complete the Act IV study guide.

Th: The students will read pages 81 – 90 and discuss the realization of Gatsby’s dream, identifying it as a turning point.

F: The students will write their own version of the love letter Daisy received from Gatsby on the eve of her wedding to Tom.

The Importance of Being Earnest

M: The students will complete the Act II study guide and assign character roles for Act III. Announce Act II Quiz, including vocabulary, for Thursday, April 14.

T: The students will read and discuss pages 107 – 112, identifying examples of inverted expectation.

W: The students will read pages 113 – 117, identifying examples of epigram and  art for art’s sake.

Th: The students will complete the Act II quiz and the Act III study guide.

F: The students will write an essay  discussing the central pun of the play (Ernest/earnest) and its significance.

TEKS: ELA  12.04, ELA 12.05, ELA 12.06, ELA 12.07

The Importance of Being Earnest

M: Distribute Act II vocabulary. The students will read pages 86 – 89 and identify figurative and connotative meanings.

T: The students will complete a quiz over Act I.

W: The students will read pages 90 – 97 and analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

Th: The students will read pages 91 – 106 notes and discussion on inverted expectation as a cause of humor.

F: The students will complete the Act II study guide.

The Importance of Being Earnest

M: The students will define and discuss the literary terms to be taught  in this unit and establish the setting and characterization.

T: The students will be introduced to the Act I vocabulary and read pg. 3 – 7. Notes and discussion.

W: The students will complete a usage  quiz.

Th: The students will read pgs. 8 – 11. Notes and discussion.

F: The students will read pages 12 – 14 and complete the Act I study guide.

TEKS Covered: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.07, 12.08