Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 16*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
What do you think Gatsby's secret is? (Who IS this guy, really?) What do you think about the way he courts Daisy and tries to impress Nick?
AGENDA:
1. Chapter 5 quiz
2. Discuss ch. 5 & begin ch. 6
HW:
1. Finish reading ch.6
2. Publish ch.6 active reading notes to your blog
What do you think Gatsby's secret is? (Who IS this guy, really?) What do you think about the way he courts Daisy and tries to impress Nick?
AGENDA:
1. Chapter 5 quiz
2. Discuss ch. 5 & begin ch. 6
HW:
1. Finish reading ch.6
2. Publish ch.6 active reading notes to your blog
Monday, April 15, 2013
April 15*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
[choose your own for HW]
Here are a couple of quotes worth considering if you need a start:
"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain."
- Frederick Schiller
"Without ambition one starts nothing; without hard work one finishes nothing."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
AGENDA:
1. Chapter 4 quiz
2. Discuss ch. 4 & begin ch. 5
HW:
1. Journal
2. Finish reading ch.5
3. Publish ch.5 active reading notes to your blog
[choose your own for HW]
Here are a couple of quotes worth considering if you need a start:
"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain."
- Frederick Schiller
"Without ambition one starts nothing; without hard work one finishes nothing."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
AGENDA:
1. Chapter 4 quiz
2. Discuss ch. 4 & begin ch. 5
HW:
1. Journal
2. Finish reading ch.5
3. Publish ch.5 active reading notes to your blog
Friday, April 12, 2013
what's in a name?
Today in class there was some discussion about the detail with which Fitzgerald reports on the guests at Gatsby's parties. A taste:
From East Egg, then, came the Chester Beckers and the Leeches and a man named Bunsen whom I knew at Yale and Doctor Webster Civet who was drowned last summer up in Maine. And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. And the Ismays and the Chrysties (or rather Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrystie's wife) and Edgar Beaver, whose hair they say turned cotton-white one winter afternoon for no good reason at all.
Clarence Endive was from East Egg, as I remember. He came only once, in white knickerbockers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden. From farther out on the Island came the Cheadles and the O. R. P. Schraeders and the Stonewall Jackson Abrams of Georgia and the Fishguards and the Ripley Snells. Snell was there three days before he went to the penitentiary, so drunk out on the gravel drive that Mrs. Ulysses Swett's automobile ran over his right hand. The Dancies came too and S. B. Whitebait, who was well over sixty, and Maurice A. Flink and the Hammerheads and Beluga the tobacco importer and Beluga's girls.
This sort of exposition conveys the zeitgeist and culture that permeates a particular community and set of social rituals. The names that Fitzgerald chose (and the descriptions & back stories) create a sense of reality while simultaneously commenting on it.
Here is a contemporary twist:
From East Egg, then, came the Chester Beckers and the Leeches and a man named Bunsen whom I knew at Yale and Doctor Webster Civet who was drowned last summer up in Maine. And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. And the Ismays and the Chrysties (or rather Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrystie's wife) and Edgar Beaver, whose hair they say turned cotton-white one winter afternoon for no good reason at all.
Clarence Endive was from East Egg, as I remember. He came only once, in white knickerbockers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden. From farther out on the Island came the Cheadles and the O. R. P. Schraeders and the Stonewall Jackson Abrams of Georgia and the Fishguards and the Ripley Snells. Snell was there three days before he went to the penitentiary, so drunk out on the gravel drive that Mrs. Ulysses Swett's automobile ran over his right hand. The Dancies came too and S. B. Whitebait, who was well over sixty, and Maurice A. Flink and the Hammerheads and Beluga the tobacco importer and Beluga's girls.
This sort of exposition conveys the zeitgeist and culture that permeates a particular community and set of social rituals. The names that Fitzgerald chose (and the descriptions & back stories) create a sense of reality while simultaneously commenting on it.
Here is a contemporary twist:
an author wants to know what you think of digital college essays
Mitchell Fielder sent me the following email about this article he wrote about tech & college essays/ admissions processes. Please comment to this post with your impressions.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
April 12*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
What would Montag think about living on East Egg?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Chapter 3 quiz
3. Reading/discussion
HW:
1. Read ch.4
2. Publish ch.4 active reading notes to your blog
What would Montag think about living on East Egg?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Chapter 3 quiz
3. Reading/discussion
HW:
1. Read ch.4
2. Publish ch.4 active reading notes to your blog
April 11*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Describe your first impressions of Gatsby. What do you think of Nick, Tom, and Myrtle? How do you see their neighborhood and their lifestyles? Are they happy? Are they worthy role-models?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Quiz
3. Continue reading
HW:
1. Read Chapter 3
2. Publish active reading notes (questions, reactions, observations) to your course blog
Describe your first impressions of Gatsby. What do you think of Nick, Tom, and Myrtle? How do you see their neighborhood and their lifestyles? Are they happy? Are they worthy role-models?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Quiz
3. Continue reading
HW:
1. Read Chapter 3
2. Publish active reading notes (questions, reactions, observations) to your course blog
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