river oaks [english]

Sophomores You will have your EXAM on The Great Gatsby,  and all questions and definitions due are (optional credit). Seniors Your REVISION is due, with original attached, including a works cited page if sources are used.

I will be in and out with quiz bowl all day, so here is what you will be doing in class: Sophomores Turn in questions for ch 3-5 Take the QUIZ on ch 3-5 Read and work on questions for ch 6 Seniors Bring your annotated article! Write the rhetorical analysis essay in class

Sophomores You should be reading through chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby for Monday. The questions for ch 3-5 are due on Wednesday. Seniors Your essay revisions are due on Monday. Please include a works cited page and all previous drafts. The original page for the President's proposal is linked below: Fact Sheet: The President's Proposal to Reward Work by Raising the Minimum Wage

Sophomores The following are due tomorrow : Study questions for Ch 1-2 of GG Extra point assignment - one page, typed, with citation Seniors Optional grammar and mechanics worksheets are due, and we will have part two of the grammar exam. Your revision of the synthesis paper is due on Monday . Include all drafts with your final copy.

Sophomores By Friday, read through Ch 3 of  The Great Gatsby,  answer the questions, and define the vocabulary terms We will go over questions in class, and all definitions should come from Merriam-Webster . Expect a reading quiz... Seniors You will write a synthesis essay on Wednesday using the following sources: The president's proposal to raise minimum wage to $9.00 The article you summarized on Friday Ehrenreich's essay "Serving in Florida" (179-86) Your essay should cite all three sources and "synthesize" the information, making connections between the articles as well as supporting your thesis.

Sophomores If anyone would like to earn extra points by the end of the nine weeks, complete the following assignment by Friday, March 15th: Article Summary : Locate an article from a credible source on a topic related to the study of The Great Gatsby . Type a one-page summary of the article, formatted according to MLA (and including a citation for the article ). Sample topics include Fitzgerald, jazz in the 20's, prohibition, flappers, and the19th amendment.

Sophomores Answer #1-4 on p826 and define the following terms: husky, brawling, luring, wanton, coarse, cunning, and pitted. Read ahead, as we will be talking about the following poems tomorrow (and possibly Friday): "Lucinda Matlock" by Edgar Lee Masters "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy" by Edwin Arlington Robinson "We Wear the Mask" and "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar Seniors Print and bring an EDITORIAL on the issue of the proposed minimum wage increase. This is the basis for your essay on Friday, which will be a summary. Next week, we are reading an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich's book Nickel and Dimed .

Don't forget to buy a copy of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby before Monday. We will start reading and studying the novel next week.

Honors students have a response paper due on Friday, March 8th. The topic is Defining the American Dream . Use the following article from the Library of Congress as the basis for the response: What is the American Dream? Everyone needs to read "The American Dream: Reality or Illusion?" beginning on 820 in your textbook. You may also want to look at the article on Jacob Riis and his book How The Other Life Lives: Jacob Riis: Shedding Light on NYC's "Other Half" Expect a QUIZ on Friday , and the Honors students will write their independent reading essays in class on Monday .

This week we are talking about the minimum wage in America. The central questions revolves around President Obama's move to raise the federal level to $9.00 per hour. Is this justified, given the amount of employed people living in poverty? Or would a raise in the minimum wage actually lead to higher rates of employment, as business owners are forced to lay off workers in order to keep profits up? Linked is the study mentioned in class, a Living Wage Calculator from MIT. Your assignment for Wednesday is to bring a recent editorial to class concerning the proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour.