Block 2

Remember to bring your Fences book. If you took home your Regents paragraph, please bring the revised paragraph to class on Wednesday.

Block 4

• In class we reviewed the template for Regents question 26, and chose our best response to be graded.
• We began Fences, read Act I, scene one and chose a character to follow through Act I.

Block 4

• Read chapters 8 and 9 of The Great Gatsby for homework
• Be prepared for a quiz on Tuesday!
• If you were absent on Friday, be sure to complete the discussion questions for chapters 6 and 7 and turn them in no later than next class. These discussion questions were graded.

Block 2

Last class we watched the video pertaining to the importance of the automobile to the 1920's. Please see Block 4 blog entry for details if you missed class.

We will be focusing on chapters 6 and 7 in class on Tuesday. Chapters 8 and 9 are due on Monday.

Block 4 Resources from class

• Today we took a Regents style task. If you missed class, the task is waiting in the English Resource Center for you. Be sure to bring your book.
• Read chapter 7 for homework!
• We also watched a video on the car in the 1920's. The url is as follows:  http://learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/transcript/index.html
• The note sheet for the video can be found below.

“Tensions of Prosperity”

Directions: Write in complete sentences. Be specific and use details and quotations from the video to support your statements.                                                                                                                      

 

1.      Why was the car so significant to American culture in the 1920’s?

 

 

 

 

2.      What was the process Ford used to make cars?

 

 

 

3.      How does Ford’s process change the social and economic aspects of work and life in the 1920’s?

 

 

 

 

4.      LA exemplifies the changes the car had on American culture. What were these changes and why are they significant to American culture?

 

 

 

 

5.      Identify three quotations about the car from Gatsby. Explain what the car symbolizes in the novel, and why you believe this to be true.                                                                     

Block 4

• Next class we will complete our discussion of the body biography projects.
• In addition, be sure you come to class prepared to discuss chapters 4 and 5.
• If you need

Block 2 homework

• Be sure to read chapters 6 and 7 for class on Friday. Be prepared for a reading quiz.

Block 4

• Be sure to read chapters 4 and 5 in the Great Gatsby. There will be a quiz on the material so be sure to read.