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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Homework: March 13

Honors English 11 (D)
  • Today in class, we discussed the emotional and behavioral roller coaster that is Gatsby chapter 5. We'll continue our discussion of chapter 5's events tomorrow.
  • Tonight, keep reading Gatsby. Tonight, you should read to the middle of chapter 6.
  • Read your independent book!
English 11 (F)
  • Make flashcards for your vocab words--supercilious, complacent, incredulous, intimate (the verb!), and feign. Start studying them!
  • Read to the end of page 8 in Gatsby, and mark it up. Make notes about your questions, observations and connections.
  • Read your independent book!
Honors English 12 (G)
  • Victor's creation has made a request! Read chapters 17 and 18 to find out why the creation wants what he wants, and how Victor reacts. Make sure you mark up that text!!!
  • Look up your vocab word and complete that handout. Two useful sites are vocabulary.com and etymonline.com
  • Read your independent book!
Honors English 11 (A)
  • Watch the rest of this Cribs episode (just Carmelo's part...you don't have to watch Danny Granger). Gatsby's shirts and cars tour was the original Cribs, right? Make a few notes about where you see similarities/connections.
  • Finish reading Chapter 6. You have a reading quiz on Monday!
  • Read your independent book!
    Thanks to Tori for this lovely drawing: 
    “Look at that…I’d like to get one of those clouds and put you in it and push you around” (103).

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