AGENDAS & JOURNALS

WEEK 3

1.8

Quarantine: On Friday, in response to a potential whooping cough thread, the school made a controversial decision: any student without proper vaccinations were suspended for two weeks.

What do you think about this decision? How could the situation have been handled? What do you think about people who refuse to vaccinate their children?

ENGLISH 11 – 2/2 (M)

What are we doing?

• Finishing the American Dream poetry packet

Why are we doing it?

• To continue to explore our EQ about

the American Dream

How do you know you got it?

• You can relate the poems to the American Dream

Coming up:

• Group movies/PowerPoints due 2/4.• The Great Gatsby due in class 2/6

Agenda• (1) Get in new seats.• (2) Take out homework• (3) Journal• (4) Complete the rest of

the poems.

1.9

American Principles: In one column, list five words that represent the founding principles and philosophies of the United States of America. In the other column, list five words that describe what the United States means to you. Look at the two lists. How do these two lists compare?

ENGLISH 11 – 2/3 (T)

What are we doing?

• Vocab quiz, Vocab 13, Langston Hughes

Why are we doing it?

• To continue to explore our EQ about

the American Dream

How do you know you got it?

• You can relate the poem to the American Dream

Coming up:

• Group movies/PowerPoints due tomorrow.

• The Great Gatsby due in class 2/6

Agenda• (1) Get in new seats.• (2) Take out homework• (3) Journal• (4) Vocabulary quiz• (5) New vocabulary• (6) Langston Hughes

ENGLISH 11 – 2/4 (W)

What are we doing?

• Presentations

Why are we doing it?

• To continue to explore our EQ about

the American Dream, to prepare for Gatsby and to learn about 1920s topics.

How do you know you got it?

• You can relate the topics to the American Dream

Coming up:

• The Great Gatsby due in class 2/6• Langston Hughes TPCASTT due

tomorrow

Agenda• (1) Present• (2) No journal

ENGLISH 11 – 2/6 (F)

What are we doing?

• Gatsby EQ pre-reading, book check

Why are we doing it?

• To continue to explore our EQ about the American Dream, to prepare for Gatsby and to learn about 1920s topics.

How do you know you got it?

• You can relate the topics to the American Dream

Agenda• (1) Journal 1.10• (2) Book check• (3) Gatsby EQ activity

1.10

• Time Machine: If you could do it over again, what would you change about your project? Topic? Group members? Content of the video? Prepare better?

• Think about your group process and reflect on it. How could you make it better next time?

• ½ page

GATSBY EQ ACTIVIY

• From the list of the 8 following questions, do the following:

• (1) Read the 8 questions and choose 4 to answer.• (2) Discuss them as a group.• (3) Come to a consensus about how you feel.• (4) Write a thesis statement for each one.• (5) Write three supporting reasons that back up the

thesis.

• Treat it like an essay: No I/We/Our, restate the prompt, etc.

GATSBY EQ ACTIVIY• (1) What stereotypes do you think many people have of people who are described as

“rich?” What privileges might wealthy people have that “poor” people would not have?

• (2) Do you think wealthy people have the same morals as those who are not wealthy? Explain your thinking.

• (3) How important is fidelity/morality in marriage? Do you think married people today are more or less faithful than they might have been in the 1920s? Why?

• (4) How are economic classes separated in America? Is it just by money or is there more to it?

• (5) What characteristics make a person great? Why do you think these qualify someone as great?

• • (6) Can the noveau riche (newly rich) buy their way into high society? Explain your

answer.

• (7) Some people think that money leads to happiness. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

• (8) Is it possible to relive the past? Why or why not? What are some issues with trying to do so?