English 10 Syllabus Feb 7-15, 2011

English 10C

Jane Belton

Syllabus, February 7 – 15 2011

Monday 2/7

In Class:  Discuss Chapter 4 and 5, The Great Gatsby. WJ#11 due.

Assignment: Review and reannotate Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby.

Tuesday 2/8

In Class: Continue discussion of Chapter 5. Constructing, inventing, and choreographing one’s identity and how one is perceived. Revisit “Artist and his Museum”; Gatsby’s identity and its construction; Gatsby a creator/director/actor of the story.  Discuss modern day Gatsby figures. In-class writing: What are some examples of modern day Gatsbys in our world? How do these figures carefully “choreograph” their self image? How else do they resemble Gatsby? View and discuss MTV cribs.

Assignment: Read and annotate The Great Gatsby, chapter 6. WJ#12 (close reading, see handout).

Wednesday 2/9

In Class: Chapter 6, The Great Gatsby. WJ#12 due. The myth of the “self-made man”

Assignment:  Read and annotate chapter 7, The Great Gatsby.

Thursday 2/10 – No Class

Friday 2/11

In Class: Chapter 7, The Great Gatsby.

Assignment: Read and annotate chapter 8, The Great Gatsby.

Monday 2/14

In Class:  Chapter 8, The Great Gatsby.

Assignment: Read and annotate chapter 9, The Great Gatsby.

Tuesday 2/15

In Class: Chapter 9, The Great Gatsby.

Assignment:  Read and annotate Dr. Zizmor article. Complete WJ#13: What makes Gatsby “great”?  Or conversely, what makes Gatsby not “great”? Incorporate and analyze textual evidence from the novel in your response to support your ideas.