English 10 Syllabus 1/31-2/4

English 10C

Jane Belton

Syllabus January 31–  February 4, 2011

Monday 1/31

In Class: Hand out map. Discuss Chapter 1, The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby, movement/restlessness vs. stillness; East Egg vs. West Egg; color; Fitzgerald’s style.

Assignment: Read and annotate chapter 2, The Great Gatsby.

Tuesday 2/1

In Class: Discuss Chapter 2, The Great Gatsby. Valley of the ashes, Dr. Eckleburg, George and Myrtle Wilson; Nick’s role in the novel.

Assignment:  Read and annotate chapter 3, The Great Gatsby.

Wednesday 2/2

In Class:  Discuss Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby. East Egg vs. West Egg; Gatsby’s party; the owl-eyed man; the mystery of Gatsby.

Assignment: Read and annotate chapter 4, The Great Gatsby.

Thursday 2/3 – No Class

Friday 2/4

In Class: Chapter 4, The Great Gatsby.

Assignment:            Read and annotate chapter 5, The Great Gatsby. Then trace the pattern of Daisy’s voice from the beginning to the end of chapter 5 in your Writer’s Journal. Please make an actual list of the quotes where her voice is described (with page numbers). Then, answer the following questions: What do you notice about the descriptions of her voice? Is there a pattern? What does the pattern reveal about her feelings regarding this reunion with Gatsby?  This is WJ#11.