Homework for the week of 10/29

Monday:

• Ch. 4-6 of Gatsby due tomorrow--expect a quiz
• Sentence variety packet due Thursday; bring in narrative on Thursday
• Word roots quiz #2 Friday

Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Sentence variety packet due Thursday; bring in narrative on Thursday
• Ch. 7 of Gatsby due Friday--come prepared with 3 discussion questions
• Word roots quiz #2 Friday

Thursday:

• Ch. 7 of Gatsby due tomorrow--come prepared with 3 discussion questions
• Study for word roots quiz #2
• Final draft of narrative due Wednesday--all drafts will be collected; upload final draft to www.turnitin.com

Friday:

• Ch. 8 and 9 of Gatsby (finish the book!) due Wednesday
• Final draft of narrative due Wednesday--all drafts will be collected; upload final draft to www.turnitin.com
• Color journals due Thursday

Homework for the week of 10/22

Monday:

• Ch. 1-3 of Gatsby due tomorrow
• Discussion board due Monday night by 11:59 p.m.
• Draft #2 of narrative due next Monday (just bring one clean copy to class)

Tuesday-Friday:

• Discussion board due Monda night
• Draft #2 of narrative due Monday
• Ch. 4-6 of Gatsby due next Tuesday; expect a quiz
• Don't forget to be working on your color journal as you read!

Homework for the week of 10/15

Monday:

• Draft #1 of personal narrative due next Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Roaring Twenties reading due tomorrow

Tuesday-Wednesday:

• Draft #1 of personal narrative due next Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for next Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Thursday:

• Read pages 339-342 in textbook for tomorrow
• Bring textbook to class tomorrow
• Draft #1 of personal narrative due Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Friday:

• Finish parallelism exercises in textbook (pages 343-345--exercises 1, 2, and 5) if not done so in class (will be checked on Monday)
• Draft #1 of personal narrative due Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Homework for the (brief) week of 10/10

Wednesday:

• Read Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and answer the questions at the end of the story.

Thursday (and Friday, since I won't see you due to the Pep Rally):

• Due Monday: Read Barbara Ehrenreich's "Serving in Florida" on page 179 in your textbook. Answer questions #2-4, 9, 11, and 12 under "Rhetoric and Style" on page 187. 
• Due Tuesday: "Roaring Twenties" reading 

**Note: If you would like to purchase your own copy of The Great Gatsby, you will need it for Tuesday, 10/16.**