Work for the Week of March 2nd - Juniors

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Diana
Reading HW: Review your Death of a Salesman notes
HW: Start your paper!

Tuesday March 3rd
Minutes: Tiffany
Reading HW: Please read "Money Always Talks" and this article "The 1 Percent..."
HW: What  values do these pieces celebrate? Are they distinctly American values? How are they related to the American dream?

Wednesday March 4th
Minutes: Sara
Reading HW: Here's an example of a successful draft.
HW: Draft Day!

Please watch this amazing video.  No relation to our class.  Only for your personal enrichment.

Thursday March 5th
Minutes: Avery
Reading HW: Chapter One of The Great Gatsby
HW: Characterize the Buchanans.  Observe and judge this couple by their actions and words.  Please present five distinct quotations to support your observations/judgments.  Who might be a modern version of the Buchanans?

Friday March 6th
Minutes: Soren
Reading HW: Chapter Two of The Great Gatsby
HW: Paper due.

Monday March 9th
Minutes: Daisy
Reading HW: Chapter Three of The Great Gatsby
HW: Highlight, using textual evidence, the difference between the Buchanan's wealth and Gatsby's wealth.