Rising to Level 3: April 16, 2018

Focus: What does Fitzgerald want us to understand better or differently?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Perusing the list of prompts for this Friday's timed writing and beginning to brainstorm by finding evidence:

• Find one or two passages from Chapters 1-4 that respond to the prompt you've selected.
• Find one or two passages from Chapters 5-7 that respond to your prompt.
• As you finish the book, find one or two passages from Chapters 8 and 9 that respond to your prompt.

• Put sticky notes on those pages (you may also wish to jot down page numbers on your outline in case the stickies fall out).
• Feel free to use your Gatsby journal to save yourself some work.

3. Recapping introductions and brainstorming ideas for yours

• Click HERE for a sample introduction.

4. Reading / journalling about / conferencing on Gatsby, Chapter 8; fishbowl leaders may meet

HW:
1. Finish reading Chapter 8 and complete your journal entry. Tomorrow's fishbowl leaders should prepare their syllabus and post it on the class website.

2. If you did not finish finding evidence or brainstorming ideas for your intro, please work on that tonight.

3. IF YOU ARE ABSENT THIS FRIDAY, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF COMPLETING YOUR TIMED WRITING ON YOUR OWN BY MONDAY.