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Vocabulary 5-6 Quiz // The Great Gatsby // – Chapters 1-2 Due 10 Point Reading Check Quiz Research Check Homework: //The Great Gatsby// - Chapters 3-4 Due Wednesday; Vocabulary 7-8
 * __ Monday, April 30 __**

// The Great Gatsby // – Movie Clip Faulkner Background "A Rose for Emily" Homework: // The Great Gatsby - // Chapters 3-4 Due Tomorrow
 * __ Tuesday, May 1 __**

// The Great Gatsby - // Chapters 3-4 Due 10 Point Reading Check Quiz Finish "A Rose for Emily" Homework: //The Great Gatsby// - Chapters 5-6 Due Friday
 * __ Wednesday, May 2 __**

"The Chrysanthemums" - John Steinbeck Homework: //The Great Gatsby// - Chapters 5-6 Due Tomorrow; Study Vocabulary 7-8 – Quiz Tomorrow!
 * __ Thursday, May 3 __**

Vocabulary 7-8 Quiz //The Great Gatsby// - Chapters 5-6 Due 10 Point Reading Check Quiz Library – Research Homework: Research Check Monday, May 7; //The Great Gatsby// - Chapter 7 Due Tuesday, May 8
 * __ Friday, May 4 __**

__** Monday, May 7 **__ Research Check //The Great Gatsby// - Movie Clip Homework: //The Great Gatsby// - Chapter 7 Due Tomorrow


 * Pre-Seminar Question-Writing: **** Before you come to a Socratic Seminar class, please read the assigned text (novel section, poem, essay, article, etc.) and write at least one question in each of the following categories: **
 * WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION: **** Write a question connecting the text to the real world. Example: **** If you were given only 24 hours to pack your most precious belongings in a back pack and to get ready to leave your home town, what might you pack? (After reading the first 30 pages of NIGHT). **
 * CLOSE-ENDED QUESTION: **** Write a question about the text that will help everyone in theclass come to an agreement about events or characters in the text. Thisquestion usually has a "correct" answer. Example: **** What happened to Hester Pyrnne's husband that she wasleft alone in Boston without family? (after the first 4 chapters of THESCARLET LETTER). **
 * OPEN-ENDED QUESTION: **** Write an insightful question about the text that will require proofand group discussion and "construction of logic" to discover or explore theanswer to the question. Example: **** Why did Gene hesitate to reveal the truth about theaccident to Finny that first day in the infirmary? (after mid-point of ASEPARATE PEACE). **
 * UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTION: **** Write a question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that willencourage group discussion about the universality of the text. Example: **** After reading John Gardner's GRENDEL, can you pick out its existential elements? **

=** LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTION: Write a question dealing with HOW an author **=
 * chose to compose a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of **
 * view, characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example? **


 * Example: In MAMA FLORA'S FAMILY, why is it important that the **
 * story is told through flashback? **