Wed Homework

English
1) finish reading Gatsby!

2) Map a timeline that depicts the dramatic build-up in the novel. This map should include the most significant turning points but also examine the lesser events that build tension. Be sure to include events in the beginning, middle, and end of the plot. 


History
work on your chapter presentation
research paper due tomorrow (except those given extensions. no extensions will be granted after Tuesday this week)
define the following terms for next week (due next Wed):
 
 

—Korean War (the forgotten war)-1950-1953

McCarthyism-1950's

Freedom Rides-1961

Berlin Wall--1961

—Bays of Pigs—1961

—Cuban Missile Crisis—1962

March on Washington-1963

—Tonkin Gulf Resolution—1964

—Tet Offensive—1968

—Anti-war protests

Watergate-1972

NAFTA

Iranian Hostage Crisis-1979

Close Reading

Thursday Homework

English
Gatsby chapt 6 and close read passage

Helpful steps for close reading:

• First, to determine the general meaning of the text (leaving knowledge and application of literary elements more or less tacit for now). Keep asking yourself, “What’s going on, and how do I know?”
• Second, to examine the ways the author uses language and the discipline-specific structures of literature to create meaning. Your focusing question here might be “How do the author’s choices help me understand or appreciate something that I didn’t notice the first time I read?”
• Third, to consider thematic meaning and connections between this text and others like it. Here, ask yourself, “What does this text cause me to think or wonder about some larger aspect the text and of the human condition?" 

History
read your presentation chapter and begin activity for next week
complete your American Women history paper

Wed Homework

English:
Gatsby Chapter 5, come with a close read passage and a discussion question for the class


History:
work on your research paper (due May 22, no exceptions)
continue reading and outlining your presentation chapter (see Mon/Tue post for assigned chapters)

Tuesday Homework

English
Gatsby chapt 5, come prepared with 2 close read passages and a discussion question

History 
work on your chapt assignment and research paper

Eisenhower and the 1950's: Tzippora and Sarah Spiro
Stormies Sixties/Vietnam: Shifra and Kimi
1970's: Shoshana and Chana
1980's an Reaganomics: Sarah R, Hannah

Homework and thanks

Ladies: thank you for your good work for the fair. Extra credit goes to Emily Dickinson (Chana), Rosa Parks (Kimi), Sally Ride (Sarah R), and Amelia Earhart (Sarah S). Well done!


Homework for tonight:

English
read chapt 4 Gatsby and complete your literature circle assignment for tomorrow
Figurative language: Tzippora
Summary: Chana
Close read: Shifra
Character Development tracking: Shoshana
Discussion Questions: Sarah S
absent ladies: prepare to discuss and add to the discussion

History
work on your research paper (due the 22nd)
read sections below in history book
      -"Manpower and Womanpower"
      -page 806 Navajo Code Talkers section
      -"Midway"
      -"D-Day: June 6, 1944"
      -"Japan Dies Hard"
      -"The Atomic Bomb"
      -"The Allies Triumphant"
      -page 822-823 "A Study in Contrasts"



NOTE: next week we will do chapter presentations as well, if you want to start early
Eisenhower and the 1950's: Tzippora and Sarah Spiro
Stormies Sixties/Vietnam: Shifra and Kimi
1970's: Shoshana and Chana
1980's an Reaganomics: Sarah R, Hannah

This week's homework

Wed: survey your parents and/or grandparents. Where and when did your family enter the United States? (this will be used for the honors project. The hw is not option, but the project is extra credit for the girls who are not in honors)


Project: visually represent the paper you are writing. You must list your question, give a paragraph summarizing the topic and its impact. Then have 3-5 visuals with explainations that serve to outline the argument you make in your paper. The visual is due for the fair on Sunday the 11th. The broader research paper is due May 22nd.