American Studies Wednesday, 19 February, 2014  Time will pass, will you? 57 days remain in the spring semester.  “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in the world, a beautiful little fool.”  Daisy Buchannan, Chapter 1, The Great Gatsby

Housekeeping  Are you registered for your AP exams?—Friday is the deadline for registration, and payment.  Test returned – I need the actual test back by the end of the class period. If you want to review it, you can do so during announcements or lunch. BE SURE TO RETURN IT. Do not review during the class discussion. You are always welcome to come in to review tests after school by appt. or drop in if I am in my room.

Coming Due  Tomorrow:  9 to a 9. Rhetorical Analysis Writing—no homework  Friday:  M/C test, history focus + DBQ

Today’s Class  The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-3  Reviewing the Chapter work  How to use it in the SD  What are your titles and quotes?  Practice close reading quiz  A closer look at Fitzgerald’s language and technique  Socratic Discussion  Scoring your work

Whorton’s Quotes… The Great Gatsby  Chapter 1  “Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning.”  Chapter 2  “Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.”  Chapter 3  “There were three married couples and Jordan’s escort, a persistent undergraduate given to violent innuendo and obviously under the impression that sooner or later Jordan was going to yield him up her person to a greater or lesser degree.”