1. 1)Review The Best of 1 st Quarter Vocabulary 2)American Dream Activity 3)Begin reading Chp. 9 Homework: Finish reading chapter 9 and respond to reading questions; chapters 8 and 9 reading questions will be collect Thursday..

2. Affable – Easily approachable; warmly friendly The Zombie’s found Janet affable, because she gave them jelly donuts.

3. Diligence – Benjamin Franklin stressed that without diligence, any task will fall apart. steadiness of effort; persistent hard work

4. Decorum – propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners There was great decorum in how he ate his food; his elbows were always off of the table.

5. Ambiguous – unclear or doubtful in meaning It was ambiguous whether the cars were slow or the children.

7. Arbitrary – capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical Depending on where you live, the temperature of 50 degrees is arbitrary. It can be considered cold or warm.

9. Discerning – While grocery shopping, Tony discerned that the new produce packing was not necessary. mentally quick and observant; having insight

10. Delineate – portray; depict; sketch The coworker delineated a proposal for his boss by making a PowerPoint show.

11. Aloof – apart; reserved Aloof Cat taught Aloof Cat Jr. how to ignore people who tried to pet them.

14. Discordant – not harmonious; conflicting

16. Adversary – opponent After viewing the new Star Trek movie, Grumpy Cat found the villainous Khan an unworthy adversary.

17. Depravity – extreme corruption; wickedness Even after his injury, Revolutionary Cat was determined to fight the government’s depravity.

18. Apprehension – fear The penguins felt apprehension when seeing the walrus’ devious grin and giant bowling ball.

20. Disdain– The Grinch felt intense disdain towards the happy Whos of Whosville. view with scorn or contempt

22. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class Apathy – lack of caring; indifference

24. Dissent– The employees knew that they could not dissent from their boss’s ideas. disagree

25. Deride – Ridicule; make fun on Satirical devices are used to deride other works of literature or people.

26. Antiquated – old-fashioned; obsolete The flip phone, the cassette tape, and the beeper have all become antiquated forms of technology.

28. Artisan – manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist The artisan group of farmers grew their own food to sell at the farmers market.

29. Deterrent – something that discourages; hindrance The dog deterrent did not stop Mr. Freckles the Dalmatian from chewing everything.

31. View the following video and answer the associated questions… http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/1194840031120/defining-the-american-dream.html 1)What are various aspects of the American Dream named by the interviewees? Name at least 5. 2)What is upward mobility? Was this accessible in the past? How about now? 3)How many people believed they achieved their American Dream in 2005? In 2009? 4)The American Dream can shift based upon the state of the country. How has the American Dream shifted since the economic crash? 5)Despite the economy “tanking,” why is the American Dream still alive?

32. What is the American Dream of Today? What was the American Dream of the 1920’s?

33. For your assignment, you will analyze the American Dreams of the characters in The Great Gatsby. For this activity, please complete the following… 1)Select four of the following characters: Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Nick, Jordan, Myrtle, or George. 2)Identify what you believe the American Dream is for each of the four characters. Each of the dreams should be unique to the others. 3)Find a quote to support each of your findings. Make sure to include page numbers in proper MLA format. 4)Then write a sentence explain whether or not the character has achieved their American Dream.

41. Write a SPES answering the following question: What is Fitzgerald saying about the American Dream in his novel The Great Gatsby? To answer this questions, please use the experience of ONE of the characters (and their attempt to achieve their dream) in the novel.