Finishing The Great Gatsby

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 9
2. Take a quiz on Gatsby 6-9.
3. Watch the rest of the movie

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. None

Student Lessons for Gatsby Chapter 8

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Student lessons for The Great Gatsby chapter 8

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. None

Read Gatsby Chapter 8

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 8
2. Quiz for chapter 8
3. Final English Journal and turn them in today.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. None

Student Lessons Chapter 7

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Student lessons for The Great Gatsby chapter 7

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. None

Finish Reading Gatsby chapter 7

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 7 part 2
2. Watch the movie for chapters 6 and 7.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Read Gatsby chapter 7 part 1

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 7
2. English Journal #12 Chapter 7
2. List three important things that happened.
3. Describe how things are changing between TWO characters
4. Write one prediction you have about how the chapter will end 
3. Class discussion for chapter 6

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Student Lesson chapter 6

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Student lesson about The Great Gatsby chapter 6.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Read Chapter 6

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 6
2. English Journal #12 Gatsby and Tom
1. Why is Tom starting to become suspicious of Gatsby? What do you think will happen between the two characters?
2. What does Gatsby mean when he says at the end of the chapter "Can't repeat the past...Why of course you can!"? Why can't he ever get over Daisy?
3. Watch the movie for chapter 6

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Watching Gatsby movie for chapter 6

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. The Great Gatsby review game.
2. English Journal The Mysterious Gatsby
1. Describe the many rumors that other people tell about Gatsby.
2. Describe what Gatsby says about himself.
3. Then, argue what you think is true about Gatsby. Where did he get his money? Is he the kind of person that Daisy should reconnect with?
3. Watch the The Great Gatsby movie for chapter 5 and 6.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Chapter 5 Student Group Activities

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. The Great Gatsby chapter 5 activities from student teachers.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Reading chapter 5

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 5.
2. Work on Membean vocabulary for ten minutes.
3. Create positive messages for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Chapter 4 Activities

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Chapter 4 student activities

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Reading Gatsby Chapter 4

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: 

Agenda:

1. Read The Great Gatsby chapter 4.
2. Work on Membean vocabulary for ten minutes.
3. Start a new English Journal.
1. Explain why Gatsby moved to West Egg. Did Nick make the right decision in reconnecting Gatsby with his married cousin?

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Final Book Chat

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by May 8th.

Agenda:

1. Watch part of The Great Gatsby movie. Some students need to finish their Book Chat slides and turn them in.
2. Final Book Chat. Share your slides and enjoy the food that you brought today.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Chapter 3 Activty

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by May 8th.

Agenda:

1. Student led lessons for chapter three. Materials for the lessons are below.
1. Period 3 lesson slides

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Gatsby Chapter 3

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by May 8th.

Agenda:

1. Choose groups for food activity on Monday.
2. In Google Classroom, work on the Google Slides for the Book Chat on Monday.
3. Read chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
4. Take the quiz for chapter 3

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Watching Gatsby chapters 2 and 3

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by May 8th.

Agenda:

1. Membean for 10 minutes
2. Next, we will watch chapters 2 and 3 of the movie. Start at 13:06 and end at 33:46.
3. Work on The Great Gatsby hyperdoc in Google Classroom. It is due today.
1. Here is the link about Flapper Culture

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.

Reading The Great Gatsby chapter 2

Big Idea: What motivates us to achieve success and fame?

Learning Target: Explain how different events are related

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by May 8th.

Agenda:

1. Quizlet Live! about the characters from Chapter 1.
2. Listen to chapter 2 of the novel.
3. Start The Great Gatsby hyperdoc to learn about the time period of the book.

Gatsby Teaching Group Materials:

1. How will this work?
1. You will be put in groups and each group will be responsible for preparing a lesson for a chapter of the novel.
2. Check Google Classroom for the members of each group.
3. Each group will be assigned a chapter of the novel. The reading and teaching schedule is also on Google Classroom.
4. This document has the lesson plan template that needs to be filled out.
5. This document has a list of activities you could do with the class.
6. Here are some lesson plans for chapter one:
1. sample one
2. sample two
3. sample three

Homework:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week.
2. Read your book at home.