Vocabulary: Quiz next week.
1. commensurate: corresponding is size or degree
2. elocution: an expert manner of speaking
3. expostulate: reason with
4. fortuitous: occurring by happy chance
5. laden: filed with a great quantity
6. rancor: a feeling of deep or bitter anger
7. redolent: having a strong, pleasant odor
8. superfluous: more than is needed
9. ulster: loose, long overcoat
10. vicariously: indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
Literature:
Finish reading The Great Gatsby.
You will write an essay next week. Here are the prompts:
Write a 600-800 word essay one of the following:
1. Compare and contrast the characters of Gatsby and Nick. How does Fitzgerald use the characters to evoke emotions from the reader? Use specific examples from research and the text.
2. Discuss the symbolism in The Great Gatsby. Use three specific examples from the text. Some examples may be the green light, the sign with the eyes, etc., Please note specifics from the text and your research.
3. How does the author relay his message about life in America during the 1920s? Discuss examples about attitudes of Americans and the attitudes of the characters. Are they the same? How?
Your rough draft will be due on April 12. MLA format please.
The next book is My Antonia by Willa Cather.
History: Read Chapter 17 and answer the Section Review questions. I will check these next week.
Please do some research on The Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner.
Field trip is April 29th.
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