Catcher in the Rye- eBook

As we come to the end of reading Catcher in the Rye  you may want to review or reread some of the chapters to better undersatnd what Holden was going through. Click on the link for the Catcher in the Rye ebook

Don't be a phony--read the book.

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald's life was tumultuous at best. He married  Zelda Sayre and it is believed that many of the women in his novels are built around Zelda's personality and attitude. He wrote  This Side of Paradise in 1920 and feared that would be what he was best remembered for....until he wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925. This is the final novel that we are reading in English 11 with a sprinkling of short stories from the realism and modernism chapters of our anthology. 

Fitzgerald and Zelda

You will be required to provide your own text whether borrowed, bought or downloaded of The Great Gatsby. I have found two links that allows you to read the book in its entirety for free click here: The Great Gatsby ebook or if that doesn't work try this version:  The Great Gatsby ebook (it also has a kindle version). You will be required to read at home, there will be quizzes in class the next day after the required reading is supposed to be completed.

You will be responsible for the odd numbered chapter study guides you can find them all here: Chapter One study guide,
Chapter three study guide,Chapter five study guide, Chapter seven study guide,and finally Chapter nine study guide

Here's to the jazz age, the age that changed the world and the way we attempted to achieve the American Dream.

Acts III and IV Hamlet Logs

Acts III and IV Hamlet logs will be due after we finish the last scene (scene seven) in Act IV. We have reached the climax of the play in Act III with Hamlet killing Polonius (who was behind the curtain spying on the conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude).

There are eleven scenes between both acts which means you should turn in roughly twenty-two log entries. However, some scenes are rather short. So, I've adjusted the amount of log entries. Please read below to see how many entries are needed for each scene.

Act III: two entries per scene for a total of eight

Act IV: i- one log entry
           ii- one log entry
          iii- one log entry
          iv- two log entries
           v- two log entries
          vi- one log entry
         vii- two log entries

You will turn in a total of eighteen (18) log entries for these two acts next week. Keep up, you don't want to end up like poor old Yorick.

--Mrs. Ordway