Please read The Great Gatsby pages 125 to 151. Answer the questions below (typed!) in complete sentences. Please be prepared for a quiz on the reading.
1. At the hotel Tom and Gatsby have an argument. In your own words describe what the argument was about.
2. During the argument, what is discovered about Gatsby’s business affairs?
3. Who hit Myrtle Wilson with the car?
4. Why does Gatsby want to wait at Daisy’s house at the end of chapter VII?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Article to read for Wednesday, April 22nd
Hi Class,
Follow the link to the article, Take Book Out of Schools in Seminole:
http://www.ncac.org/education/20040126~FL-Seminole_County~Roll_of_Thunder_Challenged_in_Seminole_County.cfm
You can copy and paste the link into your browser.
Please read the article and answer the questions below. Please answer the questions in complete sentences. Be sure to bring a copy of the article to class on Wednesday!!
1. Why did Debra Drake feel that the book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry should be taken out of county schools? Explain your answer completely using your own words.
2. In your own words, what were at least 2 arguments that were made against banning the book? Explain your answer completely using your own words.
3. Should we censor certain books, movies, tv shows, videogames and other media to protect today’s youth? Support your answer by using examples. Write at least two paragraphs.
Follow the link to the article, Take Book Out of Schools in Seminole:
http://www.ncac.org/education/20040126~FL-Seminole_County~Roll_of_Thunder_Challenged_in_Seminole_County.cfm
You can copy and paste the link into your browser.
Please read the article and answer the questions below. Please answer the questions in complete sentences. Be sure to bring a copy of the article to class on Wednesday!!
1. Why did Debra Drake feel that the book, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry should be taken out of county schools? Explain your answer completely using your own words.
2. In your own words, what were at least 2 arguments that were made against banning the book? Explain your answer completely using your own words.
3. Should we censor certain books, movies, tv shows, videogames and other media to protect today’s youth? Support your answer by using examples. Write at least two paragraphs.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Great Gatsby Questions
Questions – The Great Gatsby (97-top of page 125)
Directions: Please answer these questions in complete sentences. Explain the answers clearly and fully. Type your answers out!
1. When Tom and two others stop by Gatsby’s house in the beginning of the reading, he discovers that Gatsby knows Daisy. How does Tom feel about Daisy and Gatsby knowing each other?
2. What were Gatsby’s concerns that he expressed to Nick after his party that Daisy and Tom had attended? Explain in your own words and completely.
3. Why does Gatsby fire his servants?
4. Who does Myrtle Wilson mistake Jordan for at the end of the reading?
Directions: Please answer these questions in complete sentences. Explain the answers clearly and fully. Type your answers out!
1. When Tom and two others stop by Gatsby’s house in the beginning of the reading, he discovers that Gatsby knows Daisy. How does Tom feel about Daisy and Gatsby knowing each other?
2. What were Gatsby’s concerns that he expressed to Nick after his party that Daisy and Tom had attended? Explain in your own words and completely.
3. Why does Gatsby fire his servants?
4. Who does Myrtle Wilson mistake Jordan for at the end of the reading?
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Monday, April 6th
Hi Class,
Please bring a dictionary and thesaurus to class tomorrow!
Professor O'Gara
Please bring a dictionary and thesaurus to class tomorrow!
Professor O'Gara
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Information on Interview Assignment and Note-taking Interview Tips
Hi Class,
Please bring two copies of your interview notes to class on Wednesday. The notes should be typed and organized by question asked. So each interview question should have your notes directly underneath. Please see the post below for the interview questions!!
Here are some tips on how to take notes while conducting an interview:
1. Take notes during the interview. You should write words in short form (abbreviate) when you can, so you have time to write as much information as possible.
2. Right after the interview fill in your notes with more details, so you have a complete and detailed set of notes. Do not wait days to fill in your notes!!!
Please bring two copies of your interview notes to class on Wednesday. The notes should be typed and organized by question asked. So each interview question should have your notes directly underneath. Please see the post below for the interview questions!!
Here are some tips on how to take notes while conducting an interview:
1. Take notes during the interview. You should write words in short form (abbreviate) when you can, so you have time to write as much information as possible.
2. Right after the interview fill in your notes with more details, so you have a complete and detailed set of notes. Do not wait days to fill in your notes!!!
Interview Questions
Hi Class,
Below are the interview questions we created for our interviews with people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Feel free to copy and paste this into a word document to print the questions out. I also will send a copy of these questions via email for people who have given me their email addresses.
Interview Questions for People who immigrated to the U.S.
2. Where are you from originally?
3. How old were you when you came to America?
4. How long have you been in the U.S.?
5. Why did you come to the U.S.?
6. What was life like before in your country?
7. How did you enter the U.S.? (How did you cross the border?)
8. What were your expectations before you came to the U.S.? Were they met?
9. Is life here everything you thought it would be?
10. Do you plan on visiting your country again?
11. Would you go back to your country to live after living in the U.S.?
12. What are the biggest cultural and social differences between the U.S. and your country?
13. Would you recommend the choice you made to come to the U.S. to someone else?
14. Did you learn English here? If yes, what was that like?
15. Did you leave any family (or kids) back home? If so, why?
16. How was it adapting to the U.S. culture?
17. Is the food different here than in your home country?
Below are the interview questions we created for our interviews with people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Feel free to copy and paste this into a word document to print the questions out. I also will send a copy of these questions via email for people who have given me their email addresses.
Interview Questions for People who immigrated to the U.S.
2. Where are you from originally?
3. How old were you when you came to America?
4. How long have you been in the U.S.?
5. Why did you come to the U.S.?
6. What was life like before in your country?
7. How did you enter the U.S.? (How did you cross the border?)
8. What were your expectations before you came to the U.S.? Were they met?
9. Is life here everything you thought it would be?
10. Do you plan on visiting your country again?
11. Would you go back to your country to live after living in the U.S.?
12. What are the biggest cultural and social differences between the U.S. and your country?
13. Would you recommend the choice you made to come to the U.S. to someone else?
14. Did you learn English here? If yes, what was that like?
15. Did you leave any family (or kids) back home? If so, why?
16. How was it adapting to the U.S. culture?
17. Is the food different here than in your home country?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Great Gatsby - questions and change in reading
Hi Class,
I've changed the pages to read for The Great Gatsby. Please read pages 47-80 and answer the questions below. Be sure to type out your answers and answer them in complete sentences. Have a great break!
Chapter 3
Why did Jordan leave Nick for an hour during the party at Gatsby’s?
Chapter 4
1. What is the date at this point in the novel?
2. Whom does Nick encounter at Gatsby’s party?
3. What is the suggestion about Henry L. Palmetto’s death?
4. What phrase does Gatsby repeatedly use to address Nick and others?
5. In what country did Gatsby receive a medal “For Valour Extraordinary”?
6. Who fixed the World Series in 1919?
7. Explain why Daisy was crying on the night before she was to be married. (explain your answer completely)
I've changed the pages to read for The Great Gatsby. Please read pages 47-80 and answer the questions below. Be sure to type out your answers and answer them in complete sentences. Have a great break!
Chapter 3
Why did Jordan leave Nick for an hour during the party at Gatsby’s?
Chapter 4
1. What is the date at this point in the novel?
2. Whom does Nick encounter at Gatsby’s party?
3. What is the suggestion about Henry L. Palmetto’s death?
4. What phrase does Gatsby repeatedly use to address Nick and others?
5. In what country did Gatsby receive a medal “For Valour Extraordinary”?
6. Who fixed the World Series in 1919?
7. Explain why Daisy was crying on the night before she was to be married. (explain your answer completely)
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