february 26

[for your MOM: tell yourself something nice about yourself. repeat. tell yourself something nice about yourself. repeat. tell yourself something nice about yourself...]

JOURNAL TOPIC:
What's the cutest animal you would eat?

-OR-

Which character in Gatsby would you be willing to trade lives with?  Why?  If no one, why?

AGENDA:
[MOM]
1. Journal
2. Gatsby: Q & A on Chapter 7
3. Gatsby: Chapter 8

POST:
Your notes & thoughts on Chapter 8 (title: GATSBY NOTES & THOUGHTS ON CHAPTER 8)

Guiding Questions:
1. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his night when Nick shows up early in the morning?  What does Gatsby say about what happened between Tom and Daisy?
2. What does Nick suggest that Gatsby do?  Why does Gatsby reject Nick's suggestion?
3. What does Gatsby say about the way he and Daisy left each other the first time, when he went to war?
4. The gardener interrupts to tell Gatsby he wants to drain the pool.  Why, in the middle of all of this drama, do you think the author interrupts the tense relationship dialogue with a secondary character and mention of the pool?  Why do you think it's important that Gatsby wants to swim at least once in his own pool?
5. Nick gets to work-- and the entire narrative shifts.  Now we're getting to the climax of the plot, and Fitzgerald goes nearly Shakespeare.  Describe the action and what it represents.