The Great Gatsby
Reading Schedule
2012
MONDAY
Feb 6
TUESDAY
Feb 7
DUE TODAY
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Vocab
DUE TODAY
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 Vocab
Feb 13
Feb 14 <3
DUE TODAY
Chapter 5
Chapter 6 Vocab
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Vocab
Feb 20
Feb 21
PRESIDENTS’
DAY
WEEKEND
NO SCHOOL
PRESIDENTS’
DAY
WEEKEND
NO SCHOOL
WEDNESDA
Feb 8
DUE TODAY
Chapters 3
Chapter 4 Vocab
Feb 15
DUE TODAY
Chapter 7 first half (stop at “There is no confusion like. . .” Feb 22
THURSDAY
FEB 9
DUE TODAY
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Vocab
Feb 16
DUE TODAY
End of Chapter 7
Chapter 8 Vocab
Feb 23
DUE TODAY
Chapter 9
FRIDAY
Feb 10
PARENT
CONFERENCES
NO SCHOOL
Feb 17
DUE TODAY
Chapter 8
Chapter 9 Vocab
Feb 24
Gatsby Movie
Feb 27
Gatsby Movie
Feb 28
Gatsby Movie
Feb 29
Gatsby IOCs
March 1
March 2
Gatsby IOCs
March 5
March 6
Gatsby IOCs
March 7
March 8
March 9
Gatsby IOCs
AS WE READ GATSBY: Be prepared for frequent Reading Quizzes, which may include new vocabulary. The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Words **Write words and definitions in your notebook ONE CLASS DAY BEFORE the chapter is to be read. Include PART OF SPEECH with definition. **Page #s correspond to the earlier edition – close, but not the same if you have the new edition Ch 1 privy (p. 5) unaffected (6) sinister (9) extemporizing fractiousness (11) supercilious (11) incredulously (15) contributory (22) peremptorily (24) libel (24) Ch 2 contiguous (29) sumptuous (29) anaemic (29) ectoplasm (34) proprietary (34) hauteur (35) gypped (38) kyke (38) Ch 3 cataracts (43) credulity (48) homogeneity (49) condescend (49) verb spectroscopic (49) echolalia (54) obstetrical (55) vinous (56) discordant (58) din (58) caterwauling (60) crescendo (60) chasm (61) Ch 4 sporadic (68) punctilious (68) labyrinth (68) olfactory (73) hearse (73) modish (73) slang somnambulate* (74) juxtaposition (74) denizen (77) sauterne (81) Ch 5 elongating (86) scrutinize (89) harrowed (90) defunct (91) harrowed(90) abounded (93) serfs (93) disheveled (96) pompadour (99) Ch 6 laudable (103) meretricious (104) ineffable (105) reveries (105) ramification (105) turgid (106) contingency (106) ingratiate (107) perturb (107) pervading (110) obliterate (116) incarnation (117) Ch 7 caravansary (120) bona fide (122) genial (124) theoretical (128) abyss (128) inviolate (131) precipitately (131) portentous (134) irreverent (134) row (n., as on 134) libertine (137) prig (135) vicariously (138) rancor (139) slander (142) Ch 8 redolent (155) strata (156) liable (156) grail (156) in cahoots (162) corroborate (161) incorruptible (162) laden (170) holocaust (170) Ch 9 inquest (171) reverent (179) elocution (181) complacent (184) interminable (185) inquisition (185) provincial (188) pander (189) transitory (189) aesthetic (189) commensurate