Thanksgiving recess updates for juniors

What's due after the Thanksgiving recess?  What should each of CF's juniors have prepared for return to school on Monday, November 30?

1) You should complete reading chapter six of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

2)  Also, you should have revised the "Dreams" freewriting that we composed in class on Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19 into a two page (maximum) persuasive essay.  This essay will take any position you want on the nature of "dreams." For example, why do people dream?  What is the function of "dreams" for the collective good of a society?  How can "dreams" become illusions that distract individual and drag them down from their life potentials?

These and many, many other questions can become possibilities for you to consider as you formulate your own question and your own persuasive response.  We'll all be looking forward to sharing these persuasive essays about "dreams" when we return from recess through posting on our blogs.

3) [optional] Oh, and, by the way, have you updated your blog lately?  If not, why don't you get a head start over vacation? Time you spend now will alleviate time you'll have to spend upon return from recess...

Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, your loved ones, and to all the people near and far who influence our lives in small and often unknown ways.

(almost) Dr. Carolyn