THIS IS THE LAST LEG OF THE JUNIOR theme race. After this week, you will have finished.

Close reading of Emerson's "Self-Reliance."
HW: Revising your junior theme. Final draft due Wednesday. Stapled together in this order, together. And stapled. 1) The new draft of the essay, on top. 2) Works cited page (only the sources you refer to directly or indirectly). 3) New annotated bibliography (EVERY thing you looked at to make the project exist).

Small research groups will work on finalizing their revisions.
HW: Remember, the short story, poem, art work should be referred to directly or indirectly in your paper, so they should appear on the works cited page. They will also be on the annotated bibliography. Do not annotate more sources—apart from the short story, poem, and art work.

Students will begin to write their junior theme reflection and hand in essays. Subsequently, we will return to Emerson's "Self-Reliance."
HW: Obtain your copy of F.S. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. We will start reading that, in earnest, on Friday. So have a copy of the novel in class on Friday. Tonight, watch the first half of this video, "Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture." I will collect notes in class on Friday. Reflections will also be due Friday!

We will spend the first half of class on Emerson, the second half on introducing Fitzgerald.
Reading chapter one of Gatsby.