Monday. Seventh period.
It was the end of the period. The kiddos had put away their Chromebooks and were lining up at the door.
Elliot: "Oh my god! Chapter seven..."
The eleventh grade English classes are reading The Great Gatsby. I may have mentioned this once or twice. On Monday, they had a quiz on the first three chapters. And then we started reading chapter four together.
However, some students are reading ahead. I'm not sure why as we will be reading the whole thing together, but whatever. I'm not going to stop them.
Elliot's been a chapter or so ahead for over a week. He was kind of bragging how far ahead he was. But this day, he was blown away by the events of chapter seven.
And... Well... Yeah. I'm not giving spoilers for those of you who may be tempted to read it. But here's a link to the chapter summary for those of you who would like a reminder or aren't worried about spoilers. Anyway, chapter seven is a humdinger of a chapter.
I nodded in understanding. Dennis, who sits next to Elliot, was also a bit blown away, as he said he looked over at what Elliot was reading. Elliot pointed out that Dennis really needed to read the prior chapters as they set the scene for chapter seven.
"Just don't spoil it for the rest of the class, please," I asked.
Elliot: "Oh no. I want to see their reaction when they read it."
Me too, actually.
Although, considering how bland their expressions are, I rather think they won't visibly react. We'll see.
As for the quiz, they did pretty well. So, maybe they're not reacting, but it seems like they're following along with the plot just fine.
