The Great Gatsby

 

"The American Dream"- "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, Too" by Langston Hughes

American Dream Presentation.ppt (115 kB)

 

Great Gatsby Day 1 Notes (2/1/2011):

Introduction to The Great Gatsby.ppt (5,5 MB)

 

Characterization (will be on final exam and will need for final Gatsby Project)

Characterization- Jakereinvented and gatsby.pptx (1,1 MB)

 Bookmark Prompts- Chapter 3:

 

•What discovery does the owl-eyed man make in Gatsby’s library? What symbolic meaning could this reference have about society in the 1920s?
•On what does the owl-eyed man blame the accident after Gatsby’s party? What is ironic about this claim?
•How does Nick describe Jordan at the end of Chapter 3? What do we learn about her that would support this statement?
•Why does Jordan say, “I hate careless people. That’s why I like you”?
•What unique quality do we learn that Nick possesses?

 

• Also pick 3 more vocab words (that were not on the chapters 1 or 2 bookmark to put on there) you will continue to do this for all of the other bookmarks as well until you run out of words
 
 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 4:

Rewrite the "lunch scene" from Chapter 4 from either Meyer or Gatsby's point of view (rather than Nick's). Write at least 5 sentences.

Reminder: Remember to include other notes and vocabulary on your bookmarks! 

 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 5:

 

Compare this chapter to chapter 7 of Jake, Reinvented. Are Jay and Daisy good people? Why or why not?

Reminder: Remember to include other notes and vocabulary on your bookmarks!

 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 6:

 

Where was Gatsby born? How is Gatsby an example of the American Dream? What type of rich is Gatsby- old or new? Which “rich” is better?

 Reminder: Remember to include other notes on your bookmarks! No need for vocabulary since we all ready took the quiz :)

 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 7:

Often people, along with weather, things, and colors, can be symbols. What might Myrtle Wilson be a symbol of? What might Daisy be a symbol of? Compare and contrast Tom and Wilson.

 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 8:

Nick says that Gatsby is worth more than the Buchanans and all of their friends (“You’re worth the whole damn bunch of them put together.”) Does Gatsby seem like a truly out-standing person or is he pathetic? Explain your view. 

 

Bookmark Prompt- Chapter 9:

Why is the title of the book, “The Great Gatsby”? Consider Gatsby’s character as Nick sees him throughout the novel. What makes Gatsby so “great”? And, consider Fitzgerald’s attitude to the American Dream–is it negative or positive?
 

Facebook Profile Project:

Facebook Template.pptx (671 kB)