F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
• We will watch the
A&E Biography of F.
Scott Fitzgerald during
chapter 4.
• 1896-1940
• Born in Minnesota
• Major writer of the
Jazz Age in the 1920’s
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Long Island Map –
Also see page 206 in our novel
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Nick Carraway – the narrator
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
• carraway seeds- Often
found in rye bread,
carraway seeds are
long, narrow, and have
hard, brown shells.
A&E’s The Great Gatsby
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Daisy Buchanan
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
• daisies – flowers,
usually white
considered simple but
beautiful
Mia Farrow as Daisy 5
Tom Buchanan
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great Gatsby 6
Jay Gatsby
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
• gaspiller (v.) French
word meaning ―to
waste.‖
Robert Redford as Gatsby
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Jordan Baker
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great 8
Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
• myrtle- an evergreen
shrub with black
berries. Sacred to
Aphrodite
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle)
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George Wilson
• Appearance-
• Actions-
• Thoughts-
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Chapter 1 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll take a look the many
ways our narrator is characterized.
• Language Goal – We will read, write, listen,
and speak in cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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2 pieces of information per ―box‖ (8 pts)
Chapter 1 Character Study - Nick
What Nick says
Nick’s What Nick
Feelings thinks
Professional Father’s Advice
Information
Who
Nick likes
Who he dislikes What he does
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Chapter 2 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at how eyes
are an important symbol
throughout this novel and
track causes and effects in
this chapter.
• Language Goal – We will
read, write, listen, and
speak in cooperative
groups to understand the
I spy… text.
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Ch 2 – Eyes Point of View
Answer each of the following prompts on the four characters (4 pts)
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg For each set of eyes tell
• 1.) how are they
described and 2.) what
they see (their point of
Tom (chapter 1)
view)
Which other character’s
Daisy (chapter 1) eyes are not described at
all? What do you think
of that?
George Wilson
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Ch 2 – Cause and Effect
Track five main events that lead to Myrtle feeling heartbroken. (3 pts)
Tom’s party
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Chapter 3 Goals
• Content Goals – We’ll
take a look at Gatsby’s
characterization and at the
extended metaphor of
careless drivers.
• Language Goals – We will
read, write, listen, and
speak in cooperative
groups to understand the
text. Collaboration.
Authentic 1920’s Flappers
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Chapter 3
Jay Gatsby Character
Study
Fill in appropriate details from
chapter 3 (8 pts)
Predictions about Gatsby
Things Gatsby says
List the yellow things
mentioned in this chapter
(5 pts):
Likes Secrets Goals
1.
2.
3.
Dislikes Rumors Actions 4.
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Chapter 3- Careless Drivers
A metaphor is a __________________.
• How are careless drivers mentioned and shown in
this chapter? (4 pts)
1. -
2. -
3. -
4. -
• What does this metaphor of careless drivers
foreshadow? What hint should characters take from
these events and conversations? (2 pts)
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• Content Goal – We’ll
Chapter 4 Goals compare Nick and
Gatsby to our author
and make inferences
about the author’s
purpose for including
criminal activities in
this chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
Al Capone at the game. understand the text.
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A&E Biography Viewing Guide
• While watching this documentary, you will
fill out a T-chart with biographical
information the author (25 or more details).
• What facts should you write down as you
learn them from the video?
– Create your own viewing guide on the
following T-chart based on the biographical
info you think is relevant.
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A&E Biography Viewing Guide
Chapter 4 – Compare/Contrast
During the video, take 25 notes about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life then add accurate
details about Gatsby and Nick. What similarities are there between F.S.F and his
characters? (25 pts)
Gatsby Nick F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #1
In 1913 gangster Beansie Rosenthal was killed in a
hail of machinegun bullets as he stepped outside
the dining room of the old Metropol Hotel to
become the nation's first "drive-by shooting."
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id88.html
Beansie Rosenthal was murdered like Rosy was in
chapter 4.
http://crimemagazine.com/killercop.htm
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #2
The 1919 World Series was the most famous scandal in baseball
history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later
nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the
series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and
the extent to which each man was involved have always been
unclear. It was front-page news across the country and,
despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the players were
banned from professional baseball for life. "Shoeless" Joe
Jackson is the most famous of the eight players because he
appeared innocent. Have you seen Field of Dreams?
http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/blacksox.html
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #3
There are few excuses for the behavior of Jewish gangsters in the
1920s and 1930s. The best known Jewish gangsters – Meyer
Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Longy Zwillman, Moe Dalitz — were
involved in the numbers rackets, illegal drug dealing,
prostitution, gambling and loan sharking.
The roots of Jewish gangsterism lay in ethnic neighborhoods.
Like other newly arrived groups in American history, a few
Jews who considered themselves blocked from respectable
professions used crime as a means to "make good"
economically. The market for vice flourished during
Prohibition and Jews joined with others to exploit the artificial
market created by the legal bans on alcohol, gambling, paid
sex and narcotics.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/gangsters.html
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #4
Raising the question about Jewish attitudes toward
Jewish criminals, Baumgarten observed that almost
no Jewish criminals appear in the serious writing of
major American Jewish writers. Yet non-Jewish
writers have not been so diffident. In F. Scott
Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," he said, Arnold
Rothstein, fictionalized as Meyer Wolfsheim, fixes
the 1919 World Series.
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/20/module/displaystory/story_id/10121/edition_id/1
93/format/html/displaystory.html
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Now, what’s the point?
Quick Writes-Pair-Share
• What is the author’s purpose for including
historically accurate information about
Gatsby’s criminal dealings?
• What is the point of making Gatsby a
criminal?
• How many heroes can you think of who are
the ―bad guy?‖
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Chapter 5 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the role
of wealth in this novel:
who has it, who wants
it, and what people
will do to get it.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Chapter 5 – Signs of Wealth
Note the five signs of wealth you notice while reading chapter 5 (5 pts)
Nouveau Riche:
Old Money:
Conspicuous Consumption: 28
Chapter 6 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the
similarities and
differences between
Tom and Jay.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Chapter 6 Compare/Contrast
Write five or more details that are similar and different about these two characters
while reading chapter 6 (5 pts)
Tom
Gatsby
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Chapter 7 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at cause
and effect in this
pivotal chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Broadway in 1920’s – see the eyes?
Chapter 7 Flow Chart –
Cause & Effect
Track the eight most important events/decisions that lead to the chapter’s accident.
(8 pts)
Starts:
Tom!
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Chapter 7 – Daisy Character Study
Note eight character traits about Daisy in the flower diagram. Put the most
important element of her characterization in the center. (8 pts)
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Chapter 7 Quiz
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Chapter 8 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the plot
sequence of this
dramatic chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Chapter 8- Cliffhanger
Summarize the beginning and end of chapter 8 as directed. Also write 10 main
events from the plot down the slope of the cliffhanger. (12 pts)
How does chapter 8
begin?
What happens
during chapter 8?
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chapter 8 end?
Chapter 8 Quiz
1. What does Nick warn Gatsby to do?
2. Name two major differences between Gatsby and Daisy.
3. What split Gatsby and Daisy up, and when did he
return?
4. What does Gatsby do today that he hasn’t done all
summer.
5. What is the last thing Nick tells Gatsby, and what is this
significant?
6. With whom does George Wilson convince himself
Myrtle is having an affair?
7. With what/whom does George Wilson compare Dr. T.J.
Ekleburg?
8. What do you infer happened to George and Gatsby37at
the end of the chapter?
Ch 8 – Wheel of Guilt
Take a Spin!
Myrtle Daisy
Gatsby
Wilson
Jordan
Tom
Nick
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Chapter 9 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at how our
opinions of characters
have changed and
why.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Ch 9 –Opinions in Decline:
Why do we learn to dislike each character?
Answer each of the questions in a sentence including text based details as support
(6 pts)
Tom Nick
Meyer
Jordan Daisy Wolfsheim
Why do we learn to like
Gatsby more than ever?
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COE
LC01- unattainable goals
LC02- summarize steps Gatz took to become Gatsby
LC03- predict would Gatsby be happy with Daisy
LA05- How do illegal activities contribute to the
conflict?
LA06- c/c Tom and Gatsby
LA07- c/e Who kills Gatsby and why? Chain of
events
LT08- author’s purpose
LT09- Is Gatsby’s decision to obsess about Daisy all
his life a good idea?
LT10- What conclusion can a reader draw about 41
Daisy and Tom?