LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to explain the three choices for Gatsby essay prompts and how to go about acing them.

GATSBY ESSAY PROMPTS

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should understand and explain the significance of key events in Ch. 9 including

A) Nick’s last conversation with Jordan

B) Nicks last conversation with Tom

C) The last four paragraphs of the novel

GATSBY MASTER PRESENTATION

READING DAY: CH. 9

Look for

WHAT do we learn from Gatsby’s funeral?

What do we learn about Gatsby/James Gatz as a child?

What happens with Nick’s last meetings with:

• Jordan?
• Tom?

WHAT IS FITZGERALD SAYING IN THE LAST FIVE PAGEs?

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class: you should be able to understand the key issues of Chapter 8 from the presentation

TUESDAY: READING DAY

WEDNESDAY: DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to explain what’s going on with Gatsby and his thoughts about TIME at the end of Ch. 6

HOMEWORK: READ 7 by MONDAY.

IN CLASS: WENT DEEPER INTO Ch. 6

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to

A) Explain Gatsby’s background (including the meaning of his Platonic conception of himself)

B) Explain the importance of Dan Cody and Ella Kay both literally and symbolically

In class we read the first part of Ch. 6. and began discussing some of the questions in the presentation.

READING DAY: READ CH. 5

VOCAB WARMUP: SLIDE 26

LEARNING TARGETS: by the end of class today, you should be able to

Analyze the key issues in Chapter 4 of the Great Gatsby as laid out in the presentation

Be able to define and apply the idea of THEMATIC TRIADS (see slide on theme in presentation)

VOCAB WARMUP: SLIDE 25

LEARNING TARGETS: as a result of today’s class, you should be able to

Explain how the following impact our understanding of the novel

1. The list of guests to Gatsby’s house.
2. What Gatsby reveals on the drive to NYC (and the drive itself)
3. The implications (moral and social) of Gatsby’s association with Wolfsheim.
4. How Jordan’s big reveal changes our understanding of the story.
5. What’s new with the Green Light.

CE’s CHAPTER FOUR PRESENTATION

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s activity you should be able to

• Evaluate whether or not the character scouting reports you did after Chapter 1 still hold.
• Apply traits to the main characters.
• Interpret key scenes from Chapter 4
• Judge Gatsby’s character based on what we learn in Chapter 4.

ASSIGNMENT:  IN GROUPS.  SEE CLASSROOM