Learning Targets: by the end of today you should be able to…

1. Make some general statements about how the film version of “Gatsby” differs from the book.

In Class:

1. Took Quiz on 7-9
2. Finished “Gatsby” film.

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

• Add to your analysis of the following symbols/ideas in The Great Gatsby
  • The West
  • The Green Light
• Explain the following about Chapter 9
  • What final things do we learn abut Gatsby’s back story?
  • How does Nick characterize Tom and Daisy at the end of the novel?
  • What is Fitzgerald getting at in the last few paragraphs?
• Answer the following questions
  • According to C.E. Sikkenga this is a novel of satire/social commentary.  What do you think Fitzgerald is satirizing/commenting on?
  • Do you think Nick and Daisy would have ended up together if not for the accident?
  • What is Fitzgerald saying about the West, Midwest and East.

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of today’s class you should be able to summarize and analyze key moments from Chapters 7 and 8 of the Great Gatsby

In class:  we discussed the key elements from Chapter 7 (the ones you put on your map) and Chapter 8.

HOMEWORK:  FINISH THE NOVEL FOR WEDNESDAY!!

NEW VOCABULARY  (copies delayed until Wednesday)   UNIT 11 PACKET

• VOCAB UNIT 11 powerpoint

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of today, you’ll be able to map the action in chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.

IN CLASS:  we mapped the action in chapter 7 of Gatsy after taking questions and discussing it.

• How to make your map
  • You may choose whatever technique you wish.  A simple and effective plan might be to plot the locations (settings) on your map then number the different key events near the places where they happen.
  • In the legend, include a brief (1-2 sentence MAXIMUM) description of the events.

HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 8

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

• Explain Gatsby’s back story
  • The meaning of “Platonic conception of himself”
  • The significance of the Christ imagery
• What foreshadowing happens at the end of Chapter 6
• What’s the meaning of the last flashback in chapter 6

IN CLASS:  Discussed Chapter 6,  took Quiz on Chapters 4-6

FRIDAY:  Final Vocab Quiz, Gatsby Video

HOMEWORK:  READ CHAPTER 7 by MONDAY

LEARNING TARGET:  By the end of today you should be able to

• Explain the significance of the events in Chapter 5
• Explain the significance of the following quote:
  • Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of the green light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy, it had seemed so very near to her, almost touching her.  It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.  Now it was just a green light on a dock.  His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.

In class we

1. Took practice vocab quiz
2. Discussed chapter 5
3. Read all or part of Chapter 6

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

• Explain what Fitzgerald is trying to accomplish in Chapter 4.
• Explain what happens in each of the three “episodes” in Chapter 4 and cite key pieces of the text to support this:
  • The list of guests at Gatsby’s party.
  • Nick’s lunch with Gatsby
  • Nick’s Tea with Daisy.

On Friday we watched the film version of The Great Gatsby up through the parts we’ve read (Chapter 1-3).  Questions and discussion followed.

Monday was a reading day:  we read Chapter 4 in class.

LEARNING TARGETS:  By the end of class you should be able to:

• explain, in your own words what you think Fitzgerald is trying to achieve in Chapter 3 (What message is he communicating about Gatsby’s party/the partygoers).
• Commit this phrase to memory (and understand what it means:
  • The Great Gatsby is a novel of satire/social criticism.

In class:

1. We took a quiz on Chapters 1-3 (basic check to make sure you’re reading).
2. Discussed the party scene in Chapter 3.

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

1. Define IMAGERY in your own words and be able to provide examples of how Fitzgerald uses it in Chapter 2.
2. Explain what you think Fitzgerald is trying to achieve in the party scene in chapter 2 and be able support your position with examples from the text.

HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 3 FOR THURSDAY

In class, we worked in pairs to make a list of specific imagery Fitzgerald uses in describing the Valley of Ashes in Chapter 2.

We also worked in pairs groups to speculate as to what Fitzgerald is trying to achieve in the party scene in chapter 2 and collecting specific evidence from the text that supports this.

• (ACTIVITY:  Pretend you are writing an essay on this topic:  “What is Fitzgerald trying to achieve in chapter 2?”  Write a thesis and subthesis for this essay. C.E. Sikkenga shared his with the class, as well as a body paragraph.   After we read and discussed C.E.’s version, students evaluated strengths and weaknesses– so if you missed this, you should be able to get notes from a fellow student).