Gatsby Chapter Four

March 13, 2018

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

EQ: Analyze how Fitzgerald's choices contribute to the overall structure and meaning of the Great Gatsby.

Starter: 

Identify one major difference and similarity between the movie and the novel.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Flashback

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Your Definition: 

Activity:  Why might an author include a flashback?

Activity; 

1.  Class Discussion

Create an open ended question to discuss with the whole class. 

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION:

Write an insightful question about the text that will require proof and group discussion and "construction of logic" to discover or explore the answer to the question.

Example: How does the story represent the experience of women in the post-Civil War South? (From “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner

2. Foldable

Reflect on the checklist of literary style.

Select four elements to include in a foldable.

On one side of the foldable label the four different elements.

On the other side label it aesthetic impact.

Then, find an example for each element and include it under the appropriate fold.

Lastly, explain how that element creates a deeper meaning or understanding of the Great Gatsby.

I will have an example for you.

3.  Great Gatsby Film

Compare and contrast the novel to the film. 

Homework

Read chapter five