Gatsby Chapter One

March 7, 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

Get together with your group from yesterday.

Make sure that you are ready to present.

Vocabulary: 

 Word: Structure

Part of Speech: Noun

        Dictionary Definition: the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.Your Definition:             Activity: Find an image associated with this word. 
Word: PlotPart of Speech: NounDictionary Definition: events that make up a story or the main part of a storyYour definition: Activity: Find an image of a plot diagram.
        
             Activity: 

 

 1.    Presentations

            You are expected to create an engaging presentation to share with the class.

            While each of you present write down 3 facts about the topic.

          You may put these on a sheet of paper or in your Google Drive.

2.  Discussion of Gatsby

Questions

Summarize chapter one. 

Characterize the major characters.

Evaluate the language used to create the mood.

Analyze how it represents the American Dream.

3.   Gatsby Chapter One Graphic Organizer

With a partner you will create a spider map for the first chapter of The Great Gatsby.

Include THREE details for each topic.

Topics

Exposition/Setting

Exposition/Characters 

(3 different characters with one detail each)

Point of View- What it is, who it is and purpose.

Significant Quotes- Explain why significant

Unfamiliar Vocab- include definition and context

Examples of The American Dream.

4. Watch The Great Gatsby

As you watch the film version, compare and contrast it to the original F. Scott Fitzgerald version.

(We will watch the first ten minutes.)

             Closure: 

  Identify one similarity and one difference between the book and movie.

        Homework      Read The Great Gatsby, Chapter Two