Gatsby Chapter 1!
Chapter 1:
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What is the difference between East Egg and West Egg and the people who live in each?
What kind of relationship exists between Nick and the Buchanans?
What is the significance of Tom’s reference to the book he is reading?
Daisy describes herself as sophisticated. Is she proud and happy about this? Why does Daisy
always speak in such exaggerated phrases? Why do you think she wants her daughter to grow
up to be a fool?
When Nick leaves the Buchanan’s house, he is “confused and a little disgusted.” Why? What
does this suggest about his values?
Why is Nick Carraway made the narrator? Why tell this story from Nick’s point of view?
Why does Gatsby reach out toward the water?
On pages 1 and 2 the narrator of the novel introduces himself. What qualifications does Nick
establish that should make him a good and trustworthy narrator?
At Nick’s return he was upset with everyone he knew except Gatsby, why does he approve of
Gatsby?
What is your first impression of Tom as he is described in the novel?
Why did Nick move to the East?
What kind of party do the Buchanan’s throw for Nick?
Tom is very opinionated and talks about some of his theories. Indicate what some of his theories
are.
Who presumably calls and interrupts the party?
How do Jordan and Daisy know each other? What does Jordan do for a living?
What is the advice Nick’s father gives him? Does he believe it?
Explain how the first chapter of this novel is critically important in the development of plot,
characters, and themes.
After reading the chapter, explain the difference between Daisy, Jordan, Tom, and Nick.
Part 2: Vocabulary
Define each of the words and write the text sentence that the word is used. Also, include any words
that you wrote down in your journal that you are unfamiliar with.
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Feign
Supercilious
Conscientious
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11. Levity
12. Reproach
13. Fractiousness
14. Contemptuously
15. Extemporizing
16. Peremptorily
Learning about Character
Characterization is the method used by a writer to develop how the character looks, acts, and
thinks. It is possible to predict what a character might do, say, or feel based on how he or she
behaves.
Directions: Write a diary entry first from Nick’s point of view after he attends the dinner party at the
Buchanans’, then from Daisy’s point of view. Then, answer the question below.
Dear Diary,
Dear Diary,
Always,
Nick Carraway
Love,
Daisy Buchanan
Was it easier to write from Nick’s point of view or Daisy’s? Why?
Compare/ Contrast: Character and Setting
Directions: Compare and contrast (1) Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan and (2) Jordan Baker and
Daisy Buchanan. Make a collage using words, images, and pictures that represent these people.
Brainstorm ideas on your notebook paper.
Reporting: Journalism and Interviewing
This activity gives you a chance to analyze Gatsby in order to better understand him.
Directions: Interview Gatsby as he stands at the end of the dock in the concluding lines of Chapter 1.
Think about why Fitzgerald chooses to end this chapter this way. Consider what types of questions
you will ask Gatsby and how he will respond. Write up the interview as if it were to appear in a real
magazine.
List the questions you will ask Gatsby. Who is your audience? To what magazine will you submit this
interview? Write up the interview, including a title, a teaser headline under the title, and the
complete interview.
Chapter 2:
1. The railway and road into New York City between West Egg and the city passes through an ugly
section of land. What is the prominent color and substance which Fitzgerald writes about in the
opening paragraph?
2. Why is Tom having an affair? What does Myrtle mean to Tom? Is Tom in love with her? Why
does Tom insist on showing Myrtle off to Nick? What things does Myrtle buy? What does this
say about her?
3. Like the first chapter, the second chapter describes a party. But what is the difference in the
people’s attitudes and behavior at these parties, specifically Tom and Nick, who are at both
parties?
4. Why does Tom break Myrtle’s nose?
5. What is symbolic about the “valley of ashes,” and “the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?”
6. Evaluate Myrtle’s talk of her unhappy marriage. What does she seem to be trying to justify?
7. How does Myrtle’s speech reveal her character?
8. Myrtle is Tom’s mistress. How does she differ in looks and manner from Daisy?
9. In buying the dog for Myrtle, Tom uses a word to describe the sex of the dog. Would Tom have
used it in his household in front of Daisy? What does this show about his character?
10. Mrs. Wilson changes her dress. What happens to her demeanor when she changes into the
cocktail dress?
11. What rumor has Catherine heard about Gatsby?
12. Describe the valley of the ashes.
13. Why does Myrtle marry George?
14. Why is the evening in Tom’s New York apartment hazy and dim? Contrast this with the evening
setting at Tom and Daisy’s mansion.
15. How is the theme of sight and blindness shown in this chapter? What happens to the concept of
time?
16. What is alliteration? Can you find two examples in chapter 2? Why do authors use alliteration
and when is it most effective?
Part 2: Define Vocabulary:
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Contiguous:
Facet:
Interpose:
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Languid:
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Deft:
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Transcendent:
Oculist:
Proprietary:
Part 3: Letter to a Neighbor: Vocabulary
Directions: Write a complaint to Tom Buchanan concerning his loud party. Use ten of the vocabulary
words listed above. Be creative, but use the words correctly in context.
Mr. Buchanan,
Sincerely,
Gatsby Chp. 3!
Chapter 3:
1. What is the significance of the “owl-eyed” man?
2. What is the contrast between Gatsby and his party?
3. What is the significance of Jordan’s lies? What does Jordan’s comment mean when she says, “
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties where isn’t any privacy.”
4. What is revealed when Nick says that people aren’t actually invited to Gatsby’s parties, they just
sort of go there?
5. Why does the owl-eyed man describe Gatsby as a real Belasco?
6. What are the specific rumors about Gatsby and his background that Nick overhears?
7. How does Nick meet his host and why is the scene somewhat humorous?
8. Why is alcohol an essential and pervasive ingredient at the party?
9. Why does Fitzgerald continue to make Gatsby’s origin obscure?
10. What amazing things do you think Gatsby told Jordan?
11. What do you make of Nick saying, “Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply?”
12. What does Gatsby continually call Nick? What do you think is the significance of this?
13. What does Nick see as one of his “cardinal virtues”? Do you agree? Why is this important?
Part 2: Vocabulary
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Permeate
Innuendo
Erroneous
Vehement
Impetuous
Vacuous
Corpulent
Provincial
Din
Prodigality
Homogeneity
Belasco
Convivial
Indignant
Malevolence
Apparition
17. Affectations
18. Subterfuges
19. Insolent
Part 3: Discussion and Pre-write
Your participation today will count for a grade. I want to focus on close readings of the text-now
that things are starting to make a little more sense, we can focus on what the author is up to.
Please take 10-15 minutes now to respond to the following in your notebook so that you have
something to contribute to discussion.
1. Why Myrtle? You have to figure that Tom, of the richest and most elite stock in the country,
can have anyone- including Daisy. So why have an affair with Myrtle? And why would he
make it so that people’s knowledge of the affair “was insisted upon wherever he was
known”? Why would Tom lie to Myrtle about Daisy’s being Catholic?
2. There are obvious parallels between the parties in chapter 2 and 3, just as both contrasts
with the dinner at the Buchanans in Chapter 1. Choose one of the parties and answer the
corresponding questions:
For the party in chapter 2: Why is Nick “simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the
inexhaustible variety of life”? What is significant about the way Myrtle acts on pages 30-35what sort of social chameleon is she? Why is Tom almost invisible throughout the gathering,
and what do we learn about him when he breaks Myrtle’s nose? (Why would he do this to
Daisy?)
For the party at Gatsby’s in chapter 3: Why is the party “something significant, elemental
and profound” to Nick? Why do you think Fitzgerald makes Gatsby, much like Tom in
chapter 2, almost invisible at his own party while continuing to not reveal anything about his
background? Why are guests “so reluctant to go home”?
3. When you read this the first time I can imagine you were somewhat boggled: what the heck
is a “valley of ashes”, and why should you care? Well, it’s there for a reason. Read the intro
again and write down a few notes to the questions below.
a. Chapter 1 ends with the green light; chapter 2 begins with the gray images in the
Valley of Ashes. What aspects of the setting imply that it is intended to have a
symbolic meaning as well as a literal one?
b. Find an example of personification and alliteration in the first paragraph. Why do
you think the author uses these techniques here?
c. What do you think the “eyes of Dr. Eckleburg” represent? Think about what we’ve
said about eyes in previous classes- what is potentially significant about this
billboard of an oculist that hangs over the land?
4. Why Nick? Fitzgerald could have chosen any perspective for his point of view- he chose first
person and he developed Mr. Carraway for a purpose. Why? What do you think Nick’s role
is? Can we trust Nick? Nick calls himself “one of the few honest men left in the world.” Do
you agree? Defend your answer.
5. How would you describe the meeting between Nick and the Buchanans? What are Tom and
Daisy like?
6. Daisy says she hopes her daughter becomes “a beautiful, little fool.” What does this mean?
Is Daisy really as airheaded as she appears? Or is she smart but knows how to “play the
game?”
7. What do you think will happen next in the novel? Infer with context clues/ background
knowledge.
Gatsby Chapter 4!
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Why is the catalog of Gatsby’s guests included?
Why does Gatsby call Nick “old sport?”
Why does Gatsby want Daisy to see his house?
What does Gatsby’s car show about his personality?
Briefly list the main facts about his past that Gatsby reveals to Nick. Does Nick believe them?
Who does Nick meet at lunch? What is his profession? What judgment can you make about
Gatsby based on his friendship with this man?
How does Nick react to the information Gatsby gives him about the fixing of the World Series?
What does this tell us about Nick?
Why does Daisy almost cancel her wedding to Tom? Why does she go through with it?
Why has Gatsby bought his house on the West Egg.
What favor does Gatsby ask Nick through Jordan? Why doesn’t he do it himself?
What two facts are most memorable about Wolfsheim and what is their significance?
How much about Gatsby does Jordan’s story explain? How much does it leave unanswered?
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Knickerbocker
Fluctuate
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Denizen
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Labyrinth
Olfactory
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Part 3:
Journal about your past
Directions: Think about an event or a series of events from your past. In your notebook write about how
those events have influenced your present, either positively, negatively, or both.
The Funnies: Turning Literature into Pop Culture
Directions: Create a comic strip of the events that take place in this chapter. Use pictorial renditions of
the major events and include pared-down dialogue bubbles.
Part 4: Station Class Activity
Directions:
Students will be paired into groups of 3-4. Each group will be directed to one of three stations around
the room ( more stations added for big classes).
1. The first activity involves students drawing the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg on printer paper with
markers. This helps bring in a visual element to the exercise; students will also be told to be
prepared to defend why they drew the eyes the way they did.
2. The second station presents a list in which the characters in the novel are set at the left with
blank spaces on the right. In those blank spaces, students will be asked to list descriptions of the
characters, any connections to modern-day celebrities or family members, other characters in
literature, likes, dislikes, etc.
3. The third station will be an independent writing stations with 3 separate quotes from The Great
Gatsby listed. Students will be asked to select a quote and free-write on what they believe that
quote means to them personally and how it might relate to the novel during the time allotted.
Student will share work with the class.
Gatsby Chapter 5!
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Why is Gatsby dressed in a gold tie and silver shirt?
Why does Nick reject Gatsby’s offer of business?
What is significant about Klipspringer’s song?
What does Gatsby almost drop? What is the significance?
What were the three states that Gatsby went through at the tea with Daisy?
Why does Daisy cry over the shirts?
Toward the end of the chapter, Nick attempts to explain “the expression of bewilderment that
had come back into Gatsby’s face.” What explanation does Nick give? Why is Daisy not at fault?
What is the weather like? How does it show emotional climate of characters?
What does Gatsby offer to Nick to show his appreciation of arranging the meeting with Daisy?
Why doesn’t Nick take him up on it? What does this show you about the differences in their
character?
How does Fitzgerald make the reunion between Daisy and Gatsby as awkward as possible?
What do you think the defunct clock represents?
Upon meeting Daisy again, why does Gatsby’s count of enchanted objects diminish by one?
Why does Gatsby want to take Nick to Coney Island? What is he hoping to find out?
What does Gatsby wear to lunch? What is the significance of his attire?
What mistake does Gatsby make when telling Daisy about how he acquired his wealth? Why is
this an error?
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Innumerable
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Part 3:
Let’s Second that Emotion!
Directions: Love, curiosity, self-preservation, self-satisfaction, greed, self-discovery, duty, honor,
revenge? What motivates the characters in The Great Gatsby. One of the above emotions or another
not listed here?
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Write the names of 5 characters of your choice in the left-hand column.
In the column to the right of each name, identify the main motivation that drives that character.
Explain with one specific example from the book in the space under each name.
Character
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Character Analysis: Gatsby
Directions: Respond to the following statements in complete sentences. Are the statements valid? Use
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Gatsby is truly a friend to Nick because he offers to take him for a ride in his Rolls Royce.
Gatsby is truly a friend to Nick because
Gatsby wants to give Nick money.
Gatsby is truly a friend to Nick because Nick has money.
Gatsby is truly a friend to Nick because Nick is Daisy’s cousin.
Close Reading and Examination of the Text
Directions: Each group examines a different passage. Look for and report back on the following:
a. Examples of literary devices-for example, simile, metaphor, foreshadowing, and irony- and for
diction and syntax.
b. How the paragraph fits into the chapter as a whole.
c. How the paragraph advances our understanding of plot, theme, setting, character, or
symbolism.
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“The rain cooled about… two minutes to four.”
“Gatsby, his hands still…his chin in his hand.”
“I walked out the back way… obstinate about being peasantry.”
“He hadn’t once ceased…and began to laugh.”
“If it wasn’t for the mist…diminished by one.”
Gatsby Chapter 6
Questions:
1. What are the actual facts of the life of James Gatz?
2. Who is Dan Cody?
3. What is ironic about Tom’s remark that women run around too much and meet the wrong kind
of people?
4. Why does Tom attend Gatsby’s party? How does this scene reveal the contrast between Gatsby
and Tom?
5. Why did Gatsby throw so many parties?
6. Did Daisy like the party? Why or Why not?
7. How do the rumors about Gatsby tie into the theme of illusion and reality?
8. How/ why does James Gatz become Jay Gatsby?
9. What does Dan Cody’s yacht represent to Gatsby, and how does it start his initiation into the
world of the wealthy?
10. Why does Tom not want to be seen?
11. Nick views the events of the party through Daisy’s eyes. Explain.
12. Gatsby is trapped in the past, and Daisy is entrenched in her present. Why is this problematic?
13. “Can’t repeat the past?” Gatsby cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” Why is this
statement poignant, yet sad?
14. Gatsby’s tragedy is that he chooses the wrong dream (Daisy). Has he been corrupted by
society? Or is his choice an indication that he is part of the corruption?
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Laudable
Insidious
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Dilatory
Desolate
Elusive
Platonic
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Ineffable
Turgid
Contingencies
Haughtily
Septic
Euphemism
Obtrusive
Menagerie
Part 3
Putting Plot in Order
Directions: Arrange the following events in Chapter 6 sequentially- first, according to their natural order
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Daisy falls in love with Gatsby for the first time.
Tom is rude to Gatsby.
Nick arrives.
Nick tells the reader the story of Gatsby’s life.
The Sloanes invite Gatsby to dinner.
Gatsby is distraught because he believes Daisy did not have fun at his party.
Tom arrives.
Daisy and Gatsby dance.
Dan Cody dies.
Pre-Write/Class Discussion
Directions: Answer the following questions.
1. Daisy refuses to sacrifice her status as a member of the aristocracy so that she can follow true
love. How do you feel about this choice?
2. Do you think she would have been happier with Gatsby than with Tom? Why or why not?
3. Is Fitzgerald judging her shallowness?
4. Do you judge her? How? Why?
5. What would you do if you were Daisy?
Gatsby Chapter 7!
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Why does Fitzgerald emphasize the heat?
Why does Gatsby view Daisy’s child with surprise?
What is the significance about Tom’s inaccuracy about the sun?
Why does Gatsby object to letting Tom drive his car?
What is ironic about Tom saying that he has second sight?
What ironic situation is occurring on the drive to town?
Why is Nick so pleased with Gatsby’s honesty about Oxford?
What does Gatsby want Daisy to say? Does she say it?
Why does Tom’s defense of family life and traditional institutions amuse Nick?
Why does Tom insist that Daisy and Gatsby drive home together?
How does Nick react when he realizes Gatsby’s innocence?
How does Tom seem to feel about the death of Myrtle? Does he show genuine grief?
What is Wilson’s reaction to the death of his wife?
When Nick moves to the window to check out Tom and Daisy, he finds them sitting at the table
in a situation of “natural intimacy.” What does this scene tell you about Daisy? What could it
foreshadow?
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Lapse
Insistent
Tentative
Tumult
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Rancor
Formidable
Trimalchio
Indiscreet
Contingency
Abyss
Inviolate
Libertine
Prig
Tangible
Magnanimous
Truculent
Luminosity
Part 3:
Gatsby’s Downfall: True Love on the Rocks
Gatsby’s loyalty to Daisy at the end of this chapter is tragic, sad, and poignant. He is truly in love with
her.
Directions: Make an argument for Gatsby’s character. Do you find the first two statements above to be
true, or do you think Gatsby is pathetic? Be specific in a chart.
Truth?
Gatsby’s loyalty to Daisy is tragic.
Gatsby’s loyalty to Daisy is sad.
Gatsby’s loyalty to Daisy is poignant.
Gatsby is truly in love with Daisy.
Textual support/ Your opinion
Art and Character Analysis
Directions: Make two collages of 25 words each describing Daisy and Gatsby as you now understand
them. Use words that describe Daisy’s and Gatsby’s internal and external selves, and then draw these
words on a sheet of printer paper, using colors. Make the background of your collage reflect the
uniqueness of each character. Brainstorm ideas.
Gatsby as a Symbol
Directions: Research the American Dream. Be sure that you understand the important role it played in
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How does Gatsby represent the American Dream?
How does Gatsby represent the American Dream gone awry?
How does Gatsby represent hope?
How does Gatsby represent failure?
Gatsby Chapter 8
Questions:
1. Why does George Wilson lock Myrtle in the bedroom?
2. Why does Gatsby lose Daisy during the confrontation at the Plaza? Could he have done anything
to win her, do you think? If he could have, why doesn’t he?
3. Why does Tom insist that Daisy go home with Gatsby? What do you think this tells us about
Tom’s character and his relationship with Daisy?
4. What indications are there at the end of the chapter that Tom and Daisy are going to stay
together despite his philandering and her love for Gatsby?
5. How has Gatsby’s house changed?
6. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy described in religious terms?
7. Why does Daisy’s wealth always remain in the foreground of Gatsby’s feelings and memories of
her?
8. What is Gatsby’s response to Nick’s compliment?
9. What did Gatsby do after he came back from Oxford and discovered Daisy was married?
10. Gatsby waits all day for a phone call. Who is he waiting to hear from? How do you account for
the fact the call does not come?
11. How does Gatsby rationalize that Daisy had loved Tom?
12. What does George do at the end of chapter 8?
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Indiscernible
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Conceivable
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Redolent
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Grotesque
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Amorphous
Part 3:
Ethics: Journal Entry
Directions: In your journal, discuss whether or not you think that Wilson’s murder of Gatsby is justified.
Whenever possible, use examples from the story to support your statement.
Gatsby Chapter 9!
Questions:
1. What is the significance of Jordan’s comment about the “bad driver?”
2. Why does Nick feel that Gatsby’s tragedy is a contrast between East and West?
3. How many years have passed since the events of the summer of 1922? Why do you think Nick
waited so long to write about them?
4. Where is Daisy? What is your reaction to her absence?
5. Nick meets Tom again. Does Tom seem to know about the truth concerning Myrtle’s death? This
time, Nick does not reserve judgment about Tom and Daisy. What does he call them?
6. What makes Nick assume responsibility for the funeral arrangements?
7. How had Gatsby’s father learned of the tragedy? To what extend does the father know his son?
8. Why won’t Wolfsheim make an appearance at the funeral?
9. Why does Nick break things off with Jordan?
10. Compare the beginning and the ending of the novel. Has Gatsby changed? Has Nick changed/
Explain and justify your responses.
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Pasquinade
Derange
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Aesthetic contemplation
Obscurity
Eluded
Part 3:
A. Close Reading of the Final Line
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, explain the final line of the novel. Be certain to examine each
word, each carefully placed comma, and each metaphor and its entirety. Then, explain how the last line
encapsulates the central themes, conflicts, and characters’ motivations.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
B. Seeing Green, Reading Green, Understanding Green
Directions: In your notebook, respond to the following statement. Be sure to support your answer with
examples from the text.
The green light symbolizes hope, the American Dream, and failure. Explain.
C. Interview with the Author
Directions: Write ten questions regarding the novel that you would like to ask F. Scott Fitzgerald. Use a
separate piece of paper to do this assignment. After you write your questions, exchange papers with
another student who will answer the questions.
D. Fleshing Out the Character
Directions: Use your assigned character for this worksheet. Throughout the reading on slips of
paper, write specific descriptive phrases from the text that identify the characters; attach multiple
to the head, forming a complete figure of a male or a female. If you feel artistic, cut your slips of
paper into the shape of body parts. Your character should be a fully formed body.
I am _________________________
Quotes and Notes:
Part 4:
What a Character!
“Oh come on, look at my diva…” (The Boys of Summer)
Directions: Show the character that you are assigned with facts, opinions and interpretations from your
reading. For facts, give the page numbers. Be ready to defend opinions and interpretations with material
from the text that supports your thinking.
Character:
“We’ll Second the emotion,” (The Miracles)
Loves: ______________, ____________________, and ____________________
Detests: ________________,_________________, and ____________________
Fears: _________________, __________________, and ___________________
Desires: _______________,__________________, and ____________________
“These are a few of (his/her) favorite things…” (Oscar Hammerstein II)
Book______________________ Food_________________________ Toothpaste_______________
Piece of Clothing ______________________________ Holiday_____________________________
Fantasy_______________ Animal_____________________ Color_________________________
Music Genre_________________________________ Drink _______________________________
“Give me reaction to action…” (Foreigner)
He/She will lie when______________________________________________
When angry, he/she responds by________________________________________
When sad, he/she responds by______________________________________________
He/She is worried that people will find out______________________________________
He/she will brag when__________________________________________________
He/she is embarrassed by_______________________________________________
His/her greatest achievement_______________________________________________________
“I’ve had choices since the day I was born…” (George Jones)
Directions: Check the box the character would choose; explain your reasoning on the line after the list
of choices.
Pets: Cat___ Dog ___ Other_____ None______
Why?____________________________________________________________
Entertainment: Sporting event____ Movie/Play____ Stay at home____ Other____
Why?_____________________________________________________________________
Most over-rated virtue____________________________________________________
Why?_______________________________________________________________
Most under-related virtue__________________________________________
Why?_____________________________________________________________________________
Part 5:
Directions: In groups of 3, create the pilot for a reality television show based on the book. This does not
have to be an accurate representation of the book, but can be a, “Based on title and author concept>”
Questions to consider: What is the title? What will be the overall mood you want to present? What is
the setting? Which characters will be introduced? What situation will be shown? This must hook the
produces and viewers so more shows will be contracted. Which stars will play the parts of the
characters? When you are finished outlining your idea, write the opening 5 minutes that will appear
before the first commercial in script format. Be sure to label it with the title and Scene 1. The first
paragraph relates the setting, who is in it and a summary of what is happening and why. This is written
in italics. After this, write the script, with parenthetical notes ( in italics directly after the name and
colon) that shows how the character is to move and speak. Extra credit: film this with the people in the
group and save it to a DVD disc to be aired in class.
Title:
Setting (place and time period):
Characters:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Situation:
Background music:
Atmosphere: