F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
• We will watch the
A&E Biography of F.
Scott Fitzgerald during
chapter 4.
• 1896-1940
• Born in Minnesota
• Major writer of the
Jazz Age in the 1920’s
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Long Island Map –
Also see page 206 in our novel
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Nick Carraway – the narrator
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A&E’s The Great Gatsby
AppearanceActionsThoughtscarraway seeds- Often
found in rye bread,
carraway seeds are
long, narrow, and have
hard, brown shells.
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Daisy Buchanan
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Mia Farrow as Daisy
AppearanceActionsThoughtsdaisies – flowers,
usually white
considered simple but
beautiful
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Tom Buchanan
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great Gatsby
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Jay Gatsby
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AppearanceActionsThoughtsgaspiller (v.) French
word meaning “to
waste.”
Robert Redford as Gatsby
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Jordan Baker
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
A&E’s The Great
Gatsby
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Myrtle Wilson
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AppearanceActionsThoughtsmyrtle- an evergreen
shrub with black
berries. Sacred to
Aphrodite
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle)
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George Wilson
• Appearance• Actions• Thoughts-
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Chapter 1 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll take a look the many
ways our narrator is characterized.
• Language Goal – We will read, write, listen,
and speak in cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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2 pieces of information per “box”
Chapter 1 Character Study - Nick
What Nick says
Nick’s
Feelings
Professional
Information
Who he dislikes
What Nick
thinks
Father’s Advice
Who
Nick likes
What he does
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Chapter 2 Goals
I spy…
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at how eyes
are an important symbol
throughout this novel and
track causes and effects in
this chapter.
• Language Goal – We will
read, write, listen, and
speak in cooperative
groups to understand the
text.
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Ch 2 – Eyes Point of View
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
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Tom
Daisy
For each set of eyes, 1.)
how are they described
and 2.) what do they see
(what is their point of
view)
Which character’s eyes
are not described at all?
What do you think of
that?
George Wilson
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Ch 2 – Cause and Effect
Tom’s party
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Chapter 3 Goals
Authentic 1920’s Flappers
• Content Goals – We’ll
take a look at Gatsby’s
characterization and at the
extended metaphor of
careless drivers.
• Language Goals – We will
read, write, listen, and
speak in cooperative
groups to understand the
text. Collaboration.
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Chapter 3- Gatsby
Character Study
Predictions about him
Things he says
Likes
Secrets
List the yellow things
mentioned in this chapter:
Goals
1.
2.
3.
Dislikes
Rumors
Actions
4..
5.
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Chapter 3- Careless Drivers
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A metaphor is a __________________.
How are careless drivers mentioned and shown
in this chapter?
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What does this metaphor foreshadow? What hint
should characters take from these events and
conversations?
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Chapter 4 Goals
Al Capone at the game.
• Content Goal – We’ll
compare Nick and
Gatsby to our author
and make inferences
about the author’s
purpose for including
criminal activities in
this chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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A&E Biography Viewing Guide
• While watching this documentary, you will
fill out a T-chart with biographical
information on Gatsby, Nick, and the
author.
• What facts should you write down as you
learn them from the video?
– Create your own viewing guide on the
following T-chart based on the biographical
info you think is relevant.
Yes, the viewing guide will be collected.
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A&E Biography Viewing Guide
Chapter 4 – Compare/Contrast
Gatsby
Nick
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #1
In 1913 gangster Beansie Rosenthal was killed in a
hail of machinegun bullets as he stepped outside
the dining room of the old Metropol Hotel to
become the nation's first "drive-by shooting."
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id88.html
Beansie Rosenthal was murdered like Rosy was in
chapter 4.
http://crimemagazine.com/killercop.htm
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #2
The 1919 World Series was the most famous scandal in baseball
history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later
nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the
series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and
the extent to which each man was involved have always been
unclear. It was front-page news across the country and,
despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the players were
banned from professional baseball for life. "Shoeless" Joe
Jackson is the most famous of the eight players because he
appeared innocent. Have you seen Field of Dreams?
http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/blacksox.html
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #3
There are few excuses for the behavior of Jewish gangsters in the
1920s and 1930s. The best known Jewish gangsters – Meyer
Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Longy Zwillman, Moe Dalitz — were
involved in the numbers rackets, illegal drug dealing,
prostitution, gambling and loan sharking.
The roots of Jewish gangsterism lay in ethnic neighborhoods.
Like other newly arrived groups in American history, a few
Jews who considered themselves blocked from respectable
professions used crime as a means to "make good"
economically. The market for vice flourished during
Prohibition and Jews joined with others to exploit the artificial
market created by the legal bans on alcohol, gambling, paid
sex and narcotics.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/gangsters.html
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Chapter 4 Gangster Background
Student #4
Raising the question about Jewish attitudes toward
Jewish criminals, Baumgarten observed that almost
no Jewish criminals appear in the serious writing of
major American Jewish writers. Yet non-Jewish
writers have not been so diffident. In F. Scott
Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," he said, Arnold
Rothstein, fictionalized as Meyer Wolfsheim, fixes
the 1919 World Series.
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/20/module/displaystory/story_id/10121/edition_id/1
93/format/html/displaystory.html
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Now, what’s the point?
Quick Writes-Pair-Share
• What is the author’s purpose for including
historically accurate information about
Gatsby’s criminal dealings?
• What is the point of making Gatsby a
criminal?
• How many heroes can you think of who are
the “bad guy?”
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CAT Questions
Inference and Compare/Contrast
Answer these questions in complete sentences with text-based details for support.
1. What kinds of people come to Gatsby’s?
2. Compare the two worlds Gatsby lives in
(NYC and West Egg). What are similarities
and differences?
3. How do we know Nick doesn’t believe what
Gatsby and Wolfsheim say?
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Chapter 5 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the role
of wealth in this novel:
who has it, who wants
it, and what people
will do to get it.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Chapter 5 – Signs of Wealth
Nouveau Riche:
Old Money:
Conspicuous Consumption:
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Chapter 6 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the
similarities and
differences between
Tom and Jay.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Chapter 6 Compare/Contrast
Tom
Gatsby
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Chapter 7 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at cause
and effect in this
pivotal chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Broadway in 1920’s – see the eyes?
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Chapter 7 Flow Chart –
Cause & Effect
Tom!
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Chapter 7
– Daisy Character Study
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Chapter 7 Quiz
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Chapter 8 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at the plot
sequence of this
dramatic chapter.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
Toby Stephens played Gatsby in the A&E movie
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Chapter 8- Cliffhanger
How does chapter 8
begin?
What happens
during chapter 8?
How does
chapter 8 end?
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Chapter 8 Quiz
1. What does Nick warn Gatsby to do?
2. Name two major differences between Gatsby and Daisy.
3. What split Gatsby and Daisy up, and when did he
return?
4. What does Gatsby do today that he hasn’t done all
summer.
5. What is the last thing Nick tells Gatsby, and what is this
significant?
6. With whom does George Wilson convince himself
Myrtle is having an affair?
7. With what/whom does George Wilson compare Dr. T.J.
Ekleburg?
8. What do you infer happened to George and Gatsby38at
the end of the chapter?
Ch 8 – Wheel of Guilt
Take a Spin!
Myrtle
Daisy
Gatsby
Wilson
Jordan
Tom
Nick
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Chapter 9 Goals
• Content Goal – We’ll
take a look at how our
opinions of characters
have changed and
why.
• Language Goal – We
will read, write, listen,
and speak in
cooperative groups to
understand the text.
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Ch 9 –Opinions in Decline:
Why do we learn to dislike each character?
Tom
Jordan
Nick
Daisy
Meyer
Wolfsheim
Why do we learn to like
Gatsby more than ever?
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COE
LC01- unattainable goals
LC02- summarize steps Gatz took to become Gatsby
LC03- predict would Gatsby be happy with Daisy
LA05- How do illegal activities contribute to the
conflict?
LA06- c/c Tom and Gatsby
LA07- c/e Who kills Gatsby and why? Chain of
events
LT08- author’s purpose
LT09- Is Gatsby’s decision to obsess about Daisy all
his life a good idea?
LT10- What conclusion can a reader draw about
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Daisy and Tom?