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The Yellow Wallpaper
Inferences are logical guesses based on the details the narrator provides and what you know about life. When
reading “The Yellow Wallpaper,” try to perceive things as the narrator does. Occasionally, though, stand back
from her to examine her perceptions and actions with a critical eye. Use the sequence chart to answer the
questions inserted throughout the story.
1. Why is the narrator
writing in secret?
2. Describe the relationship
between the narrator and
her husband
3. What do the details
about the room suggest
about its function?
6. What is the “idea” that
John says the narrator
should not “let… enter your
mind”?
5. How do you explain the
figure beginning to appear
in the wallpaper?
4. Describe the effect the
wallpaper is having on the
narrator.
7. The narrator’s attitude
seems to have changed. Do
you think she will get
better?
8. What is the narrator’s
condition?
9. What does the narrator
now believe?
Once you are done reading, flip this handout over and read about Gilman’s life and the excerpt from Complaints
and Disorders. Give your own personal reaction of the story and what you learn about women’s rights and
disorders/illnesses.
*Adapted by work from Jessica Ohman
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The Role of Woman: Disorders and Illness
Gilman and Mental Illness:
After reading “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a doctor wrote to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, praising the story’s “detailed account of incipient
insanity.” Of course, he assumed she had not herself experienced what she had written about. Unfortunately, she had. After the birth
of her daughter in 1885, Gilman suffered from severe depression, a condition known today as postpartum depression. She consulted
the noted neurologist Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, who advised her; “Live as domestic a life as possible. Have your child with you all the
time… Lie down an hour after each meal. Have but two hours’ intellectual life a day. And never touch a pen, brush, or pencil as long
as you live.” By following Mitchell’s orders, Gilman became even more depressed.
Eventually, Gillman saved herself from total mental breakdown by ignoring her doctor’s advice. Gilman wrote, “The Yellow
Wallpaper” in 1890 to protest doctors’ “rest cures” for women. Learning that Dr. Mitchell had changed his treatment after reading her
story, Gillman said, “If that is a fact, I have not lived in vain.” In 1894 she divorced her first husband, Charles Stetson, and sent her
daughter to live with him and his new wife. An artist and art teacher, she resumed painting and teaching. She gave lectures about
women’s issues, started a magazine, The Forerunner, and began publishing poems and articles. For ten years she wrote what would
become her most famous pieces.
At the age of 72, Gilman was diagnosed with incurable cancer. She continued writing for three more years; but when the
pain of the disease began to prevent her from working, she committed suicide.
from Complaints and Disorders
by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
In 1900 there were 173 doctors (engaged in primary patient care) per 100,000 population, compared to 50 per
100,000 today. So, it was the interests of doctors to cultivate the illnesses of their patients with frequent home
visits and drawn-out “treatments.” A few dozen well-heeled lady customers were all that a doctor needed for a
successful urban practice. Women – at east, women whose husbands could pay the bills – became a natural
“client caste” to the developing medical profession.
In many ways, the upper-middle-class woman was the ideal patient: her illnesses – and her husband’s bank
account – seemed almost inexhaustible. Furthermore, she was usually submissive and obedient to the “doctor’s
orders.” The famous Philadelphia doctor S. Weir Mitchell expressed his profession’s deep appreciation of the
female invalid in 1888:
With all her weaknesses, her unstable emotionality, her tendency to morally warp when long
nervously ill, she is then
far easier to deal with, far more amenable to reason, far more sure to be
comfortable as a patient, than the man who is
relatively in a like position. The reasons for this are too obvious to delay me here, and physicians accustomed to deal with both sexes
as sick people
will apt to justify my position.
In Mitchell’s mind women were not only easier to relate to, but sickness was the very key to femininity: “The man who
does not know sick women does not know women.”
Personal Reaction:
What do you think of this short story and its connection to woman’s rights? How do you view the role of the
male doctor in a female patient’s life?
*Adapted by work from Jessica Ohman
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Students select one of the three evidence charts to use for reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” and contribute to the discussion in class.
Feminism
Statement
Relationships between men and
women are portrayed.
Evidence from my Reading
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
There is a power relationship
between men and women.
The male role is defined and
embodied by a character.
The female role is defined and
embodied by a character.
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Characters take on traits from
opposite genders.
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The work reveals the psychological
operations of patriarchy.
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The work reveals woman’s creativity.
________________________________________________________________________________
The work’s reception reveals the
operations of patriarchy.
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Students select one of the three evidence charts to use for reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” and contribute to the discussion in class.
Gothic
Statement
The setting is castle-like.
There is evidence of mystery and
suspense.
Evidence from my Reading
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
The mystery and suspense impacts
the overall tone of the work.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
There is evidence of an ancient
prophecy or hidden past.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Visions impact the outcome of the
work.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Characters display overwrought
emotion.
There is a woman in distress and a
tyrant overpowering her.
The setting portrays gloom and
horror.
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Students select one of the three evidence charts to use for reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” and contribute to the discussion in class.
Modernism
Statement
The author’s life impacted the
outcome of the work.
Evidence from my Reading
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
The story breaks structure in
comparison with other stories.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
The character questions truth,
authority, and/or reality.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
This impacts their relationship with
others.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Fragmentation is used.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Gender roles are updated from
traditional roles of men and women.
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Take notes on Women’s Rights from the video in the Modernism prezi. Fill both pictures with ideas.
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Cut and paste in journal then jot down stereotypes about men and women around each side.
Cut and paste in journal then jot down stereotypes about farmer vs. cowboy around each side.
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As you watch the PowerPoint, take notes on everything in blue regarding Gothic Literature.
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If you missed the PowerPoint, read through the following notes and describe each of the 10 elements in the castle
above.
What is Gothic?
Watch Poe read “The Tell Tale Heart”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCMrha4SFM4&feature=fvst
Watch The Shining Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhGIv__toqs
Edgar Allen Poe compared with Stephen King and other modern gothic works
http://prezi.com/rmllpmwpfe2c/present/?auth_key=t9wnzds&follow=3xicvjj7ndix
The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole, whose The Castle of Otranto (1764)
contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre. Walpole's novel was imitated not only in the
eighteenth century and not only in the novel form, but it has influenced the novel, the short story, poetry, and
even film making up to the present day.
Gothic Elements
1. Setting in a castle. The action takes place in and around an old castle, sometimes seemingly abandoned, sometimes
occupied. The castle often contains secret passages, trap doors, secret rooms, dark or hidden staircases, and possibly
ruined sections. The castle may be near or connected to caves, which lend their own haunting flavor with their
branchings, claustrophobia, and mystery. (Translated into modern filmmaking, the setting might be in an old house or
mansion--or even a new house--where unusual camera angles, sustained close ups during movement, and darkness or
shadows create the same sense of claustrophobia and entrapment.)
2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense. The work is pervaded by a threatening feeling, a fear enhanced
by the unknown. Often the plot itself is built around a mystery, such as unknown parentage, a disappearance, or
some other inexplicable event. Elements 3, 4, and 5 below contribute to this atmosphere. (Again, in modern
filmmaking, the inexplicable events are often murders.)
3. An ancient prophecy is connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present). The prophecy
is usually obscure, partial, or confusing. "What could it mean?" In more watered down modern examples, this
may amount to merely a legend: "It's said that the ghost of old man Krebs still wanders these halls."
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4. Omens, portents, visions. A character may have a disturbing dream vision, or some phenomenon may be
seen as a portent of coming events. For example, if the statue of the lord of the manor falls over, it may portend
his death. In modern fiction, a character might see something (a shadowy figure stabbing another shadowy
figure) and think that it was a dream. This might be thought of as an "imitation vision."
5. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. Dramatic, amazing events occur, such as ghosts or giants
walking, or inanimate objects (such as a suit of armor or painting) coming to life. In some works, the events are
ultimately given a natural explanation, while in others the events are truly supernatural.
6. High, even overwrought emotion. The narration may be highly sentimental, and the characters are often
overcome by anger, sorrow, surprise, and especially, terror. Characters suffer from raw nerves and a feeling of
impending doom. Crying and emotional speeches are frequent. Breathlessness and panic are common. In the
filmed gothic, screaming is common.
7. Women in distress. As an appeal to the pathos and sympathy of the reader, the female characters often face
events that leave them fainting, terrified, screaming, and/or sobbing. A lonely, pensive, and oppressed heroine is
often the central figure of the novel, so her sufferings are even more pronounced and the focus of attention. The
women suffer all the more because they are often abandoned, left alone (either on purpose or by accident), and
have no protector at times.
8. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male. One or more male characters has the
power, as king, lord of the manor, father, or guardian, to demand that one or more of the female characters do
something intolerable. The woman may be commanded to marry someone she does not love (it may even be the
powerful male himself), or commit a crime.
9. The metonymy of gloom and horror. Metonymy is a subtype of metaphor, in which something (like rain) is used to
stand for something else (like sorrow). For example, the film industry likes to use metonymy as a quick shorthand, so we
often notice that it is raining in funeral scenes. Note that the following metonymies for "doom and gloom" all suggest
some element of mystery, danger, or the supernatural.
wind, especially howling
rain, especially blowing
doors grating on rusty hinges
sighs, moans, howls, eerie sounds
footsteps approaching
clanking chains
lights in abandoned rooms
gusts of wind blowing out lights
characters trapped in a room
doors suddenly slamming shut
ruins of buildings
baying of distant dogs (or wolves?)
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thunder and lightning
crazed laughter
10. The vocabulary of the gothic. The constant use of the appropriate vocabulary set creates the atmosphere of
the gothic. Using the right words maintains the dark-and-stimulated feel that defines the gothic. Here as an
example are some of the words (in several categories) that help make up the vocabulary of the gothic in The
Castle of Otranto:
Mystery
Fear, Terror, or
Sorrow
Surprise
diabolical, enchantment, ghost, goblins, haunted, infernal, magic,
magician, miracle, necromancer, omens, ominous, portent,
preternatural, prodigy, prophecy, secret, sorcerer, spectre, spirits,
strangeness, talisman, vision
afflicted, affliction, agony, anguish, apprehensions, apprehensive,
commiseration, concern, despair, dismal, dismay, dread, dreaded,
dreading, fearing, frantic, fright, frightened, grief, hopeless, horrid,
horror, lamentable, melancholy, miserable, mournfully, panic, sadly,
scared, shrieks, sorrow, sympathy, tears, terrible, terrified, terror,
unhappy, wretched
alarm, amazement, astonished, astonishment, shocking, staring, surprise,
surprised, thunderstruck, wonder
Haste
anxious, breathless, flight, frantic, hastened, hastily, impatience,
impatient, impatiently, impetuosity, precipitately, running, sudden,
suddenly
Anger
anger, angrily, choler, enraged, furious, fury, incense, incensed,
provoked, rage, raving, resentment, temper, wrath, wrathful, wrathfully
Largeness
enormous, gigantic, giant, large, tremendous, vast
Darkness
dark, darkness, dismal, shaded, black, night
Borrowed from: http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
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Gothic Short Story Directions
1. Make a map of your “castle” and the area surrounding it on a full-sized piece of white paper—use dark
colors to enhance the gothic feel—include portents of the weather.
2. On a piece of paper in your journal labeled Gothic Brainstorm decide the following in outline format:
a. What the mystery is
b. What the ancient prophecy about your caste is
c. What the omen is that foretells the solving of the mystery
d. What the supernatural event is
e. Who at least two main characters will be an their corresponding overwrought emotions
f. Who the “woman” in distress will be OR who the “woman” threatened by the tyrannical male
will be
g. Choose at least 3 of the 14 metonymy options
h. Read through the list of vocabulary and choose 1 from each category
3. Outline the plot of your story including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
4. Write the rough draft of your story in your journal highlighting the vocabulary as you go.
5. STAR your writing:
a. S: Substitute any words or phrases that are bland using a thesaurus, synonym finder, or new
ideas.
b. T: Take-away any parts you don’t think fit.
c. A: Add any ideas you didn’t get to during the writing.
d. R: Rearrange any ideas that seem out of order or would be better placed somewhere else.
6. Be sure to indicate which changes you made by labeling with S,T,A,R in the margin.
7. Look back at your castle map now that you have your story and add details to the map if necessary.
8. Write the story on the back of the map in your most ornate handwriting, giving special effects to the
vocabulary words that make them stand out.
9. Crumple or roll up your map/story as if it is an old relic that contains a mystery.
10. Pass your mystery to a partner.
11. Partner, on a separate piece of paper (DO NOT WRITE ON YOUR PARTNER’S MAP OR STORY!),
label the following and identify as you are reading:
a. Mystery
b. Ancient Prophecy
c. Omen
d. Supernatural Event
e. 2 Characters and their corresponding overwrought emotions
f. The woman in distress or threatened
g. 3 metonymy
12. Return your notes and their story to the partner; check each other’s journals to see if they identified what
you wrote down on your Gothic Brainstorm page. If they did, you wrote your gothic short story!
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Read the prezi and take notes on Poe
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Strong Thesis Statement
Subordinate (or dependant) clauses are extremely useful because they add texture and depth to your writing. A subordinate clause
includes a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence. Instead, it simply enhances the meaning of an independent
clause, which is a complete sentence by itself.
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In order to introduce a subordinate clause, you must use a subordinating conjunction, also known as a subordinator. Some
subordinators include when, whenever, if, because, while, and unless.
Below are three examples of subordinate clauses, which are italicized for emphasis.
1)
You should proofread your essays because demonstrating that you have strong writing skills is essential to a high grade.
2)
Whenever my English teacher grades our papers, she checks for correct subject-verb agreement.
3)
I submitted my final essay several hours before the deadline, although I was tempted to procrastinate and finish it later.

However, subordinate clauses can obscure sentence meanings when they are placed inappropriately. Be sure that your
subordinate clause does not disrupt the logic and flow of your independent clause (sibia proofreading).
Subordinate Conjunctions
after
although
as
because
before
even if
even though
if
in order that
once
provided that
rather than
since
so that
than
that
though
unless
until
when
whenever
where
whereas
wherever
whether
while
why
Here are your relative pronouns:
Relative Pronouns
that
which
whichever
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whoever
whom
whose
whosever
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STRONG thesis statement:
How does Sandro
Botticelli’s (15 c.) “The Birth
of Venus” depict beauty?
Read Susan Sontag’s “A Woman’s Beauty:
Put-Down or Power Source?” and
consider—
the extent to which you agree or disagree
with Sontag regarding what she says about
the plight of contemporary women with
respect to beauty. To what extent are men
responsible for women's obsession with
beauty? To what extent are women
themselves responsible?
Annotate while you are reading.
Having read the poem, rethink this part of
your answer:
To what extent are others responsible for
women's obsession with beauty?
Stop and think-review the assignment and jot down your ideas:
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Aren't we all a little bit obsessed, regardless of gender?
How is this idea of Self-Image impacted by selfies?
Is it negative or positive?
Do you agree or disagree with the final paragraph of the article?
Do you take selfie's or know someone who does?
What are they like?
How do they impact your ideals about beauty?
In the song “Young and Beautiful”
Lana Del Rey sings,
“Will you still love me when I’m no
longer young and beautiful?”
Does this account for our
obsession with beauty? Why or
why not?
Stop and think-review the assignment and
jot down your ideas:
Back to Directions
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The Great Gatsby Introduction Notes
I. F. Scott Fitzgerald
A. Born:
B. Family Life (young Fitzgerald)
C. Joined the Service
D. Life With Zelda Sayre
II. The Roaring Twenties
A. The U.S. Climate
B. Jazz Age
C. Fashion/Flappers
D. The Age of Intolerance
E. The Age of Wonderful Nonsense
F. Stock Market Crash
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G. The Great Depression
III. Consumerism
A. What is it?
IV. Social Issues
1. Issue of
2. Issue of
3. Issue of
V. Allusions
1. Allusion of
2. Allusion of
3. Allusion of
4. Allusion of
5. Allusion of
VI. Economic Policies
VII.
Themes
1. Theme –
2. Theme –
3. Theme –
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VIII. Motiefs and Symbols
A. Geography
B. Weather
C. Green Light and Dr. Eckleburg’s Eyes
IX. Names, Dates and Ages
X. Setting
A. Summer of
B. Near
C. Towns of
XI. Prohibition/ Organized Crime and Gatsby’s Fortune
A. 18th Amendment
B. Speakeasies
C. Other info
XII.
Time Line of Historical Events/Significance
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Feminist Lens
General Focus:
Role of women/ battle of the sexes and how each are used/viewed differently with a greater focus on the female role in the novel.
Focus Questions
How is the relationship
between men and women
portrayed?
What are the power
relationships between
men and women
(or characters assuming
male/female roles)?
How are male and female
roles defined?
What constitutes
masculinity and
femininity?
AND
How do characters
embody these traits?
Do characters take on
traits from opposite
genders? How so? How
does this change others’
reactions to them?
What does the work
reveal about the
operations (economically,
politically, socially, or
psychologically) of
patriarchy?
What does the work
imply about the
possibilities of sisterhood
as a mode of resisting
patriarchy?
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Scene/Situation
(brief description with citation and page)
Conclusions drawn from
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What does the work say
about women's
creativity?
What does the history of
the work's reception by
the public and by the
critics tell us about the
operation of patriarchy?
What role does the work
play in terms of women's
literary history and
literary tradition? (Tyson)
Reflect on Learning
Looking over your answers to all guiding questions, what do you think the feminist critic may say is the major theme of this piece?
Remember that themes are sentences that describe the author’s observations about life, society or human nature that they hope the
reader will understand and apply to their own life. Use a complete sentence(s) to describe this theme.
Reflect on reading the novel through this critical lens. How did this particular lens help you to look at the novel and/or literature
differently? What would you have missed if you had not used this lens to read?
Conversely, how do you think this particular lens hindered your reading?
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Gothic Lens
General Focus:
Setting in a castle/atmosphere of mystery and suspense/ancient prophecy/omens, portents, visions/inexplicable events/overwrought emotion/women in
distress/tyrannical male/metonymy of gloom and horror/vocabulary of the gothic
Focus Questions
Where is the setting?
How is it castle-like?
What evidence is there of
mystery and suspense?
How does this impact the
overall tone of the work?
What evidence is there of
an ancient prophecy or
hidden past?
How do omens, portents,
or visions impact the
outcome of the work?
What inexplicable events
occur?
AND
How do they impact the
outcome of the work?
Who displays
overwrought emotion?
What impact does this
have on the
characterization of this
character?
What woman is in
distress?
AND
Who is the tyrant
overpowering her?
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Scene/Situation
(brief description with citation and page)
Conclusions drawn from
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How does the setting
portray a metonymy of
gloom and horror?
Which lines support the
vocabulary of the gothic?
Reflect on Learning
Looking over your answers to all guiding questions, what do you think the gothic critic may say is the major theme of this piece?
Remember that themes are sentences that describe the author’s observations about life, society or human nature that they hope the
reader will understand and apply to their own life. Use a complete sentence(s) to describe this theme.
Reflect on reading the novel through this critical lens. How did this particular lens help you to look at the novel and/or literature
differently? What would you have missed if you had not used this lens to read?
Conversely, how do you think this particular lens hindered your reading?
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Modernism Lens
General Focus:
Breaking structure/questioned truth, authority, and reality/fragmentation: flashbacks and flashforwards/the roaring twenties/race relations/mental
scars of war/updated gender roles/urbanization, new technology, immigration, and industrialization
Focus Questions
How does the
author’s/producer’s
life/interests impact the
outcome of the work?
How does the novel or film
break structure in comparison
to other novels or films?
How do the characters
question truth, authority, and
reality?
What impact does this have on
their relationships with others?
How is fragmentation
(flashback and flashforward)
used?
What evidence, if any, is there
of relation to the roaring
twenties?
How do characters of different
races interact?
What are the mental scars of
war that are apparent?
AND
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Scene/Situation
(brief description with citation and page)
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How do they impact the
character?
How are gender roles updated
from the traditional roles of
men and women?
What evidence is there of
urbanization, new technology,
immigration and/or
industrialization?
Reflect on Learning
Looking over your answers to all guiding questions, what do you think the modernism critic may say is the major theme of this
piece? Remember that themes are sentences that describe the author’s observations about life, society or human nature that they hope
the reader will understand and apply to their own life. Use a complete sentence(s) to describe this theme.
Reflect on reading the novel through this critical lens. How did this particular lens help you to look at the novel and/or literature
differently? What would you have missed if you had not used this lens to read?
Conversely, how do you think this particular lens hindered your reading?
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Explanation of Grading Criteria for The Great Gatsby Scrapbook Project
Accuracy—the project is true to both the source material (the book) as well as the time period. This means you should not only be
able to cite at least one passage or quotation from the book per item, but also reference additional sources on the 1920s. You can go
above and beyond what is in the book, but what you create should not contradict the ‘facts’ of the book. So you could write a tabloid
style article on Tom Buchanan’s car crash when he had that hotel chambermaid in his car, or an article written after the events
described in the book about Jordan Baker being caught in a blatant example of cheating and being barred from future golf
tournaments; but that couldn’t happen in the time-frame of the book itself, because though she was suspected of cheating, she was
never proven guilty or barred from playing. Also, cite the author and title of that source, and say what information you got out of it,
and how you applied that to (or used that in) your project. So for example, “For this ad, I consulted The Jazz Age and The Big Band
Era, both of which had pictures of actual ads from the 1920’s. I incorporated the style of the images into my own ad, as well as a
similar font and writing style.”
Voice—if you are writing as a character, make sure that your writing sounds like something that character would write. Use the
character’s language, reflect that character’s personality, as well as events from the book. So if you were writing as Tom, you would
tend to speak in imperatives (commands), never suggesting things, but always insisting upon them forcefully. You would praise
yourself, your accomplishments and your things, and explode violently at some point, verbally abusing someone or some part of the
world that does not satisfy you.
Presentation—whatever you do should look like it’s really what it is supposed to be. So an ad from the 1920s should be done on
really nice, heavy-bond white paper in colored pencil or watercolors, or in black and white on newsprint. A news article would be on
newsprint type paper, in a typed font similar to what they used in the 1920s, with photos from the 1920s. A letter would be
handwritten in legible cursive on the kind of paper someone in that era would have used to write a letter, and be in a blank envelope.
A page from a diary should look like a page out of a diary, and not merely be written on a regular piece of writing paper as you would
use for just any school assignment.
Relevancy—it should relate back to the book. So an ad for cigarettes could be related through a passage you cite on how everyone
smoked through dinner, and how common smoking was in that time period, or an ad for car-related services could relate to any of a
number of quotations about the importance of cars to the characters as symbols of wealth. Your articles or letters or journal entries
should provide insights into the characters and events described in the book. Important plot points should be mentioned, and
characters should be portrayed in a way that shows you understand them.
GROUP SETUP and RULES:
Groups will be made up of no less than 3, but no more than 4 members—no more than 7 groups: within your group, each lens must be
represented (feminism, modernism, and gothic); if you cannot choose your groups, I will do it for you. Once your group has been
decided, put your desks together and share your answer to the one question you answered yesterday in your lens chart. THEN, look at
the list below and select your character. The first group to have completely and accurately answered and discussed their 1st lens
question, gets first choice, and so on. So, get to work, and choose wisely!
CHARACTER SCRAPBOOK OPTIONS:
Nick Carraway:
“Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve
judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling
secrets.”
CHARACTER SCRAPBOOK OPTIONS:
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Jay Gatsby: “He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every
Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he
does, or how he made his fortune.”
Daisy Buchanan: “She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and
behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant
infidelity.”
Tom Buchanan: “Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid
old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully.”
Jordan Baker: “A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the
“new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered.”
Myrtle Wilson: “Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and
desperately looks for a way to improve her situation.”
George Wilson: “Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner
of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes.”
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Group Member Names: __________________________________________________________________________
Character:_____________________________________________
Accuracy: What did you do to ensure that each piece of your project is accurate to the book?
Quote from the book at least one passage that you used to guide your creative process, and explain how you used that particular
passage, how you worked it into your project or how it shaped or influenced your project.
What is one other source besides The Great Gatsby that you used to inspire and guide you?
Here, explain how you used this particular source, how it guided or inspired you. How did you use it in your project? (Did you work
in certain historical facts or events, references or allusions? Or did you use the artwork to inspire your own?)
How is your project relevant to the book?
What did you do to make the project look like the ‘real thing’?
What would you add to the project to make it better next year?
How well did your group work together? Did everyone participate equally? Should everyone get the same amount of credit?
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EACH ENTRY MUST INCLUDE A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE BOOK!
1.) Character’s diary entry(ies) with mementos
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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2.) Love letter(s) from your character to and/or from their respective “love” with photograph or other memento
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
3.) Society column about one of Gatsby’s parties with photograph
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
4.) Newspaper clipping and photograph on an event surrounding the character
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
5.) 1920s-style postcard illustrating the setting of the book
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
6.) Newspaper article describing accident
Accuracy
Voice
Presentation
Relevancy
Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
7.) Detailed illustration of the Valley of Ashes
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
8.) Gossip column from the Town Tattle about character
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
9.) Literary critique from each lens detailing the theme and climax of the book (Gatsby and Wilson’s death)
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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Relevancy
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Conventions
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Total_____/ 10
10.) Beauty collage from the perspective of the character(obituary)
Accuracy
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Voice
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Presentation
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TOTAL _____ / 100