The Great Gatsby
Chapter One
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
East Egg and West Egg
• Describe each character we’ve
met so far: physical,
personality, connections to
each other, etc.
• What does Nick see Gatsby
doing at the end of the
chapter?
Chapter Two
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• Talk about how Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
is a symbol (23)*
• Talk about the difference between
Myrtle and her husband, George
(25-26)*
• Talk about what you know about
Tom and Myrtle’s relationship
(29-38).*
* Be prepared to share examples
from the text for all of your ideas.
Chapter Three
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• What do you know about
Gatsby? (43-52)*
• What do you know about
Jordan Baker? (57-59)*
• Talk about why you think these
people live the lifestyle they
do.
* Be prepared to share examples
from the text for all of your ideas.
Chapter Four
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused. (What is happening
on pg.74-77??)
• Discuss how the East Egg and
West Egg could be symbols.
• Why might you find it hard to
believe Gatsby if you were Nick?
(65-67)
• Why might you think that Gatsby
is a shady guy?
* Be prepared to share examples
from the text for all of your ideas.
• Make a chart comparing the East Egg and
the West Egg.
– What are words you would use to describe
each one?
– What type of people live on each one? (What
are their involvements/occupations?)
– Why is that important?
East Egg
West Egg
• Looking at the evidence you’ve
gathered, write one or two sentences
explaining what idea or concept the
“eggs” could be symbolizing?
The East and West Egg symbolize
(your opinion) because (reasons from
the text).
• Include your opinion of the symbol and
reasons from the text to support your idea.
Chapter Five
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• Why do you think Gatsby wants
Daisy to see his house? (90-93)
• Talk about how the green light
could be a symbol.(92-93)
* Be prepared to share examples
from the text for all of your ideas.
Let’s follow the weather!
• Make a flow map following the change in
weather throughout chapter 5. I’ll give you the
pages to look at to make it a bit easier.
• In each box, note the weather and then in a
box underneath, note what is happening in
the story during that time.
• pp. 81-82, 83, 84, 88 (2 places), 92, & 94
p. 81-82: a normal
summer day.
Gatsby &
Nick talk
about
“business”
p. 83
• Looking at the evidence you’ve gathered,
write one or two sentences explaining
what idea or concept the weather in this
story could be symbolizing?
The __________weather (your findings)
represents ______________ (your opinion)
because (reasons from the text).
• Include your opinion of the symbolism and
reasons from the text to support your idea.
Chapter Six
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• Who do you think Daisy wants to
be with? Tom or Gatsby?*
• What do you think about the fact
that Gatsby wants to “repeat the
past”? (110)*
* Be prepared to share examples
from the text for all of your ideas.
Christian belief: Jesus is God in the flesh or human form,
also called the Son of God.
Fitzgerald alludes to the above belief and the following
scripture:
Luke 2: 46-48 The next day they found him in the Temple
seated among the teachers, listening to them and asking
questions. The teachers were all quite taken with him,
impressed with the sharpness of his answers. But his
parents were not impressed; they were upset and hurt.
His mother said, "Young man, why have you done this to
us? Your father and I have been half out of our minds looking
for you."
49-50 He said, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you
know that I had to be here, dealing with the things of my
Father [my Father’s business]?" But they had no idea what
he was talking about.
On the back of the text you talked to, use the evidence you
found to illustrate the ideas you came up with. Draw p. 98 on
one side and p.111 on the other side.
p. 98
p. 111
Respond to this excerpt:
The American Dream lures people from all over the
world, and it’s because of this possibility: If you come
here and work hard, your kids will have a better life
than you. What if that weren’t true anymore? Record
debt, persistent joblessness, millions of underwater
mortgages and a stock market that hasn’t gone
anywhere in 10 years: For today’s kids who are
entering the job market, it’s hardly a recipe for future
success.
• What does this mean? What is the “American
Dream”? Do you think it’s attainable today? Is
it different from Gatsby’s lifetime?
Chapter Seven
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• What does it mean that Daisy’s
voice it “full of money.”? (120)
• Talk about Daisy and Gatsby’s
relationship at this point in the story.
• Discuss how Tom’s world is falling
apart (124-125).
• Talk about how the yellow car could
be a symbol. (123, 139)
* Be prepared to share examples from
the text for all of your ideas.
Chapter Eight
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• Why do you think Fitzgerald
included the flashback? (150-151)
• Talk about what it means that Daisy
is a “grail” (149).
• Revisit the idea of Dr. T.J.
Eckleburg being a symbol (159160).
• Discuss George’s actions at the
end of the chapter.
* Be prepared to share examples from
the text for all of your ideas.
Chapter Nine
• Summarize what happened in
the chapter. Help each other
clarify.
• Ask questions if you’re
confused.
• What makes you think that
Gatsby didn’t have any real
friends?
• Revisit the idea of the green light
being a symbol.
• Talk about Gatsby “reinventing”
himself.
• What are the repercussions of his
desire to be something he’s not?
Can you connect that to the idea
of the American Dream?
Book Review on The Great Gatsby
The novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott
Fitzgerald is about…. (insert several
sentences here).
Overall, this book was … (insert a lot of
your opinion here) because…(explain in
several sentences why you think that).
I would/would not (choose one)
recommend this book because…(explain
with specific reasons why).
1920s
Education
Family
Entertainment
Religion
Historical
events
immigrants
The American Dream in this time
period was ____________
TODAY
Education
Family
Entertainment
Religion
Historical
events
immigrants
The American Dream in this time
period is ____________
Thesis Statement: (This is where you say what
you found in your research and what you think
about it)