10/17/14
Do Now:
Homework:
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• Study for the quiz Monday.
(Vocab and chapters 4-6)
• Dialectical Journal for chapters 56 due Sunday 10/19 by 11:59pm.
Take out your homework
Take out your character map
packet
Content Objective: Students will track the major characters traits and connections in
order to understand their function in the novel. Students will also review the most
important things to know about chapters 4-6.
Language Objective: Students will record their textual evidence and analysis on the
graphic organizer provided.
Today’s Agenda:
Review Homework
Complete Character Map and chapter
4-6 study guide.
Looking Ahead:
Today: Yesterday Dialectical Journal study
Today: Chapter 6 Review
Sunday: Dialectical Journal Chapters 5-6 Due.
Monday: Quiz on Chapters 4-6 and 4-6 Vocab.
"Platonic" refers to Plato's idealistic belief that the "perceptible
world is an illusory shadow of some higher realm of transcendent
Ideas or Forms." "Perceptible" means what is perceived, what is
seen, and "transcendent" is a surpassing of usual limits; exceeding
beyond usual human limits.
So Plato believed that the world we see was just an illusion, a
shadow, of some idea or form beyond what we see.
So Gatsby's persona was created from his platonic view of
himself: his view that his love for Daisy was more than normal,
that it was transcendent, that it surpassed and exceeded usual
human limits. He created himself, his image, his reputation, his
plan to win Daisy back, etc., out of a belief that his love was
special, and that the love between himself and Daisy was special.
English 11
Brill
Name:
Date:
Period:
The Great Gatsby
Character Map
Directions: As you read the novel, The Great Gatsby, track the major characters.
For each:
•Identify character traits that would describe the character
•Prove the traits you choose with evidence from the text (this can just be a small portion of a quote with a
page number to reference)
•Explain the character’s connection to other characters
•Define the character’s function. In other words, explain Fitzgerald's purpose for including the character
in the story
•Create a symbol that would represent the character
English 11
Brill
Character
Nick
Carraway
Jay
Gatsby
Tom
Buchanan
Daisy
Buchanan
Jordan
Baker
Name:
Date:
Period:
The Great Gatsby
Character Map
Traits
Evidence
Connection to
Gatsby
Function
Symbol
Character
Myrtle Wilson
George Wilson
The “Owl-eyed
man”
Meyer
Wolfsheim
Klipspringer
Traits
Evidence
Connection to
Gatsby
Function
Symbol
Directions: using the list of characters below, create a web that organizes the characters
and explains their relationships.
Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, George
Wilson, Jordan Baker, The “Owl-Eyed Man”, Meyer Wolfsheim, and Klipspringer.
Character
Traits
Evidence
Connection to
Gatsby
Function
Symbol
Dan Cody
Chapter 4:
Summary of the chapter:
What are the five most important things to know about this
chapter (Characters, plot points, themes, symbols, etc.)? And
why are they important?
Chapter 5:
Summary of the chapter:
What are the five most important things to know about this
chapter (Characters, plot points, themes, symbols, etc.)? And
why are they important?
Chapter 6:
Summary of the chapter:
What are the five most important things to know about this
chapter (Characters, plot points, themes, symbols, etc.)? And
why are they important?