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The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jolene Haley. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!. Big Happenings in the Twenties. The “New Woman” The Birth of Mass Culture The Jazz Age Prohibition The “Cultural Civil War ” New Inventions. About the Author. Name: Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  1. The Great GatsbyBy F. Scott Fitzgerald Jolene Haley

  2. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!

  3. Big Happenings in the Twenties • The “New Woman” • The Birth of Mass Culture • The Jazz Age • Prohibition • The “Cultural Civil War” • New Inventions

  4. About the Author • Name: Francis Scott Fitzgerald • Lived from the years 1896-1940 • Went to Princeton but didn’t graduate • Married a southern woman named Zelda • Wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925, much at the same time that he was struggling to afford a lavish lifestyle • The end is tragic. He became an alcoholic and Zelda went “mad” • His work didn’t really have any acclaim until he was dead. He died poor. His work was revived in the 1950’s.

  5. Fulfillment (Standards met) • Content Area Literacy Strategy • Content Area: English • Strategy Topic: Pre-reading (The Great Gatsby) • Name of Strategy: Color and Connotation Graphic Organizer • Description of Strategy: The Color and Connotation Graphic Organizer is a verbal, critical thinking, and writing assignment where students fill in the four boxes on the paper. Each box is equipped with a question for discussion within their peer groups. • Relevant English-Language Arts Content Standards: 1.2. Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words and interpret the connotative power of words. • Explain How This Strategy Can Specifically Benefit Students: This strategy will help students apply their preconceptions about color and their critical thinking skills to help prepare them for The Great Gatsby. This pre-reading exercise will remind the students to keep a watchful eye on colors during their close reading of the novel. When students relate color to their own experiences, it makes the assignment more fun and memorable. • Source: Content Area Literacy; An Integrated Approach

  6. Before we begin… • Discuss in your groups the following questions: • What do you think this book is about? • What words and things do you associate with this novel? • Do colors mean anything to you in novels? • Discussion: • What do you think of when you see the color: • BLUE • GREEN • YELLOW • RED • PINK

  7. In your divided groups,complete the graphic organizers assigned. Hereis an example of what I expect to see on your pre-reading worksheet

  8. Play close attention… • To the significance of names in this novel • To the significance of colors in this novel • To the actions characters take over their actions • Character’s actions that reveal more about themselves that what they actually say • Character view’s of themselves that contrast with other’s views of them. • Discussion: • What else do you think is important to look for?

  9. Main Characters • Nick Carraway • Jay Gatsby • Daisy Buchanan • Tom Buchanan • Jordan Baker • Myrtle Wilson

  10. Vocabulary Words • Ineffable: Incapable of being expressed; indescribable Page 10 • Dilatory: Intended to delay. Page 14 • Contingency: Something incidental to something else Page 15 • Truculent: Expressing bitter opposition; scathing. Page 31 • Fortuitously: Happening by accident or chance. Page 45 • Redolent: Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic. Page 50

  11. Themes • Discuss with a classmate. You have 10 minutes and then we will discuss as a class: • What does the “American Dream” mean? • What is the “light at the end of the tunnel”? • Is the American Dream attainable? • Can money buy you happiness? • Do names mean anything or are they fickle?

  12. Journal Entry • Take 10 minutes to get out your journal and write an entry that will be graded. Answer one of the following. • Do you think that Gatsby’s end will be a tragic one? Why? • Why does or does not Gatsby make a good hero?

  13. Sources • http://www.archive.org/details/charleston1925 • For the song

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