The Great gatsby

1. The Great gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. F. Scott Fitzgerald • Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald • Born in 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota • Named after famous, secondcousin Francis Scott Key

4. Education • Attended Newman School (New Jersey) from 1911–1912 • Enrolled at Princeton University in 1913 as a member of the Class of 1917 • Joined Princeton Triangle Club, a musical comedy club, and begins writing (leads to his original submission to Charles Scribner and Sons) • Fitzgerald left Princeton to enlist in the US Army during World War I (war ended)

5. Zelda Fitzgerald • Zelda Sayre (1900–1948, • “Golden girl“ of Montgomery youth society • Engaged in 1919, moved to New York City • Couldn’t convince Zelda that he would be able to support her, leading her to break off the engagement. • This Side of Paradise is accepted by Scribner's in 1919, and Zelda and Scott resumed their engagement. • The novel was published on March 26, 1920, and became one of the most popular books of the year.

6. Married Life • Zelda experienced many mental health issues (schizophrenia) • Due to her constant medical treatment, Fitzgerald always had to take out loans to support his family (only his first book made enough to support his lifestyle)

7. His Works • Only finished four novels • This Side of Paradise (1920) • The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) • The Great Gatsby (1925) • Tender is the Night (1934) • Wrote many short stories about youth and promise combined with old age and despair • Only wrote short stories to subsidize his bills and lifestyle • Also wrote for Hollywood (“hack”)

8. Later Life • Estranged from wife who lived in east coast mental institutions • Lived with his mistress in Hollywood • Suffered two heart attacks and was hospitalized • Suffered one more fatal heart attack in 1940

9. “The Lost Generation” • Young, literary modernists filled with “disillusionment” • Moved to Paris after first World War • Included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson, Waldo Peirce, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Erich Maria Remarque and Cole Porter. • Term was credited to author Gertrude Stein

10. The Jazz Age • Term coined by Fitzgerald • Named after music of the time • Between WW1 and the Great Depression • Traditional values declined • Stock market soared for a brief time • Period of young people being carefree • Fitzgerald criticized the “relaxed” time period in his works

12. The Great Gatsby • 1925 • Set on Long Island, NY • Prohibition (bootleggers) • Organized crime • Not popular at first • Commented on materialism andlack of morality of the time • Modern Library’s 100 best books of the 20th century

13. The Great Gatsby • The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of jacket art in American literature. • Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. • Completed before the novel • Fitzgerald told his publisher he had "written it into" the novel.

14. Bellringer • Recall one fact from the video about each of the following: • The 1920s • F. Scott Fitzgerald • The Great Gatsby

15. Objective • Students will be able to recall important facts regarding Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, and the Jazz Age (1.7.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer • 2. PowerPoint Presentation • Assignment: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby

16. Bellringer • Who is Nick Carraway? How does he know Daisy and Tom? What do we know about Gatsby at this point?

17. Objective • Students will be able to describe characters in chapter one of The Great Gatsby (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • Bellringer • Discussion • Assignment: Read chapter two of Gatsby

18. Bellringer • In one paragraph, do your best to describe the plot in chapter two. Summarize what you read, and then write a few sentence reaction to the chapter.

19. Objective • Students will be able to define modernism (1.3.11.B) • Agenda: • Bellringer • Discussion • PowerPoint on Modernism • Assignment: Read chapter three of Gatsby by Thursday

20. Bellringer • Organize your binder. • Remove all short reading activities from beginning of year • Remove all in class activities/worksheets • Keep all study guides, unit organizers, bell ringers, vocabulary sheets, tests, and grammar sheets • Keep all scantron sheets • Keep your Huck Finn writing assignment • Get your Lost Lady bell ringers together

21. Objective • Students will predict how Jay Gatsby makes his millions by creating tableaus (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • Bellringer (binder) • PowerPoint • Assignment Sheet • Group work Assignment: Read chapter three for tomorrow

22. Bellringer • Get into your groups (four people) and determine what your prediction will be.

23. Objective • Students will predict how Jay Gatsby makes his millions by creating tableaus (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • Bellringer (groups) • Group work • Presentations Assignment: Read chapter three of The Great Gatsby for tomorrow

24. Objective • Students will be able to recall important information from the text (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer • 2. Discuss • 3. Read • Assignment: Read chapter 4 of Gatsby for homework

25. Objective • Students will be able to recall important information from the text (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer • 2. Discuss • 3. Read • Assignment: Read chapter 6of Gatsby for homework

26. Objective • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the text (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer (review PowerPoint notes) • 2. Quiz • 3. Discuss reading • Assignment: Read chapter 7 of Gatsby

27. Objective • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the text (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer • 2. Discuss reading • Assignment: Read chapter 9 of Gatsby

28. Objective • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the text (1.3.11.A) • Agenda: • 1. Bellringer • 2. Discuss reading • Assignment: Read chapter 9 of Gatsby