DO NOW: REFLECTION 1 Answer the following on a blank piece of paper: Can money buy happiness? Use an example to support your answer (3-5 sentences).
The Great Gatsby
SSR10 : Gatsby Ch.1 Read p.5-7 Find three quotes that describe the narrator. After reading, copy the quotes and the page where you found them.
Chapter one Who is our narrator? Nick Carraway “..in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secrets griefs of wild, unknown men” “reserving judgment is a matter of infinite hope” “I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.” –No more partying!
Based on your quotes: Do you believe that Nick Carraway is a reliable narrator? Will he tell us the complete truth of the story? Why do you think this? (3-5 sentences)
Chapter one
“I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable of the two…” Nick’s Home “The [mansion] to my right was a colossal affair…It was Gatsby’s mansion” “the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered across the water…The Buchanans (Daisy and Tom)”
SSR: Gatsby Ch.1 Read p Use quoted evidence and page numbers to support your answers. “Evidence” (Page). 1.How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan? (2-3 sentences) 2.How does Nick describe Jordan Baker? (2-3 sentences) 3.What is Tom’s book, The Rise of the Coloured Empire, about? (2-3 sentences)
Chapter one Tom Buchanan –Known for sports – living in the past –“His family was enormously wealthy” –“It was a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body”
Breakout session “He (Tom) had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a sturdy man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining, arrogant eyes…” Based on the context, “supercilious” means: a)Fashionable b)Conceited c)Excited d)Cruel
Breakout session “…dinner was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.” What type of figurative language is in this quote? a)Personification b)Metaphor c)Simile d)Alliteration Bonus: What is the purpose of this simile? Why is the author using it?
Homework – Quiz Next Class Read p of The Great Gatsby. While you read, write down the page numbers for the answers to each question (We will answer these after reading): 4.Who is calling Tom? Why is this scandalous? 5.How does Daisy react to the phone call? (2-3 sentences) 6.What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him? (2-3 sentences)