Agenda:  Chapter 3 Reading Quiz  Quick-Write  Setting Homework:  Complete “Gatsby’s Party – Ch. 3” Worksheet Take Out:  Pen/Pencil  The Great Gatsby  Notebook  Highlighter Goal:  Explore the use of setting in a story

 Take the quiz  Do your best  Make sure your name is on it  Turn it over when you’re finished

 What is SETTING?  Why is setting important?

 A work’s natural, manufactured, political, cultural, and temporal environment  Includes everything that characters know and own  Characters may be helped or hurt by their setting  Three basic types of setting: ◦ Natural setting ◦ Manufactured Setting ◦ Cultural Setting

 Authors manipulate setting to communicate ideas  Setting can be a strong guide to character  Authors may choose specific settings in order to emphasize the importance of place, circumstance, and time on a character’s growth and change.

 Anything natural or in the outdoors  Natural surroundings ◦ Hills, shorelines, valleys, mountains, meadows, fields, trees, lakes, streams, etc.  Living creatures ◦ Animals, pets, insects, etc.  Conditions ◦ Time of day, season, wind or stillness, weather, etc.

Finish each of the following sentence- beginnings:  When Matt realized it was a sunny day, he…  When Sarah realized it was a rainy day, she…  When Jane saw the bear wander into the clearing by the river, she…  When Chris saw the puppy wander into the clearing by the river, he…

 For each sentence, identify how the character responded to the natural setting  Write down what you learn about each character (Matt, Sarah, Jane and Chris) from the way that they responded to the setting that they encounter

 When Jane saw the bear wander into the clearing by the river, she pulled her katana from it’s sheath, and dove fearlessly onto the back of the ursine invader.  What do you learn about Jane from her interaction with the natural setting?

 Anything constructed or manufactured  Can be used to reveal qualities of characters, and make narratives lifelike  Buildings: houses, stores, streets, etc.  Possessions: vehicles, clothing, etc.

Finish each of the following sentence-beginnings:  Mark wore a clean, crisp, tuxedo, because…  Caitlin tied a light blue ribbon in her hair every day, because…  Ross walked slowly towards the old, grey house, because…  Amy hurried across the narrow bridge, because…

 For each sentence, identify how the character responded to the manufactured things  Write down what you learn about each character (Mark, Caitlin, Ross and Amy) from the way that they responded to the setting that they encounter

 Caitlin tied a light blue ribbon in her hair every day, because it reminded her of Danny, her brother in the Army.  What can you learn about Caitlin from her interaction with material things?

 Historical setting  Cultural conditions and assumptions  Assumes the reader has an understanding of cultural norms  Cultural conditions can hurt/help certain characters  Examples of time periods and areas of impact ◦ Wartime (WWI, WWII, etc.) ◦ Racial conditions (Jim Crow, slavery, civil rights) ◦ Gender Relations ◦ Religious Conflict ◦ Responsibility to family/country

 We are going to take a look at setting and character in Chapter 3  You will: ◦ Review each setting description and highlight the parts that you particularly like. ◦ Circle any similes that you find. ◦ Draw boxes around any metaphors that you find. ◦ Underline any personification that you find. ◦ Double underline any imagery (sensory details) that you find. ◦ Answer the questions at the end

 Similes make a comparison using the words “like” or “as” ◦ The frying pan was hot like the sun. ◦ The frying pan was as hot as the sun.  Metaphors make a comparison without using words such as “like” or “as” ◦ The linebacker is a steamroller on the gridiron.  Personification is when human traits are given to non-human objects. ◦ The sun smiled down upon you. ◦ The mountain brooded in the morning mist.  Sensory Details are any details having to do with the five senses: ◦ Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight, Sound

1. There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. 2. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. 3. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam.