The Great Gatsby Lesson 1
Narrator Evaluation Every first person account has a narrator. Some narrators are more reliable than others. How can you judge if a narrator is reliable?
Nick Carraway Nick Carraway is our narrator. He is telling the story after it happens.
Quote Analysis In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Turn and Talk What do you think this quote means? Discuss with your partner and be ready to discuss.
Whole Class Share Out
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Questions about Text: Why does Nick believe that people tell him things that are personal? How does he feel about being someone people confide in? What does he mean by the phrase "a sense of fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth?"
Symbol Log East Egg West Egg Gatsby's Mansion The Buchanan's Home The Green Light
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND THE 1920'S Research Project F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND THE 1920'S This is a researched, multi-media project. Your goals are: To learn about your own topic To teach your topic to your classmates To learn about the topics that the other people in the class present To practice public speaking You will have two full days in the library computer lab to research and prepare projects for your presentation; the remainder must be done on your own time. You must use the school databases for articles for your project. Pictures and videos may be from local search engines. This will be an internet/electronic only research project. You will receive a grade for the project based on the quality of your presentation to the class.
Topics Prohibition/ Bootleggers (can be separated or done together) Gangsters/ Al Capone (can be separated or done together) Fashion and the Flappers- don’t forget the bobbed hair. Entertainment- Jazz, and Music. Entertainment- Movies- the first talking pictures. Women’s suffrage/ The changing roles of women World War I and its Impact on Society in the 1920's The Harlem Renaissance - African American artists & writers in 1920's Harlem Art Deco - architecture and design in the 1920's The American Dream American writers of the 1920's - "Lost Generation" - Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, John Dos Passos. (you must pick one) Stock market crash of 1929. World Series of 1919. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Charles Lindberg- solo flight across the Atlantic Cars- Henry Ford and the changing look of automobiles. Horse vs. Car The Scopes Trial
Requirements You must present a multi-media presentation to the class on your assigned day. Your presentation should include a performance or product that demonstrates what you have learned. You may want to consider: skits, video or live performance, movie clips, lectures, Prezi, and PowerPoint presentations. Your grade will be based on the quality of your project and your performance as a presenter. Remember that you must have a works cited page. EVERY picture must be cited either on the works cited page or under the picture. USE YOUR OWN WORDS. Copying and pasting will result in an automatic 0! Guideline: Presentations should be about five minutes long.
Presentation Day Starting one week after this project is assigned one person will present at the beginning of class each day until everyone has presented. Each person will draw their presentation day out of a hat. Presenters must have their presentation ready on their assigned date or the grade drops to a 65 automatically. Students who are not ready will have to see the teacher to set up a make-up day. Presenters must e-mail the presentation to the teacher one day prior to presenting so that copies may be made for the class.
Quick Write Prompt: List three things we have learned about the narrator so far from the text.