Agenda: 1. Newsela Article 2. Gatsby Social Media Assignment 3. Partner Essays 4. Review for exam
Essential Questions: How do writers show us what characters are like in their literature without telling us directly? What can we infer about a character based on the clues given to us by the author? Based on our inferences, how would this character participate in modern social media?
Objectives: Newsela: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Social Media: Analyze character development in The Great Gatsby by developing original social media accounts Twitter, Text, and Instagram based on one of the characters.
Warm Up: Newsela Article Directions: Read the article Answer questions 1 - 3 on the back On a separate sheet of paper, please respond to the following: If you were going to add another picture or a chart to this article to help readers better understand an important point, what would it be and why?
Social Media Assignment Choose 1 character from The Great Gatsby and Use the next three slides to create the following: 1. Twitter account 2. Text messages 3. Instagram account