Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get out your Great Gatsby Characterization Packet so that we can finish our discussion. Please answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What are direct and indirect characterization? Be ready to discuss at the beginning of class. 1, 4

Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get out your Ch. 1 Discussion Questions so that we can finish going over them. Answer the following question with a partner: What kind of people are the Buchanans? Would you want to be friends with them? Be ready to discuss when class begins. 2

Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get out yesterday’s handout (The Social Register – Direct vs. Indirect Characterization). You have 5-10 minutes (depending on how much time you need) to finish this activity. 3

Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get a copy of The Great Gatsby and turn to pg. 30. Answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What has happened so far in chapter 2? 7

Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get out yesterday’s handout (The Social Register – Direct and Indirect Characterization). Answer the following question with a partner: What are direct and indirect characterization? Be ready to discuss when class begins. 9

English III EQ: How do F. Scott Fitzgerald’s choices regarding how to build his characters advance the plot and develop the themes of The Great Gatsby? Agenda Bell Ringer (Reading Quiz) Agenda/EQ Reading Ch. 1 Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Finishing Ch. 2 Analyzing Ch. 1: Handout 15 The Social Register Analyzing Ch. 2: Handout 7

Vocabulary Notes Direct Characterization – the narrator or another character makes direct statements describing appearance and/or personality. Indirect Characterization – the narrator presents dialogue or describes action, and readers make deductions about a character.

Bell Ringer 3/5 Please get out your in-class writing from Monday and turn it in if you haven’t done so already. Please answer the following question with a partner: What should we be listening for as we read these stories in class?

Creative Writing How do authors use pace and sequence to build a vivid, engaging, coherent story that works towards a particular tone and outcome? Agenda Bell Ringer – Handing in Monday’s Prompt Response Agenda/EQ Pace/Sequence Story Reading Kayla G Koryn W Blakely W

3/3/14 Prompt Write a story that begins with the line “They had nothing to say to each other.” Include a soldier, a ‘67 Chevy, and a chicken. At least 1 page (front and back)