1.  Please get out your packet containing Handouts 17 & 18 and turn to Handout 17 Part B. o Compare and contrast your self-improvement plan to the plan of someone sitting near you. o 1

2.  Please get out your chapter 7 discussion questions so that we can go over them. o 2, 3

3.  Please get out your chapter 9 discussion questions so that we can go over them. o 4

4.  Please get a copy of The Great Gatsby and get out your chapters 5-7 discussion questions. o Summarize what has happened so far in chapter 7 with someone sitting near you. 7 th period: We left off on pg. 128 9 th period: We left off on pg. 130 o 7, 9

5.  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 o Bell Ringer o Agenda/EQ o Reading Ch. 5-7 Discussion Questions Analyzing Character in Ch. 5-7 o Reading Ch. 8 & 9 Discussion Questions Analyzing Character in Ch. 8 & 9

6.  Exposition: The beginning of a story, which presents the basic situation and characters  Rising Action: Escalating conflict  Climax: The high point of the action  Denouement/Resolution: Conclusion

7.  Three dramatic deaths, each linked to the others, occur within a twenty- four-hour period. Local newspapers would be certain to report about them. o Get into pairs. Each pair will recieve o Each pair will get 1 assignment: 1.A newspaper report on the hit-and-run accident that killed Myrtle Wilson 2.A Newspaper report on the discovery of Gatsby’s dead body in his swimming pool 3.A newspaper report on the discovery of George Wilson’s dead body on the grounds of Gatsby’s mansion 4.Gatsby’s obituary 5.George Wilson’s obituary 6.Myrtle Wilson’s obituary o Your writing should be at least 1 page, handwritten, and should contain as much textual evidence about the character as possible. Include page numbers in parenthesis after each piece of evidence.