1. The Great Gatsby Bellringer #1 4/29/14
DIRECTIONS: USE YOUR MODERISM AND OLD MONEY V. NEW MONEY NOTES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
What is disillusionment?
What is hedonism?
Why is there a conflict between old money and new money?
Today’s Target: I can recognize the characteristics of Modernism in a work of literature.

2. The Great Gatsby Bellringer #2 5/1/14
Think about the biography you watched of F. Scott Fitzgerald yesterday. In what way(s) does he seem to fit the characteristics of the disillusioned hero?
Today’s Target: I can analyze the author’s use of literary devices.

3. Gatsby Bellringer #
Directions: Use the character and setting maps for The Great Gatsby to help you answer these questions.
Which area of Long Island is the symbol for old money? Which area of Long Island is the symbol for new money?
Who is the narrator of the novel?
Using the character map, list one potential conflict from the novel present at the beginning of this story.
Today’s Target: I can, while reading, make note of significant information presented.

4. Gatsby Bellringer #
1. What kind of character is Tom? How do readers know this information? Give details from the text. 2. What is kind of character is Daisy? How do readers know this information? Give details from the text. 3. What situation made the dinner party awkward in chapter 1? Today’s Target: I can, while reading, make note of significant information presented.

5. Gatsby Bellringer #
and 2. List the two symbols found in this novel that we have read about. Explain their significance.
3. What clue lets the reader know that Tom does not take his relationship with Myrtle as seriously as she does?
Today’s Objective: I can analyze the author’s use of symbolism, denotation/connotation, irony, etc.

6. Gatsby Bellringer #
What color imagery has stood out to you the most in this novel so far? If you cannot think of an example, flip through the novel and find one.
Today’s Objective: I can analyze the author’s use of symbolism, denotation/connotation, irony, etc.

7. The Great Gatsby Bellringer #7 5-12-14
1.-2. Think about what you have learned about Gatsby so far in this novel. How would you characterize Gatsby? Give at least two character traits and explain what made you come to that conclusion. Today’s Target: I can, while reading, make note of significant information presented.

8. Gatsby Bellringer #
List at least two details Gatsby gives Nick about his “background.”
How do we know that Gatsby business endeavors are not on the up and up?
Why does Gatsby leave when he sees Tom at the restaurant?
Today’s Target: I can,
while reading, make note
of significant information
presented.