1. F. Scott Fitzgerald Page 695 2007 COS – 1a
2010 ACCRI – RL ; RL ; RL ; RL ; W ; W ; W ; W ; W ; W ; SL ; L ; L ; L
AHSGE – R.Iv.2
Literary Skills – Understand motivation
Reading Skills – Making inferences about characters

2. F. Scott Fitzgerald Fitzgerald helped name the 1920s the Jazz Age.
His fiction resembles his life.

3. Literary Terms
Motivation (pg. 697) – refers to the reasons for a character’s behavior. Can come from internal sources or external factors.
Inference – educated guess based on facts presented in the text and on your own life experience

4. The Great Gatsby
“Winter Dream” (in your textbook) was seen by Fitzgerald as a sort of first draft of the Gatsby idea.
Both Dexter (“Winter Dreams”) and Gatsby fall in love with beautiful but shallow women.
Both acquire great fortunes
Gatsby never escapes from his desire for Daisy. His inability to see Daisy’s selfishness contributes to his downfall.

5. The Great Gatsby
While watching the movie, complete the handout questions about the story.
Working with your group, select an essay topic from the list. Complete a five paragraph essay on your selected topic. Remember that each member of the group should be responsible for at least one paragraph of the essay.