Warm Up

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Warm Up Quick Write (HW)

• Chapters 8 and 9 (pp. 147180). Why does Nick
  think that Gatsby paid a high price for living
  too long with a single dream (p. 161)?

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Agenda

• Chapter 8-9 Quick Write
• And the Plot ThickensPlot Timeline
• Sequel It!
• Determining Themes
• Homework Finish reading novel. Work on Body
  Bio.
• Extra Credit Listen to Audio clip(s) on blog
  and write a paragraph response about both tracks
  10 pts each. Due 9/13

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Essential Questions Standards

• How can I cite textual evidence to support
  analysis?
• How can I analyze the impact of the authors
  choice regarding plot structure?
• To what extent does the development of plot
  impact a story?
• How can I determine two or more themes?
• How can I analyze the development of themes?
• RL/RI1 - Cite strong and thorough textual
  evidence to support analysis of what the text
  says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from
  the text, including determining where the text
  leaves matters uncertain.
• RL3 - Analyze the impact of the authors choices
  regarding how to develop and relate elements of a
  story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how
  the action is ordered, how the characters are
  introduced and developed).
• RL2 - Determine two or more themes or central
  ideas of a text and analyze their development
  over the course of the text, including how they
  interact and build on one another to produce a
  complex account provide an objective summary of
  the text.

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Timeline

• Map a timeline that depicts the dramatic build-up
  in the novel. This map should include the most
  significant turning points but also examine the
  lesser events that build tension.
• Define the beginning, middle, and end of the
  plot.
• Remember you are putting this in chronological
  order, not chapter order.

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Sequel It!

• Outline a sequel to Fitzgeralds novel. How would
  this plot unfold? Map the plot diagram.
• Write the opening paragraphs to the sequel.

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Determining themes

• Questions to Ask
• What happened to the main character?
• What changes did they go through in the story?
• Did they learn anything about life, themselves,
  or other people?
• Were any questions answered in the story?
• Did the main character have any sudden
  realizations?
• Did the main character get any advice from a
  trusted minor character?

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Determining Themes

• Look for repeated elements (symbols, metaphors,
  etc)
• Look at the characters
• What kind of characters are they?
• What kind of things do they want?
• Why do they want these things?
• Look at plot
• What obstacles do the characters encounter?

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Standards Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vUzyLHQeHqC0

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How do you determine themes in Gatsby?

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vw8HQe0xVjww

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Themes

• As a group, identify themes/central ideas in the
  novel using the questions and steps we reviewed.

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The American Dreamaka Pursuit of Happiness

• In an era of new technology, new opportunity, and
  artistic expansion, does Fitzgeralds novel
  comment on American morality and idealism? Is The
  Great Gatsby a satire or critique of American
  life? If not, why not?

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• http//www.schooltube.com/video/73d3c6b721ad41f2b1
  a1/The20Great20Gatsby20Themes

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Alienation

• At one party, Nick observes, People disappeared,
  reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then
  lost each other, searched for each other, found
  each other a few feet away (p. 37). Soon
  afterward, Tom breaks his lovers nose. Does
  Fitzgerald use parties to highlight his
  characters failures to relate to one another? Do
  Gatsbys parties reflect genuine celebration or a
  kind of mourning?

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Friendship

• Nick is the only person, aside from Gatsbys
  father, who attends the funeral.What kind of
  friendship do Nick and Gatsby have? What does
  Nick derive from this friendship? Is it true
  friendship, or does Nick simply pity Gatsby his
  romantic readiness?

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Identity

• In Chapter 7, we learn of Gatsbys origins as
  James Gatz of North Dakota. In the novel, Gatsby
  has become his alter ego, leaving James Gatz
  behind as he travels the world as Dan Codys
  steward. Was Gatsby doomed to tragedy as long as
  he disguised his Midwestern origins in favor of a
  more extravagant, fictional biography? Is Nick
  judging Gatsby for these imaginative exploits or
  admiring this skill?

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Summarizer Write Pair Share

• Which Theme? Choose the books most important
  theme exploring the reasons the topic would have
  resonated with readers when the book was first
  published.
• Is the topic still relevant today? If so, why? If
  not, why not?