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The Great  Gatsby

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Learning Goals:
  • Identify and Define Point of View techniques
  • Analyze how Point of View techniques show theme
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of Point of View techniques to show theme.
  • Identify and Define Modernism
  • Analyze the technique’s of Modernism show theme
  • Evaluate current/contemporary/later adaptations of modernist texts portrayal of theme
  • Apply effective sequencing techniques in writing complex, argumentative texts
  • Apply effective syntax techniques in writing complex, argumentative texts

Listen to Ms. Ringelspaugh read the full text of The Great Gatsby out loud:

Remember to read along with the audio.  Your long-term complex-text reading skills don't improve unless you read along.  Eyes on the page.

Or, download the MP3 files of Ms. Ringelspaugh reading the full text of the Great Gatsby out loud:

Remember to read along with the audio.  Your long-term complex-text reading skills don't improve unless you read along.  Eyes on the page.

Chapters 1 and 2 (I and II):  Nick says that he does his best to reserve judgments on everyone.  Do you believe him?  Does he judge people?  Is he a reliable or unreliable narrator?

Chapter 1 - The Great Gatsby (30 min)
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Chapter 2 - The Great Gatsby (21 min)
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Chapter 3 (III):  Now we've seen three "places," East Egg, West Egg, and New York City.  Contrast the three places. What is Fitzgerald trying to say with these contrasts?  Does anybody seem happy anywhere?  (Notice the symbols!) Why/why not?  

Chapter 3 - The Great Gatsby (30 min)
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Chapter 4 (IV):  Ah-ha!  Now we get the Gatsby and the Daisy stories.  How much of each story does Nick believe?  How much do you believe?  How do the POV shifts in the story telling contribute to the reliability of the stories?

Chapter 4 - The Great Gatsby (28 min)
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Chapter 5 and 6 (V and VI):  Compare Gatsby and Tom. (Notice the symbols!)

Chapter 5 - The Great Gatsby (21 min)
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Chapter 6 - The Great Gatsby (21 min)
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Chapter 7 (VII):  Who is most at fault for these events?  (According to Nick?  According to Fitzgerald?  According to you?)

Chapter 7 - The Great Gatsby (45 min)
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Chapter 8 (VIII):  Does the tone shift in this chapter, or is it consistent with the rest of the book?  Why?

Chapter 8 - The Great Gatsby (21 min)
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Chapter 9 (IX): What is Fitzgerald's comment about the 20s?

Chapter 9 - The Great Gatsby (25 min)
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Essay Question:  Watch at least two movie versions of The Great Gatsby.  Which movie version best portrays the themes of the novel?  Why?  What is the other version not doing as effectively?

--Take evidence from both movies and the novel
--15 to 18 pieces of evidence minimum
--Use sequencing very purposefully to lead your reader through your argument and your text.

The Great Gatsby Movie Screenplays

2013 Movie Version with Leo:
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1974 Movie Version with Robert Redford
The Great Gatsby Movie 1974
The Great Gatsby Movie 2000
The Great Gatsby Movie 2013
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