Day One 10 minute A &E video-introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald Turn I paragraph on theme in Sold. Staple rubric to it. See me for assignment if you were not here. All paragraphs are due today. Drops a grade each day it is late starting tomorrow

A tale of love and betrayal, Fitzgerald’s novel told the story of Jay Gatsby, a poor boy of obscure origins who rises to great wealth and prestige. In many ways, the novel was emblematic of its time. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald exposed the excesses of the 1920s—a prosperous age in which many Americans came to enjoy the blessings of consumerism and excess, only to see it all crash around them with the Great Depression that arrived in by Joshua Zeitz

Journal Write down words of advice that an adult constantly tells you. My father, for example, always told me “Never Look back.” Although he would often say this when we were driving and had just missed an exit, he also meant it in a metaphorical way: don’t look back at your life, look forward. No regrets, no guilt. His words took on special meaning for me when I taught the myth Eurydice hone. Her husband Orpheus convinced Hades to release Eurydicee from the underworld. Hades agreed on the condition that he not look back as they ascended to earth. He didn’t trust Hades and looked back. Persephone slipped back to the underworld forever. I learned that we can’t change the fact of the past. We must accept our mistakes, the deaths of loved ones, and move forward.

Chapter 1 Setting: Long Island, New York

agenda Finish listening to chapter 1 Quiet reading Finish paragraph on Sold if you didn’t turn it in.

What Gatsby’s estate looks like

Daisy’s House

If you want pizza next week and did not contribute toward DVD please donate today or Monday. The DVD was $105. All 3 classes donated $81. I paid the additional $24 for the DVD and will cover the cost of one pizza per class. ($3x7=$21)) I need $21 from each class.

Chapter 1 #5.Does Nick “reserve judgment of Tom? (p.6) (Fractiousness: full of anger, disagreement) What are your impressions of Daisy? Jordan? What are these people obsessed with? Nick? First person p.o.v. Impartial but not passive.? Everything is filtered from his perspective.

I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. (18)

What is the green light?

Agenda Return paragraphs- revisions due Wednesday Warm up: “I dream of an America where…” Tomorrow: Quiz on ch. 1 on tomorrow. 15 questions. Donations for Pizza? I need 2dollars from students who have not yet donated

Ch 2 Warm up: What is the American Dream? I dream of an America where_______ (5 lines) Stand in circle and read one of your lines

5 th I dream of an America where…..

Symbols ch 2 Eyes: The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Valley of the ashes How do clothes signify development of character? “You are what you wear.” – Mood, personality

connotation The emotional association of a word. Ex: The dingy living room was uninviting and depressing.

Listen to ch. 2 In Journal : 1.Write down one line from description of the valley of ashes 2.Description of eyes 3.Underline words that have strong negative connotation(emotional association of word)

Connotation continued “This is a valley of ashes-a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”

Write down one line from the description of the eyes Underline important words.

what might the valley of ashes and the eyes symbolize?

Valley of ashes is a wasteland: unnatural and decaying. Drawbridge and passing barges :Allusion to River Styx in Greek mythology- entering the realm of the dead Eyes: parody of the eyes of God. They watch, but they are blind to the suffering. Idea of god in post-industrial age. Modernism- idea that after W.W.I god was dead.

How is Mrs. Wilson described? (25)