Bell Ringer 3/6 Please get out your Great Gatsby Characterization Packet so that we can finish our discussion. Answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What are direct and indirect characterization? Be ready to discuss at the beginning of class. 1

Bell Ringer 3/6 Please get a copy of The Great Gatsby and turn to pg. 30. Answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What has happened so far in chapter 2? 2

Bell Ringer 3/6 Please get out the packet that I assigned yesterday – it starts with Handout 7 – George and Myrtle Wilson. You have 5-10 minutes to complete these questions before we start our discussion. 3, 4

Bell Ringer 3/6 Please get out your copy of The Great Gatsby and a notebook and take notes on the following terms: Direct Characterization – the narrator or another character makes direct statements describing appearance and/or personality. Indirect Characterization – the narrator presents dialogue or describes action, and readers make deductions about a character. 7

Bell Ringer 3/6 Please get out Handout 5 – The Social Register and answer the following question with someone sitting near you: What are direct and indirect characterization? Be ready to discuss when class begins. 9

English III EQ: How do F. Scott Fitzgerald’s choices regarding how to build his characters advance the plot and develop the themes of The Great Gatsby? Agenda Bell Ringer (Reading Quiz) Agenda/EQ Reading Ch. 1 Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Finishing Ch. 2 Analyzing Ch. 1: Handout 15 The Social Register Analyzing Ch. 2: Handout 7

Vocabulary Notes Direct Characterization – the narrator or another character makes direct statements describing appearance and/or personality. Indirect Characterization – the narrator presents dialogue or describes action, and readers make deductions about a character.