1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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.