THE GREAT GATSBYBy F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Born in 1896, St. Paul,

Minnesota Named after famous, second

cousin Francis Scott Key

Education Attended Newman School (New Jersey)

from 1911–1912 Enrolled at Princeton University in 1913

as a member of the Class of 1917 Joined Princeton Triangle Club, a musical

comedy club, and begins writing (leads to his original submission to Charles Scribner and Sons)

Fitzgerald left Princeton to enlist in the US Army during World War I (war ended)

Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Sayre (1900–1948, “Golden girl“ of Montgomery youth society Engaged in 1919, moved to New York City Couldn’t convince Zelda that he would be able to

support her, leading her to break off the engagement.

This Side of Paradise is accepted by Scribner's in 1919, and Zelda and Scott resumed their engagement.

The novel was published on March 26, 1920, and became one of the most popular books of the year.

Married Life Zelda experienced many mental health

issues (schizophrenia) Due to her constant medical treatment,

Fitzgerald always had to take out loans to support his family (only his first book made enough to support his lifestyle)

His Works Only finished four novels

This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) The Great Gatsby (1925) Tender is the Night (1934)

Wrote many short stories about youth and promise combined with old age and despair

Only wrote short stories to subsidize his bills and lifestyle

Also wrote for Hollywood (“hack”)

Later Life Estranged from wife who lived in east

coast mental institutions Lived with his mistress in Hollywood Suffered two heart attacks and was

hospitalized Suffered one more fatal heart

attack in 1940

“The Lost Generation” Young, literary modernists filled with

“disillusionment” Moved to Paris after first World War Included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott

Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson, Waldo Peirce, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Erich Maria Remarque and Cole Porter.

Term was credited to author Gertrude Stein

The Jazz Age Term coined by Fitzgerald Named after music of the time Between WW1 and the Great Depression Traditional values declined Stock market soared for a brief time Period of young people being carefree Fitzgerald criticized the “relaxed” time

period in his works

The Great Gatsby 1925 Set on Long Island, NY Prohibition (bootleggers) Organized crime Not popular at first Commented on

materialism andlack of morality of the time

Modern Library’s 100 best books of the 20th century

The Great Gatsby The cover of The Great

Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of jacket art in American literature.

Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it.

Completed before the novel Fitzgerald told his publisher

he had "written it into" the novel.

Bellringer Recall one fact from the video about each

of the following: The 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Objective Students will be able to recall important

facts regarding Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, and the Jazz Age (1.7.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer 2. PowerPoint Presentation

Assignment: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby

Bellringer Who is Nick Carraway? How does he

know Daisy and Tom? What do we know about Gatsby at this point?

Objective Students will be able to describe

characters in chapter one of The Great Gatsby (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: Bellringer Discussion

Assignment: Read chapter two of Gatsby

Bellringer In one paragraph, do your best to

describe the plot in chapter two. Summarize what you read, and then write a few sentence reaction to the chapter.

Objective Students will be able to define

modernism (1.3.11.B)

Agenda: Bellringer Discussion PowerPoint on Modernism

Assignment: Read chapter three of Gatsby by Thursday

Bellringer Organize your binder.

Remove all short reading activities from beginning of year

Remove all in class activities/worksheets Keep all study guides, unit organizers, bell

ringers, vocabulary sheets, tests, and grammar sheets

Keep all scantron sheets Keep your Huck Finn writing assignment Get your Lost Lady bell ringers together

Objective Students will predict how Jay Gatsby

makes his millions by creating tableaus (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: Bellringer (binder) PowerPoint Assignment Sheet Group work

Assignment: Read chapter three for tomorrow

Bellringer Get into your groups (four people) and

determine what your prediction will be.

Objective Students will predict how Jay Gatsby

makes his millions by creating tableaus (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: Bellringer (groups) Group work Presentations

Assignment: Read chapter three of The Great Gatsby for tomorrow

Objective Students will be able to recall important

information from the text (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer 2. Discuss 3. Read

Assignment: Read chapter 4 of Gatsby for homework

Objective Students will be able to recall important

information from the text (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer 2. Discuss 3. Read

Assignment: Read chapter 6 of Gatsby for homework

Objective Students will be able to demonstrate an

understanding of the text (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer (review PowerPoint notes) 2. Quiz 3. Discuss reading

Assignment: Read chapter 7 of Gatsby

Objective Students will be able to demonstrate an

understanding of the text (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer 2. Discuss reading

Assignment: Read chapter 9 of Gatsby

Objective Students will be able to demonstrate an

understanding of the text (1.3.11.A)

Agenda: 1. Bellringer 2. Discuss reading

Assignment: Read chapter 9 of Gatsby