MARCH 21 – CHAPTER 4Agenda: Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quick-write Character Web: Six

Degrees of The Great Gatsby

Quick-Write Ranking Success: The

American Dream Think and Write

Homework: Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Take out: Pen/Pencil Notebook The Great Gatsby Homework (Rothstein)

Goals: Use evidence to explain

how the characters are connected to each other

Apply knowledge of characters to our understanding of the American Dream

CHAPTER 5 VOCABULARY WORDS Rout: (N.)

Suppress: (V.)

Innumerable: (Adj.)

Ecstatic: (Adj.)

Reproach: (V.)

Serf: (N.)

Obstinate: (Adj.)

Exult: (V.)

Hulking: (Adj.)

Nebulous: (Adj.)

I will collect your homework as you write these down in your notebook

QUICK-WRITE How important are the relationships

between the characters in The Great Gatsby?

How do the characters use their relationships with others to their advantage?

SIX DEGREES OF THE GREAT GATSBY Six degrees of

separation is the theory that everyone in the world is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person

This theory was humorously applied to the actor Kevin Bacon

Your assignment is to make your own web of connections, linking all of the characters in The Great Gatsby around a central character: Nick

Your web should: Have all of the characters

that we have met so far (at least 12 of them)

Connect characters that we know have met each other

Connect pairs of characters that have a strong connection with a bold, or highlighted line

Connect characters that have a weak connection with a thin line

Give a brief explanation on the connecting line as to how they know each other

QUICK-WRITE (PART 2) Are any of these characters successful? How do you think that these characters

define “success”?

RANKING SUCCESS: THE AMERICAN DREAM Beginning in the Colonial

Era, the American Dream was defined by the idea that each person, regardless of their origins, could succeed in life on the sole basis of his or her own skill and effort.

Create a poster with your group (be creative) that ranks the characters in the book based on how successful they are in their pursuit of the American Dream

Your poster should include:

Your definition of “success”

The scale by which you are ranking the characters

Before you begin, you need to define:

What is “success”? What sort of “skill” do

they have and use? What sort of “effort” do

they show?

SILENT WORK: THINK AND WRITEIn your notebooks, silently write a paragraph (8-10 sentences) in response to the following questions: How had the American Dream changed

between the Colonial Period and the Jazz Age? What was the new definition of the American Dream?How does Fitzgerald use his novel (and the characters therein) to show his criticism of the “new” American Dream?

Use concrete details from the book to support your answers