The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 6 Questions

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Log in and then give me your attention.  Put your personal electronic devices completely away.

*Regarding the Cadillac ad from yesterday (especially since it has direct relevance to the chapter we just read in The Great Gatsby):

Cadillac Clears up Misconceptions

Please copy the following questions into your English Journal and complete by the end of the period:

CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS

1.  What is Gatsby's real history?  Where is he from and what is his name?
2.  What idea did Gatsby have about himself?
3.  Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
4.  What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby?  What is Dan Cody's significance to Gatsby?
5.  What is the significance of the scene with the Sloane's and Tom who stop by Gatsby's for a drink?
6.  What is Daisy's opinion of Gatsby's party?  How does this affect him?
7.  What does Gatsby want from Daisy?
8.  Record a line from the last two pages of Chapter 6 that is especially meaningful.  Explain its meaning/significance. 
9.  Record another line that caught your attention.
10. Record another line that caught your attention. 


HOMEWORK:  Your one book review is due by April 25th.  Study the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 6

Good Morning!

*Note: please be mindful of completing a book review of your independent reading by April 25, the end of the grading period.

*The three articles from Friday -- you completed a brief summary of each article on the handout provided.  Links to these articles are on my blog from Friday (April 11th). 

                                                                                                 
Cadillac Poolside Ad

Ford's Response to Cadillac Ad


The Great Gatsby --  Chapter 6

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.
 

The Great Gatsby -- Articles

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

*NOTE:  You will go directly to the library on Monday for testing.

                Periods 1 & 2 report to the library at 7:30

                             Periods 3 & 4 report to the library at 9:34

                Period 7 report to the library at 12:30 (instead of going

                to your period 6 class)

*The Great Gatsby  -- before we resume our reading of the novel, I would like us to take a look at three articles.  Please click on the links below.  ASSIGNMENT:  Read the article and then briefly summarize the main ideas of the article.  I am providing a handout for that instead of responding in your English Journal.


*"Class and the American Dream"

*"When the Rich-Poor Gap Widens, . . . "

*"It Didn't End Well Last Time" 

Homework: Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby. 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

Good Morning!

NOTE: Testing on Monday. Today I am going to give you your state-issued ID number.  Please write it down in your planner.

Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.  Be sure to put your answers in a different text color and skip the appropriate space between each question. ALSO, include the chapter number.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

1.  Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy.

2.  Explain the following line: "Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry."
3.  How long did it take Gatsby to make the money to buy the mansion?
4.  How does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him what business he is in?

5.  What did Gatsby do to impress Daisy?

6.  What had the green light on the dock meant to Gatsby?

7.  What does the following line mean:  "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy  tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion."

8.  What aspect of Daisy could not be over-dreamed?
9.  What moral issues are raised in this novel?
10.  If you could arrange to have tea with anyone in the world (living or dead), who would it be and why?

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

     

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

 Good Morning!

NOTE:  How are you doing with your study of the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby?  Upon our completion of the novel, there will be a test on the vocabulary.  Studying these words has been a standing homework assignment.  There will also be a final test on the novel.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5 (we will complete an assignment on chapter 5 tomorrow). 

HOMEWORK: Independent reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.

 

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

Good Morning!

*The Great Gatsby -- You have completed questions for chapters 1-4 in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.  

*Chapter 5 -- I thought that today we would vary the reading a little bit by having some student participation in the reading.  Be prepared to be called on by a classmate.

HOMEWORK: Independent Reading.  Study the vocabulary to The Great Gatsby. There will be a test on these words.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 4

Good Morning!  I hope that you had a really enjoyable Spring Break and are ready to get back to work!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE: The end of the grading period is April 25th.  Be sure to be reading your independent reading book so that you will be ready to write a review by that time.

*The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 4.  Copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete.

 Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby

1.   What irony is conveyed in the first two paragraphs of Chapter 4?

2.   What is at least one impression that you get about all the various people that attended Gatsby's 

       parties?  (Nick provides a long list of these people at the beginning of Chapter 4).

3.   What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?

4.   Why does Gatsby give this background history of himself to Nick?
5.   Who is Wolfshiem?
6.   What does Wolfshiem tell Nick about Gatsby?
7.   What is an interesting detail about Wolfshiem?
8.   What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom?
9.   A line that describes Gatsby: ____________________________________
10. A line that describes Gatsby: ____________________________________
    

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading book.  Study vocabulary.