Stepping into Another Person's Shoes: March 14, 2018

Focus: What purposes does the book's opening chapter serve?

1. Warming up with a quick concrete poem on the book cover (10 minutes):

• Stare hard at the cover of your book. Really hard.

• Find three specific aspects of the cover your eyes find interesting. Describe them in detail, giving each its own line.

• Find one paradox (seeming contradiction) on the cover. Use your 4th (and maybe your 5th) line to describe it.

• Ask a question about the American Dream, the title, or any aspect of Fitzgerald's life.

• Answer it, using one image from your first three lines.

2. Performing a group reading of Chapter 1 together: Click here for your group journal.

• Artists (3): Sketch images/characters that stand out to you.

• Fact-gatherers (5): Gather the facts about characters.

• Mappers (2): Map out East Egg vs. West Egg, who lives where, characteristics of each. Pay attention to setting and how it relates to the characters.

• Actors (4): Read aloud the parts of Daisy, Nick (the narrator), Tom, Jordan.

• American Dream seekers (5): You're seeking of evidence of the American Dream.

• Poets (4): You're finding beautiful, beautiful lines.

• Biographers (4): Find evidence of F. Scott's (and Zelda's) own experiences in the book.

3. Signing up for our Gatsby fishbowl discussions; remember that must sign up once to be a leader and once to be a discusser (and those cannot be on the same date)

Click HERE for the fishbowl overview and sample syllabus (also on the website/given out in class).

HW:
1. For TOMORROW: 

• Finish reading Chapter 1 on your own and add at least one more comment to our class journal (be sure to put your name by what you're doing).

• Make sure your parents have completed the survey. You will turn this in tomorrow.

2. For FRIDAY: Finish Chapter 2; finish your first symbol trace on your personal blog.