Gatsby 3.1

Gatsby 3.1

Do now: is there a moment/time in your past that you think about and that you wish you could return to? Why? What about it do you want to recapture, or change? (piece of paper to hand in)

Objectives:

• Evaluate the text for important events and accurately reconstruct and visually create Gatsby’s non-linear past in an organized way.
• Explain the importance of Gatsby’s mantra: “Of course you can repeat the past!”

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Chapter 5 review
3. Identify the major events, places and people that make up the history of James Gatz. For each event or period, create a picture, symbol or object that identifies or symbolizes that particular incident (save the final art for the actual timeline).
   
4. For at least three events, pull out one short quotation that you think is important in illustrating Gatsby’s motivation or character. For example, when describing Gatsby’s childhood, you might choose, “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” (p. 98, and yes, you can use that one).
   
5. On a piece of paper, create a timeline or diagram that illustrates this sequence of events. Because you will be adding to this in later chapters, make sure to leave some room at the end, and in between the events that you choose. 
   

HW: Read chapter 7