Reading Schedule: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Date In class Homework (due the following class)
Day 1 Frost Passage Analysis Bring 10 facts about the US during the Roaring ‘20s
Read chapter I of The Great Gatsby.
Day 2 Intro to the Roarin’ 20’s
The Great Gatsby discussion of narrator perspective, setting, and style.
(Chapbooks and Due Today) Read chapters II and III of The Great Gatsby
Day 3 Map Activity
Characters, Colors, Truths and lies…Writing like Fitzgerald
Discussion of themes, character contrasts, time period references and color! Read chapters IV and V of The Great Gatsby
Day 4 Writing like Fitzgerald
Discussion of themes, character contrasts, time period references and color! Read chapters VI and VII of The Great Gatsby
Day 5 Scavenger Hunt
Discussion of light vs. dark, time, hotel scene, triangles, the past… Read VIII and IX of The Great Gatsby
Day 6 Wrap up the novel…
American Dream, Characters…Changes: colors, characters, relationships, love, etc.
TJ Eckleburg, automobiles, Plot
Literary Criticism Article Due Today *Start Harlem Renaissance details to be announced
*Literary Criticism Assignment due next class.
**Reading Quizzes may happen on any day
As you read The Great Gatsby focus on images, motifs and themes of:
- Watching - Honesty/dishonesty
- Automobiles/driving - Loneliness
- Colors (green, yellow, white…) - Responsibility/irresponsibility
- Waste and excess - Dreaming/yearning
- Violence - Time
- Illusion: what’s real, what’s imagined
Also pay attention to structure in The Great Gatsby:
- The narrator telling the story of another main character
- Contrasts and contradictions (settings, characters, images)
