Weekend homework...

Using the vocabulary words (listed below), consider how these apply to The Great Gatsby.
Please write one paragraph about Fitzgerald's chosen ARRANGEMENT of his story, using 3-4 vocabulary words and specific direct reference to the characters/storyline in your explanation.
Next, write a paragraph about Fitzgerald's DICTION (word choice) in the novel, and how that impacts meaning.  Use 3-4 vocabulary words and direct reference (through direct quotes) to the text in your explanation.
Finally, write a paragraph about how Fitzgerald's VOICE comes across in his writing.  Again, use 3-4 vocabulary words and direct reference to the characters/storyline in your explanation.

Finally, consider how the vocabulary words relate to the book from your earlier reading experiences (the one you have been using in class over this week), and/or your social issues book.  This is just to practice with the words, not something you need to write down.

VOCABULARY WORDS
Arrangement
--narration
--exposition
--mode
--setting
--flashback
--narrative intrusion
--pace
--syntax
Diction
--abstract language
--concrete language
--connotation
--denotation
--regionalism
--extended metaphor
--imagery
--symbolism
--personification
--figurative language
--caricature
Voice
--mood
--style
(other words from above also apply)

Arrangement of The Great Gatsby

Today in class, we analyzed the arangement of the book as a whole.  Each pair was assigned a chapter and considered the following for their assigned chapter:
1.  What elements of anticipation, tension, and uncertainty exist in this chapter?
2.  How does this chapter fit into the whole of the book?
3.  What was Fitzgerald's purpose for this chapter?

For homework, please complete these two tasks:
1.  Complete the webquest (The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt), with focus on the last page, and how knowledge of the context informs your understanding and connections to the book
2.  Write a "tell-off" letter to either a character or F. Scott Fitzgerald himself about something that angered you within the book.  Have fun with this and be creative! :)

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty...

Consider how this quote relates to The Great Gatsby for homework. 

Take some notes for yourself about how Fitzgerald constructs anticipation through:
1.  the characters he has created, and their driving motives
2.  the tension and conflicts he has put into the story
3.  the uncertainties that he does (or does not) fully explain that keep you guessing throughout the story

The Great Gatsby webquest

Please use this address for The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt webquest:
http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/gatsbyhunt.html

#7 b.  "Flapper Jane"
http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/1025/flapperjane.pdf

Reading for next week...

As presentations are underway, you should be working on the following reading assignments:
Read and annotate the following article (DUE WED., 11/6)
"Good Readers and Good Writers" by Vladimir Nabokov (speech delivered in 1948)
Also, read The Great Gatsby, ch. 1-3 (DUE MON., 11/4)