End Responses to The Great Gatsby

Characterization from Page to Screen
Choose your favorite character from the story.
Did you feel this actor captured the essence of this character and represented her/him well on screen?
Explain why or why not and a particular aspect or scene that brought you to this conclusion.

The Essence of The Great Gatsby
What did you notice the director, Baz Luhrmann, did to make the story jump off the page and onto the screen?  Discuss one aspect you thought the movie represented particularly well, and then one aspect where you felt the film did not accurately or adequately represent Fitzgerald's novel.

"Write What You Know"
Watch this short video (linked here) about F. Scott Fitzgerald and/or read the article.  Then, write about at least two comparison points you see between his life and his written work.

Responses to The Great Gatsby ch. 1-6

For those who were absent today:  Please write a response to each prompt below.

THEME RESPONSE:

Choose one of the two ideas below, and write a detailed 2-3 paragraph response about how this applies to the novel, in terms of storyline and/or characters.  Make specific references to sections of the reading within your response by chapter or page number(s).

Perception vs. Reality

Reinventing Oneself

Writer’s Craft Response:

Consider the aspects of writer’s craft that have drawn you into the story, and write a detailed 2-3 paragraph response about at least one effective use of language by this author.  Make specific references to sections of the reading within your response by chapter or page number(s).

Some aspects of writer's craft include: diction, syntax, structure and arrangement; details and imagery.  Some schemes/tropes may also apply.

Meaning and Purpose reading exercise

Go to this site and read one of the ten winning essays and reflect on the author's message and how he/she used personal examples effectively.

American literature extravaganza!

The Great Gatsby reading schedule
Chapters 1&2– due by Monday, 5/21
Chapters 3&4– due by Wed., 5/23-- answers questions posed HERE
Chapters 5&6– due by Fri., 5/25
Chapters 7&8– due by Tues., 5/29 [in-class film]
Final Reflections-- in-class on Wed., 5/30 [in-class film]

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Background and context info.-- Thurs., 5/31
Act One-- Fri., 6/1
Act Two-- Mon., 6/4
Act Three-- Tues., 6/5

American poets study on Tues., 5/22 & Thurs., 5/24

• Robert Frost
• Henry Longfellow
• Walt Whitman
• Emily Dickinson
• Langston Hughes
• Phillis Wheatley

Go to https://www.poets.org/  or https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ to search these poets and learn more about them.

AP Lang Final Review

Please review THIS PRES. for some final thoughts before Wednesday's test.

Remember, email Ms. Collins if you feel you will need to take the test at a later date.
dcollins@zps.org

Assertion Essay planning details

Today, we spent time reviewing the ways we pull ideas for support in the Q3 assertion essay.

You made a list of reading experiences from this year that you know so well that you could use them as credible supporting examples for your ideas.  Credible means knowing the title, author, and specifics references (not direct quotes) to the piece.

Ideas included speeches and articles we have read, books we have read this year (including the summer autobiography, To Kill a Mockingbird, social issues book, etc.), and pieces we have read as a class (such as Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", Frederick Douglass' "Learning to Read and Write", etc.).

Then, we also discussed the ways to use our worldly knowledge and previous learning as supporting examples as well.

We spent 30 minutes planning to the most recent Q3 prompts from 2015, 2016, and 2017.