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GATSBY CHAPTER 1

GATSBY CHAPTER 1. Comprehension Quiz: Where does Nick live? (city, state, region) What happened in New Haven, why was Nick there? What is Nick’s job? Who calls Tom at dinner? What does Nick see Gatsby staring at?. Mr. Middleton – 20 th Century US History. GATSBY CHAPTER 1.

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GATSBY CHAPTER 1

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  1. GATSBY CHAPTER 1 • Comprehension Quiz: • Where does Nick live? (city, state, region) • What happened in New Haven, why was Nick there? • What is Nick’s job? • Who calls Tom at dinner? • What does Nick see Gatsby staring at? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  2. GATSBY CHAPTER 1 • Discussion Questions: • What does the phrase, “Short-winded elations of men” mean in the 1920s? P.2 • What is Nick’s relationship to World War I? • What is West Egg like? Why does Nick choose to live there? What is a “commuting town”? • What is Tom’s concern for the white race? P.13 • Is Daisy a good mother? What is the best thing she says a woman can be? P. 21 Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  3. Unit 3, Lesson 7 Great Gatsby Chapter 2

  4. GATSBY CHAPTER 2 • Comprehension Quiz: • Who is Dr. T.J. Eckleburg? • Who is George Wilson? What is his job? • What are the “ash heaps?” • Where does Myrtle’s sister Catharine say Gatsby’s $$ comes from? • How did Tom & Myrtle meet? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  5. GATSBY CHAPTER 2 • Discussion Questions: • How does Tom treat Wilson? What might this say about class in the 1920s? • Tom and Myrtle buy a puppy from a man with “an absurd resemblance to Rockefeller? What is absurd about this resemblance? P. 27 • Why do you think Tom is with Myrtle? • Why won’t Tom and Myrtle get divorced from Daisy and Wilson? What was the status of divorce in the 1920s? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  6. Unit 3, Lesson 8 Great Gatsby Chapter 3

  7. GATSBY CHAPTER 3 • Comprehension Quiz: • Why did Nick go to Gatsby’s party? • What does Gatsby do for the woman who rips her dress? • What is Gatsby’s nickname for Nick? • What happens in the driveway as Nick leaves the party? What caused it to happen? • What is Jordan Baker’s profession? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  8. GATSBY CHAPTER 3 • Discussion Questions: • What are some of the “lavish” items at the party? What is there status now, in the 1920s, and in the 1910s? P. 39 • What is Gatsby like? Why is hair trimmed everyday? P. 50 • How does Nick like NYC? How does he describe it and what is it like today? P. 56 • Many cars are described in this chapter. What are some of them? What is the car a symbol of in the 1920s? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  9. Unit 3, Lesson 9 Great Gatsby Chapter 4

  10. GATSBY CHAPTER 4 • Comprehension Quiz: • What does Gatsby explain about his background? Education? Hobbies? • What does Gatsby always carry with him? • How does Gatsby get out of a speeding ticket? • Nick and Gatsby meet Meyer Wolfsheim for lunch. What is he like? What do you think his job is? • Who does Nick run into in the restaurant? • Why did Gatsby move to West Egg? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  11. GATSBY CHAPTER 4 • Discussion Questions: • Read the list of guests on p. 61. What impression does this give? • Why does Gatsby always carry these things? • What kind of men did Daisy date during the war? How did the war affect women? P. 74 • Why doesn’t Daisy drink? P. 77 • What does Gatsby want Nick to do for him and why? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  12. Unit 3, Lesson 10 Great Gatsby Chapter 5

  13. GATSBY CHAPTER 5 • Comprehension Quiz: • What preparations does Gatsby make for tea? • What is the weather like during the tea party? • How does Gatsby react to Daisy’s arrival? • Where do Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby go after the tea party? • When was the last time Daisy and Gatsby saw each other? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  14. GATSBY CHAPTER 5 • Discussion Questions: • Why does Gatsby want to cut the grass at Nick’s? • What does Gatsby offer Nick and why? How does Nick react? • What do we learn about the mansion on p. 88? What does Fitz mean about “serfs & peasants? • What is the connection between Gatsby and his mansion? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  15. Unit 3, Lesson 11 Great Gatsby Chapter 6

  16. GATSBY CHAPTER 6 • Comprehension Quiz: • Who comes to Gatsby’s door? • What is Gatsby’s real name? • Where did Gatsby get his first fortune? Who is Cody? • What is the one thing that Daisy likes about the party? • What does Gatsby want Daisy to do? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  17. GATSBY CHAPTER 6 • Discussion Questions: • In what ways is Gatz dishonest? What is “American” about this dishonesty? What about his smiling on p. 100? • Why does Tom make Gatsby uncomfortable on p. 100? How do we know he is uncomfortable? • Why doesn’t Gatsby drink? Why does everybody else? • What does Daisy mean when she offers Tom her “little gold pencil?” p. 105 • What is Daisy’s opinion of West Egg? P. 106 - Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  18. GATSBY CHAPTER 6 • “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say, ‘I never loved you.’” p. 109 • Why did I put this on a slide? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  19. Unit 3, Lesson 12 Great Gatsby Chapter 7

  20. GATSBY CHAPTER 7 • Comprehension Quiz: • Why does Gatsby fire all of his servants? • What is the weather like? • Where do Nick and Gatsby go for a visit? Then where? • Why does Tom wrap his whiskey in a towel? P. 120 • Who drives with whom into town? • What happened to Myrtle? Who saw it? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  21. GATSBY CHAPTER 7 • Discussion Questions: • What effect do Daisy’s visits have on Gatsby and his mansion? P. 114 • What does Tom realize in this chapter and how does he react? • P. 130: Tom says, “Nowadays people begin by sneering… intermarriage between black & white.” Do people still make this argument? • Who did Myrtle think was in the yellow car? Who was? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  22. Unit 3, Lesson 13 Great Gatsby Chapter 8

  23. GATSBY CHAPTER 8 • Comprehension Quiz: • What did Gatsby do during the war? • What was Gatsby doing when Daisy married Tom? • Why did Gatsby go swimming? • What happened to Gatsby? • What happened to Mr. Wilson? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  24. GATSBY CHAPTER 8 • Discussion Questions: • How is Gatsby’s love for Daisy like “the following of a grail.” p. 140 • How does Fitz describe the music of the postwar era? P. 151 • Why did Daisy marry Tom? • What is Nick’s working life like? P. 154 • P. 161 – “A new world, material … drifted about.” • How does this quote reflect the characters and how does it reflect the times? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  25. Unit 3, Lesson 14 Great Gatsby Chapter 9

  26. GATSBY CHAPTER 9 • Comprehension Quiz: • What is the motive that the police select for Mr. Wilson? • Who are the only people to call for Gatsby? Why do they call? P. 166/169 • Who comes to see Gatsby’s funeral? • How was Tom involved in Gatsby’s murder? Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

  27. GATSBY CHAPTER 9 • Discussion Questions: • Why did Nick try so hard to find Wolfsheim? • What does Nick wonder about the World Series and why does he make this connection? P.171 • What does the schedule on p. 173 reveal about Gatsby? • Why is this novel a “story of the West?” p. 176 • What does Fitz have to say about the North American continent? P. 180 Mr. Middleton – 20th Century US History

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