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Character Analysis in "The Great Gatsby": Motives and Relationships Revealed

Analyze Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan's personalities, motives, and connections using textual evidence. Explore vocabulary words through characters' actions and dialogue in Chapter 4. Improve understanding of subject-verb agreement.

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Character Analysis in "The Great Gatsby": Motives and Relationships Revealed

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  1. English III Unit 4 Day 10- Vocab 10, Gatsby chapter 4, Characters

  2. Leader: Good afternoon, Pumas.  Please compose yourselves for prayer by taking a comfortable position in your chairs.  Leader: Ad Majorem  . . . All: Dei Gloriam.  Leader: We study, work and play . . . All: for the greater glory of God. 2-minute reflection Leader: We close by saying, “Glory to the Father, and to Jesus the Son, and to the Holy Spirit . . . All: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen! ”

  3. Singular subject = “s” on verb Plural = no “s” Happy Monday! Do-now: Have Gatsby Chapter 4 (pt. 1) questions out. • Determine whether the subject and the verb agree for each sentence, and fix it if incorrect • The fishing boat were finally on its way this morning. • The fishing boat wasfinally on its way this morning. • There is many reasons why you should work hard. • There are many reasons why you should work hard. • Both of the statues on the shelf are broken. • Correct

  4. Tip of the week: Capitalize and put quotations around these titles: ________, ___________, and _____________ Short stories, poems, articles How do you spell the past tense of the word “try”? Tried • Tip #8: woman = 1 person; women = more than 1 person • That woman is so smart; I want to be just like her. • All of those women are so smart; I want to be just like them.

  5. Announcements/Reminders: • Outside reading is due: Monday, April 14th. • TODAY ONLY: My 9th period will be in the blackbox (the room across from where I normally am) • If you would like more practice with subject-verb agreement or would like to review Gatsby, come talk to me today during 9th! (Or plan to soon!)

  6. Prayer: • Period 6: Adriana, • Wed: Yuri, Thurs: Cynthia G-R. • Period 7: Yesenia, • Wed: Pablo, Thurs: Edward • Period 8: Alex, • Wed: Diana, Thurs: Cindy

  7. SWBAT: • Use textual evidence to support character motive and personality • 7.11.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as matters that are ambiguous.

  8. Questions: • If you have a singular subject, you need a ______________. • What makes Nick believe Gatsby about his past? • What are three things we know about Gatsby’s past from what he tells Nick? • What kind of business do you think Wolfshiem is in? • What happens when Gatsby and Nick run into Tom at lunch?

  9. Gatsby Chapter 4 • Turn to p. 74. We’re starting at, “One October day in nineteen-seventeen…”

  10. Characters in The Great Gatsby • You and your partner will be assigned to one character from the Gatsby to become an “expert” on for the day. • You will be assigned to… • Gatsby • Nick • Include: • Three adjectives to describe your character • One quote to back up one of your adjectives (at minimum) • The character’s main motivation (why do they do what they do?) • One quote to back up how you know their motivation • The character’s relationship to three other characters • If time, a picture of the character • 3. Daisy • 4. Tom • 5. Jordan

  11. Caring LENNIE Simple Strong • “I don’ understand why I can’t have no mice. I ain’thurtinnothin. I just wanted to pet it” (15) • Motivation: He wants to stay with George and be able to tend the rabbits when they live off the “fatta the lan” • “ I can still tend the rabbits George? I didn’t mean no harm, George” (21) • George’s best friend • Kills Curley’s Wife • Only character besides Slim who visits Crooks

  12. HW: • Chapter 4 Questions • Finish character

  13. Exit: • On your way out, tell me one thing you learned about a character from the reading.

  14. OR do a family tree type thing… AND do different character types static flat round dynamic\ author bias

  15. Vocab 10: • traverse (v) • It’s been my dream to traverse a rainforest and see everything I can. • inexplicable (adj) • Every time she took a test, for some inexplicable reason, her mind would go blank and she couldn’t remember anything; she couldn’t figure out why this was happening to her. • incoherent (adj) • The castaway who survived for months out at sea finally made it back to land and mostly made sense when he spoke, but at times was incoherent too.

  16. dissent (v) • Though most of the class wanted more homework, a few students dissented and thought they already had enough. • juxtaposition (N) • The bright white swans on the dark, almost black, water created a nice juxtaposition and really highlighted how white and pure the swans looked. • obstinate (adj) • No matter how much her classmates tried to convince her that Justin Bieber was not a good role model, she remained obstinate and would not give up her argument that he was the best singer she’d ever heard. • scrutiny (adj)

  17. Vocab 10 cont’d • cohesive • tumult • incessant • deft?

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