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Agenda January 12. No Journal Prep Work Socratic Seminar Reflection HW: Finish Reading Chapter 8 in Gatsby for Wednesday Read Chapter 9 for Friday Literary Analysis for chapters 7-9 Due Friday. Prep Work. Read the selected quotes
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Agenda January 12 • No Journal • Prep Work • Socratic Seminar • Reflection • HW: Finish Reading Chapter 8 in Gatsbyfor Wednesday • Read Chapter 9 for Friday • Literary Analysis for chapters 7-9 Due Friday
Prep Work • Read the selected quotes • Rank the following words in accordance to their importance to the 1920’s • Booming and Innovative • Ignorant and Selfish • Defining and Jazzy • Unequal and Restricted • It is said that The Great Gatsby is not only a distinctive representation of the 1920’s but also the great American novel. This suggests that there is something distinctly American about it. What is it about the text that would make people say this?
Opening Questions • Seminar One • Using the text answer the following question: What is the Valley of Ashes doing in a novel about the American Dream? • Seminar Two • We call the 20’s the Roaring Twenties to describe the affluence and accessibility of the American Dream, but there is an underside to the 1920’s that we tend to overlook. What does the text say about this? What do you think about it?
Reflection • Why do we Romanticize our history? Is this a form of rewriting history? What do you think about this? • How do authors use language to reflect (comment) on their time?