Bell Ringer- Trade Dialogue Journals (for Chapter 5)
Discussion- Reviewed what happened in Chapter 5
Guiding Questions-
1. Why is Gatsby so nervous?
2. What happens when Nick returns to the cottage?
3. What does Gatsby say about the dock across the bay? What's the significance of this?
4. Why is Daisy crying over the shirts Gatsby is throwing at her? Why is he throwing them at her?
5. Does Gatsby finally have what he wants?
Short Video Clips (for further discussion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfrqmRV2H8
The back-story- How Daisy & Gatsby Met
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCELWF-CZ3E
Tour of Gatsby's Mansion & Throwing Shirts Scene
Discussion- (About video clips)
Back-story Clip
1. Jordan makes a comment about how Daisy feels about her new husband when they first got married. What is the significance of this?
2. Then she said that something happened a week later. What was it and how could it have possibly changed Daisy?
3. As a result of that and what we read about Mrs. Wilson in the second chapter, wrong or right, does the reader have a tendency to excuse Daisy's behavior or at least understand it?
Shirt Throwing Clip
1. How closely does the movie seem to be following the book? Give examples.
2. Is Gatsby's house like you pictured it? Explain.
Write- Gatsby One Paragraph Journal Response (write this on the top half of your Chapter 6 journal page)
Who is a gullible character in chapters 1-5. Use specific quotes, with page numbers" to support your claim. Make sure you warrant your quotes.
Read- Chapter 6 (it's short)
Journal- Write 3 Questions and 2 Vocabulary for Chapter 6
Read- Part of Chapter 7 (to page 120)