Materialism Thematic Unit

Core Text:  The Great Gatsby

Author Information:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography.ppt 

Writing Assignments:

  Essay

• Essay_Bad Choices created by Lisa Huff.doc
• Essay Graphic Organizer.doc

   Letter from Gatsby...based on Chapters 1-5

• Prompt and Note-taking Chart.doc 
• Rubric for Letter from Jay Gatsby.doc 

   Final Essay: 

• Prompt.doc
• Outline Graphic Organizer.doc
• Essay Rubric.doc 

Chapter Assignments

• Pre-Reading Activity:  Research Rip Roarin' '20's
  • Topics to Research.doc
  • Note-taking Graphic Organizer.doc
  • Rubric.doc
• Chapter 1 characterization.doc
• Chapter 2 color.doc
• Chapter 3 Create a Map of the Setting.doc

Vocabulary

• List of definitions 2.doc
• PowerPoint The Great Gatsby.ppt Chapters 1-6

Additional Readings

Poetry

Nothing Gold can Stay.doc

Richard Cory.doc

Blogs/Editorials

Technical Difficulities by Dave Berry.doc

Short Stories

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant.doc

Other Essay/Projects Assignment Choices:

• Color Essay Assignment from ReadWriteThink.pdf
• Ten Multigenre Prompts.doc