9/29/14 do now: - take out something to write with and your steal characterization worksheet....

9/29/14

Do Now:- Take out something to write with and your STEAL characterization worksheet.

Homework:- Gatsby Vocab Due

Tomorrow.- Read chapter 3 for Thursday.- Read chapter 4 for Monday.- Dialectical Journal for

chapters 3 and 4 due Sunday 10/5.

Objective:Students will conduct a close-reading of a passage from chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby and complete a dialectical journal to analyze, explain, and create a thematic claim based on the authors use of literary elements.

Agenda:

- “Did You Read It?” Quiz- Review Characterization Worksheets- Intro Dialectical Journal- Chapter Two Dialectical

- “Think, Pair, Share”

Did You Read It? Quiz

1) Where do Tom and Nick go (ultimately)?2) Where and why do stop before they get to

their final destination?3) What does Tom buy Myrtle?4) Why does Tom get mad at Myrtle?5) What does Tom do to Myrtle?

STEAL Characterization The Great GatsbyCharacter: Tom Buchanan or Myrtle Wilson

Examples from the text:(Give quote and page #)

What does it show us? What inferences can you make?

Speech

Thoughts

Effect on others

Actions

Looks

The Great GatsbyDialectical Journal Assignment

Chapter # ______

Textual EvidenceTextual evidence comes directly from the book. This

can be a direct quote spoken by a character or a passage of narration.

ResponseThis is where you will respond to the text in a thoughtful way. Follow the guiding questions to respond at the three different levels of analysis.

Each level should be at least 4-5 complete sentences.

Your passage should include a literary element(s):

Characterization – What does this passage reveal about the character?Setting – How does the setting in this passage impact the meaning?Conflict – What problem or issue is revealed?Theme – What theme or central message is revealed?Symbolism – What symbol is revealed and what does it represent?Tone – What is the author’s attitude toward the subject?Language Use (diction, syntax, imagery) – How does the language use advance the effect of the passage?

Include the correct MLA format citation

“ Text” (Author’s last name, page #).

Level 1: The Context of the Quote

• Who is speaking?• What is happening in the text at the time of this quote?• What is the literal meaning of the quote?

Level 2: Author’s Tools and Literary Elements

What literary element(s) is/are revealed and how?

Characterization – What does this passage reveal about the character?Setting – How does the setting in this passage impact the meaning?Conflict – What problem or issue is revealed?Theme – What theme or central message is revealed?Symbolism – What symbol is revealed and what does it represent?Tone – What is the author’s attitude toward the subject?Language Use (diction, syntax, imagery) – How does the language use advance the effect of the passage?

What is the significance of these lines?

• What is the author’s intention?• Why is the passage written in such a way?• How is the passage related to the text as a whole?

Level 3: Create a thematic claim

Based on the evidence and the information from Levels 1 and 2, create a thematic claim. Then, support it with an argument.

• Is the claim true for the book as a whole? • Is the claim true for the world? • What might be an argument against the claim? • How can you defend the claim?

English 10 Name:Date:The Catcher in the Rye

Dialectical Journal AssignmentChapter # _____








English 11 Name:Brill Date:

The Great GatsbyDialectical Journal Assignment

Chapter # 1





“I lived at West Egg, the — well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season. The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard — it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion. Or, rather, as I didn’t know Mr. Gatsby, it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name. My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbor’s lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires — all for eighty dollars a month.Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy was my second cousin once removed, and I’d known Tom in college. And just after the war I spent two days with them in Chicago.” (Gatsby 9-10)


This passage comes very early in the novel and is told by the narrator Nick Carraway. Nick is talking about where he lives on Long Island. This quote comes right after Nick says that he gave a man directions and no longer feels like a stranger or outsider. Immediately following this quote Nick visits Tom and Daisy in East Egg.


This passage shows how the setting is playing an important role in the novel. Fitzgerald seems to be setting up a contrast between East Egg and West Egg when he says East Egg is the “less fashionable of the two”. There appears to be a conflict forming between the two towns based on the source of their wealth and its implied social standing. Fitzgerald also gives a vivid description of Gatsby’s mansion and compares it to a hotel in Normandy to highlight its beauty and over the top aesthetics of his home. He contrasts the beauty of Gatsby’s mansion with his more humble home which he describes as a “eyesore”. Fitzgerald uses the characters homes as a means to characterize them.


Fitzgerald uses setting to establish a social conflict between East Egg and West Egg. This conflict is not based on geography but is founded in the clash between “new money” and “old money”. Fitzgerald also uses the characters homes to reflect the characters that live in them. Nick is a more humble and reasonable character that has not been polluted by the wealth that his rich neighbors have been.

EXAMPLE

Category CRITICAL READER

CONNECTED READER

THOUGHTFUL READER

LITERAL READER

LIMITED READER

5 (46-50) 4 (43-45) 3 (37-42) 2 (30-36) 1 (<30) Responses

Elaborate and insightful responses

Detailed and meaningful responses

Somewhat detailedresponses

Simple, factualresponses that lack detail

Incomplete or inadequate

responsesQuotes You consistently choose quotes

that allow for deep, meaningful analysis of each of the required response questions.

Most quotes allow for deep, meaningful analysis of the required response questions.

Some, but not all, quotes are relevant in connection with the response you provide or they lack a connection to the required response questions.

Few quotes allow for meaningful analysis. Quotes may or may not connect to the required response questions.

The quotes chosen appear to be randomly selected with no real sense of purpose or the required response questions.

Analysis You construct an insightful and thoughtful interpretation of the authors use of literary element(s).

Connections to the claim are strong.

You construct a thoughtful and accurate interpretation of the literary element(s).

Connections to the claim are evident.

You construct an accurate interpretation of the literary element(s).

Connections to the claim are vague or underdeveloped. Some responses lack sufficient detail.

You construct an limited interpretation of the literary element(s).

Connections to the claim are limited or insufficient.

You fail to construct an interpretation of the literary element(s).

Either there are no connections to the claim or the ideas are inaccurate.

Journal Requirementso Entries are numbered 1-5o Entries span the entire set of

required chapterso Chapter # and page # provided

for all quoteso Entries are in 2 column format

(Quote/Response) o Responses meet minimum

length

You fulfill all the required elements of the journal consistently across all five entries.

You fulfill most of the required elements of the journal across all five entries.

You attempt to fulfill the required elements of the journal, but with some inconsistencies in content and/or format.

The journal does not meet a couple of the requirements in content and format. Review project guidelines.

The journal is lacking in several project requirements in both content and format. Review project guidelines.

Conventions The journal has been carefully proofread and edited. There are virtually no writing or mechanical errors!

Although the journal has been proofread and edited, there are occasional writing and/or mechanical errors.

The journal could still benefit from some polishing of grammar and mechanics.

There is little evidence of the journal having been proofread or edited for grammar and mechanics.

The journal should have been proofread and edited for grammar and mechanics.

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