Racism and Fitzgerald's antisemitism in Great Gatsby
Lesson Outline
discuss chapters 6 and 7
significance of Ash heaps-- man's destructive force on his word
racism in the book
antisemitism by the author pervades the whole entire book but why doen't most English classes address this fact? good discussion
Assignment
Reread chapter 8
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
fantastic class. Everybody had stories to tell and we laughed and laughed.
Discuss Chapter 8 in depth. Read parts for dialog, take turns playing characters. Analyze Daisy's and Jay's character motivation. Discuss sound and touch and smell imagery in chapter (rare, rare, rare! and Fitzgerald is so good at it).
Students had a (surprise written activitiy today). They had to answer the question: Why do you suppose motivated James Gatz to transform himself into Jay Gatsby in the first place? Remember, the transformatino had been made long before he met Daisy. Sadie was absent today.
1Elements of a good fictional character 2.Attitudes are the outward manifestations of inner beliefs and values. A character shows who he/she is through actions born out of attitudes.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Building Characters - Once you understand oyur characters: *They will tell you how they will react to chanllenges in storyline.
