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February 28 – PoV and Ch 1

February 28 – PoV and Ch 1. Take out: Pen Pencil Your Homework The Great Gatsby HW: Read Chapter 1 (5-26) Complete Chapter 1 Reading Questions. In Class Today: Quick-Write Nick’s View of Gatsby Looking at Point of View Map of The Great Gatsby Reading and Reading Questions

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February 28 – PoV and Ch 1

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  1. February 28 – PoV and Ch 1 Take out: • Pen • Pencil • Your Homework • The Great Gatsby HW: • Read Chapter 1 (5-26) • Complete Chapter 1 Reading Questions In Class Today: • Quick-Write • Nick’s View of Gatsby • Looking at Point of View • Map of The Great Gatsby • Reading and Reading Questions Goals: • Understand different narrator perspectives • Gain understanding of Nick’s perspective and personality

  2. Quick-write • Does the narrator of the story seem like they’re the kind of person who you might get along with? Why/Why not? • Use at least one piece of specific evidence from the text to justify your answer.

  3. The Last Paragraph • Summarize (in your own words) Nick’s mixed attitude toward Gatsby. • What is the main characteristic that Nick admires in Gatsby? How do you know?

  4. Point of View: • PoV is – the specific position or vantage point from which the author tells the story • Stories can be told from either 1st Person (I, we) or 3rd Person (he, she, it, they) point of view • Stories are RARELY told from the 2nd Person (you) point of view

  5. Examples:

  6. PoV – Group Activity • With your partner, convert each of the following situations into both first person point of view, and third person point or view • Write a 2 sentence story for each (1st person PoV, and 3rd person PoV)

  7. PoV • What is the impact of using different points of view to tell a story? • Which seems to be more effective/emotional?

  8. Eggs??? Setting in The Great Gatsby • The characters in the novel live on Long Island, which is a short distance from Manhattan (New York) • The Narrator refers to the places they live as East Egg and West Egg – Manhasset Neck and Great Neck • Turn to page 206 in your book to see a map of the locations in the novel

  9. Reading and Questions • Read Chapter 1 (page 5-26) • Complete the nine reading questions for chapter 1 • Reading questions should be answered in complete sentences, using at least one CD from the text for support

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