Thursday, Sept 15

DO NOW​

• Daily Check-in
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​Daily Learning Objectives

• ​I can take notes on a novel to help improve comprehension and insight and to track thematic elements and details.
  
  

Agenda

• Discuss Analysis of literature (Slides, video)
• Taking notes on novels (chapter note chart) 
  • ​Goals for reading this novel
    1. ​OVERACHING THEME: What is Fitzgerald’s commentary on the pursuit of happiness and its connection wealth, an individuals past, and relationships?
    2. ​Make inferences about the characters
    3. Identify unfamiliarly vocabulary and identify it's use in a passage
    4. Identify interesting evidence, details, or observations to help determine complexity of characters or theme.
    5. Provide a summary of chapters, characters, and the novel as a whole
• Read Chapter 3 of the Great Gatsby (link to audio book and ebook)
  • Chapter 3 (Gatsby's) is written obviously as a comparison to Tom's party. ​As we read, keep track of how these two chapters might indicate similarities and differences between the two men.