The Great Gatsby

M & T: Class discussion and notes on the hallmarks of the Jazz Age: time period, advances for women, Prohibition, urban corruption, 1919 World Series scandal, the “People’s Car,” dancing, backlash from the “decade that roared.”

W: Fine Arts Day

Th: The students will view the Biography Channel production of F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer and answer questions about the author of the novel.

F: Chapter One vocabulary. The students will read pages 1 – 10 of the novel, identifying examples of characterization for the characters Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, and Tom & Daisy Buchanan.