The Great Gatsby: Chapter 2

After reading the second chapter of the novel, the reader gains more insight about the characters and the world beyond West and East Egg, Long Island. Based on your of these two chapters,  how do you like the book so far? What interests you? What character so far do you relate to? Which do you find most intriguing? Why?

SAT Vocabulary: 

1. abridge

1. accessible

1. accost

1. acumen

1. adamant

1. adverse

1. advocate

1. aesthetic 

1. affluent

1.  alleviate

Your Task: Look up the meanings of the words above and write sentences that demonstrate your understanding of their meaning.  Be prepared for a word challenge the week of Dec. 2! Happy Thanksgiving...Please check for updates on The Great Gatsby.

Blog Entries about The Great Gatsby:

This blog is an opportunity to have an on-going conversation about the book.  Here is the place for you to post your reactions to characters, their interactions with each other and the view of the world as presented in this novel.  Feel free to ask questions, disagree, get "angry" and even take sides on any and all issues or ideas that this text brings up.  Literature is an art form that continues to live long after we have finished reading.  Let your words be a starting point for more discussion, questions and deeper understanding.
Ms. A...

Welcome E5 Honors to our unit on The American Dream.  Over the next few weeks we will explore the origins, meaning and transformations of the American Dream as it is expressed in literature.  We will begin this unit with a reading of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. You will work with your small groups to research some aspect of the time period when this novel takes place.  Looking forward to your presentations that will begin in class Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Feel free to email me questions or concerns....Ms. A