English is acquired.[ELP.5F] Lesson moved here from last Thursday‚ because of rescheduling of Prime Time Assessment. FOCUS...Write and express ideas and feelings about real or imagined people and events. HOOK...Use the Smart board OBITUARY slide. Read the two obituaries of deceased fairytale characters. STATEMENT OF LEARNING IWBAT: Write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people‚ events‚ and ideas. IWBAT: Write a story with a single event with a developed
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28 July 2012 Gatsby’s Holy Grail Long hailed as one of the great American novels‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald embodies the image of the Roaring Twenties to some readers; a time of new wealth‚ extravagant lifestyles‚ Prohibition‚ jazz‚ and flappers. The novel tackles the idea of the American Dream‚ as well as issues such as wealth versus class‚ infidelity and materialism. Both the character of Jay Gatsby and the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ are said to mirror Fitzgerald’s life – the Ivy
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“Am I in love with you? Or am I in love with the feeling?” This targets a major question about Gatsby’s affection for Daisy: does he truly love her? In the novel‚ Gatsby and Daisy’s first kiss is described as Gatsby tells the story to Nick: “He knew that when he kissed this girl‚ and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath‚ his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. . . . Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation
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illegally sold alcohol) and bootleggers (people who made money by selling alcohol illegally)‚ which were examples of organized crime. This organized crime spread rapidly throughout the United States‚ and Fitzgerald provides examples of this through Gatsby’s character. Late in the book‚ it is revealed that Gatsby made his mysterious profit from bootlegging that he covered up by saying he owned a lot of “drug stores”. He used the money and power through his illegal profits to provide alcohol at all of
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Boxer’s Obituary Boxer was always a strong horse‚ born on the pastures of Kent‚ son of Patricia and Frederick. Boxer grew up being a strong shire horse‚ he was one of the favourites on Animal Farm but he was more brains than brawn. Boxer played an instrumental role in the battle of the cowshed in hope to drive Mr Jones and his men away from the farm. He also helped quite a lot in the mighty construction of the windmill‚ which was later knocked down. Boxer had many companions at Animal Farm‚ such
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In the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ it is more than obvious that Jay Gatsby’s dream is to refurnish the love that once was between him and Daisy. Throughout the novel‚ it has been stated by Gatsby himself-and certain other characters in the book- that the one thing he wanted in life was to be back with Daisy and have back their love. At the beginning of the novel Nick’s conversation with Jordan is about Gatsby and his almost-obsessive intentions with Daisy‚ “the modesty of the demand shook me. He
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son-of-a-bitch‚” he said. (Chapter 9‚ Fitzgerald). Sadly‚ this quote encompasses the beginning and tragic end of Gatsby’s life. Since day one Gatsby started life as an underdog and rose to be a wealthy man in the never ending pursuit of love. Through it all‚ Gatsby became acquainted with people from all spectrums of power. However‚ Nick was the only true friend that Gatsby ever had. Gatsby’s funeral is depicted as a minuscule gathering of only his help and father. This sorrowful picture reveals a hidden
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a curious way... I glanced seaward — and distinguished nothing except a single green light" (Fitzgerald 21). Nick realized that this was Gatsby staring at the green light across the bay. The green light was located at Daisy’s dock and represented Gatsby’s hope to be with her. Gatsby needed something to keep him positive about his relationship with Daisy and the green light is what he chose. Gatsby also needed more confirmation after he began to speak with her again. He needed to believe that Daisy
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Gatsby’s Obituary Jay Gatsby was a beloved son and friend. He had been through a lot while he lived. Gatsby had served in the war. He had become a captain before he went to the front. He then got his majority and the command of the divisional machine guns following the Argonne battles. Before going to war he came from unsuccessful farmer parents. He tought he could better himself so he left his family. Gatsby had also met the love of his life‚ Daisy before the war. For five years his only dream
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Within The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby’s true self is identified as each chapter progresses. In the beginning‚ he is a character met with intrigue and wonder; everyone that meets Mr. Gatsby is impressed by the air of sophistication and aristocracy that he upholds. When Nick finally decides to tell the reader about Gatsby’s past‚ the reader has come to pity Gatsby a little because of the bits and pieces of Gatsby’s life that the reader has put together‚ such as that he was forced to leave Daisy and that
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