CP+Martel,+Elizabeth

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**Unit Title: "The Great Gatsby"- What's so great about it? Grade Level(s): 9-12 Subject/Topic Area(s):** English Designed by: Ms. Elizabeth Martel Time Frame: 4-5 weeks (6-8) 80 Minute Lessons School District: MSAD #9 School:** Mt. Blue High School
 * Key Words: theme, writing style, character analysis, blog, wikispace, social pressures/status, multimedia presentation

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit = ||
 * This unit will focus on the student' ability to understand and analyze the different themes and literary devices within this text. The students will be able to evaluate these themes, whether explicitly state or implied, in a literary text and be able to show and describe the lives of the characters within "The Great Gatsby". By the end of the unit, students will be familiar with terms such as setting, conflict, symbolism, imagery, the landscape, theme, and historical content. They will also illustrate how the setting and tone can affect the plot and the characters. They will have assumed the role of an actor and writer and create a new chapter for this text. Through this project students will be able to relate fictional social and emotional issues to not only their own but others as well. They will have analyzed characters themselves and conflicts among them as well as demonstrate a clear understanding of the content of the book. The final product of the unit will be a performance task in which students will write a script as a guide for their multimedia presentation, portraying their new alternate ending to the book.