Journal write: Pick 1 or more of the following:
1.How does music affect you/why is it important to you?
2. What music (genre and/or specific artists) do you enjoy most?
3. If you had to make a soundtrack to your life, what would be on it?
4. How does music affect your generation?what specific artists or songs will be most remembered from the 2010s?
4. How does music affect your generation?what specific artists or songs will be most remembered from the 2010s?
5. When is music used in our culture? What everyday experiences? What significant events use music?
Jay Z lyrics:
Benjamin Franklins filled, folded just for the thrill
Go numb until I can't feel, or might pop this pill
Stock markets just crash, now I'm just a bill
History don't repeat itself it rhymes, 1929 still
Write like Mark Twain, Jay Gatsby, I park things
Yellow cars, yellow gold like Slick Rick
Google classroom:
Comparing two soundtracks:
1974 version: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071577/soundtrack
2013 Gatsby Soundtrack:
Modern take on Gatsby’s music article
- http://flavorwire.com/390353/the-great-gatsby-soundtrack-isnt-good-but-its-perfect-for-the-great-gatsby
THOUGHTS REACTIONS to the music chosen for the films? How do they specifically portray Gatsby? What themes or characters do different songs represent?
Creating your own soundtrack for Gatsby (in class- solo or with a partner)
- Choose 5+ songs
- Songs can represent the following (characters, themes, specific scenes!) (create cover for your album on one side of paper, and list of songs on the back,2+ sentences next to each song about what each song represents)
EX: Song title by Artist represents ___________ (theme, character, or scene in novel)
2+ sentence description
Requiem for the American Dream- trailer
OBama on the American Dream - video clip
Trump on the American Dream- video clip
Introduce Essay: -- Outline for essay due:
1st Draft Due:
Final Draft Due:
How is the American Dream portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and is that dream still relevant today?
- Persuasive essay
- Define the American dream according to the 1920s/F Scott Fitzgerald (use the text or any other reliable sources we’ve looked at in class)
- Describe if the American Dream is relevant today
- Use direct evidence from the text to persuade your audience whether or not the american dream exists and/or is fulfilled for any characters in The Great Gatsby
- Explore what symbols and themes relate to the American Dream
- Think about the role of gender, race, and class in fulfilling the American Dream
Resources on classroom for the American Dream:
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