SSR 13 Minutes
Students read Chapter 5 in pairs and work together to identify quotes.
Chapter 5 – For each of the following quotations, write what it suggests about that character:
1. “We haven’t met for many years,” said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be.
“Five years next November.”
The automatic quality of Gatsby’s answer set us all back at least another minute. (92)
2. “What do you think of that? It’s stopped raining.”
“I’m glad, Jay.” Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy. (94)
3. He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence. He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock. (97)
4. [About the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock] Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one. (98)
5. (Self-Select) Choose your own quotation that reflects the feelings of either Gatsby or Daisy. Explain its importance.
Homework Collected: Quotes
Homework Given: This I Believe Essay due on December 11, 2009 (first draft due on November 24th), Occasional Paper due by December 7th, Final Exam, December 15th
Handouts given out: Quotes from Chapter 5
To read: Chapter 5, Great Gatsby
