Students were introduced to the beginning of chapter 5. This is a key moment as the seduction of Daisy has been Gatsby's focus for five years. This section of the novel was used to develop student understanding of paragraph structure. The paragraph structure that students are encouraged to follow is:
- OPINION
- TEXTUAL REFERENCE
- EXPLAIN HOW TEXTUAL REFERENCE SUPPORTS OPINION
- THE FINAL SECTION SHOULD BE A FUSION OF QUESTION FOCUS and AUTHOR'S AIM.
The question used to focus class discussion was: AT THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER FIVE, IS GATSBY PRESENTED BY FITZGERALD AS BEING A COMEDIC CHARACTER?
The class were encouraged to model a response that followed the appropriate paragraph structure. The whole aim of this exercise was to encourage students to construct a precise and detailed written response. Some recent written work has been somewhat 'muddled' so this session was intended to encourage students to produce more coherent examples of critical analysis.
Homework: Read the text. Next week we will be looking at chapters 5 and 6.
Furthermore, students need to produce a one paragraph response to each of these questions:
- What is the significance of Wolfsheim's appearance in chapter 4?
- How is Nick presented at the beginning of chapter 5? Author's aim?
THE WHOLE FOCUS OF TODAY'S SESSION WAS PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE THEREFORE I EXPECT EACH PARAGRAPH TO REFLECT THE MODEL THAT WAS OFFERED THROUGHOUT TODAY'S CEREBRAL JOURNEY.
Toodle pip.
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