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This It’s My Party and I’ll Hear What I Want To: Gatsby’s Party Playlists, The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound lesson plan also includes:
- It's My Party And I'll Hear What I Want To: Gatsby's Party Playlists (.pdf)
- Lesson Slides (.pptx)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 11 Excerpt - English (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 11 Excerpt - English (.docx)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 11 Excerpt - Spanish (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 11 Excerpt - Spanish (.docx)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3 Excerpt - English (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3 Excerpt - English (.docx)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3 Excerpt - Spanish (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3 Excerpt - Spanish (.docx)
- The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound - English (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound - English (.docx)
- The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound - Spanish (.pdf)
- The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound - Spanish (.docx)
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Young scholars consider how film soundtracks can help support not only the mood but also the tone of a scene. After viewing two very different trailers for the same film, class members create their own soundtracks for two party scenes in The Great Gatsby that reinforce the tone and mood that F. Scott Fitzgerald intends.
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CCSS:
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Instructional Ideas
- Set aside additional prep time to prepare the many materials required for the lesson
- Model for the class how to use Blendspace to create their presentations
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a projection device for the movie trailers and the images
Pros
- The packet includes extensive teacher notes that provide extra scaffolding for the activities
- Links are provided to explanations of the learning strategies used in the lesson
Cons
- None