CPWandelear,Olivia+Eden-Grace

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title:** //Gatsby and the American Dream// **Grade Level(s):** 9th
 * Subject/Topic Area(s):** English Language Arts
 * Key Words: // Language Arts, The American Dream, Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby  // **
 * Designed by:** Olivia E. Wandelear **Time Frame:** 17 80 minutes
 * School District:** RSU # 9 **School:** Mt. Blue High School

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * Through reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s //The Great Gatsby//, students will gain knowledge of the importance of literary devices like themes and symbols, understand perspective and points of view and their contribution to the novel, and recognize history and setting as important factors to plot and action. Students will create wikipages, Wordles, iMovie and ComicLife presentations, blog entries, and Glogsters to prove and further their comprehensive understanding of literary devices, points of view, and setting. Hostilic rubrics and weekly student –produced podcasts will grade mastery in both formative and summative assessments. Pre-assessments will provide a better understanding of student knowledge prior to the unit’s start. Student self-assessments given at the end of each product or presentation will allow students to evaluate and take pride in their own work. In the final project of the unit, students will create an original song using Garageband or Audacity, and/or their own instruments that includes themes and symbols, a point of view, and elements of the history and setting of the novel, proving they have mastered the unit goals and met MLR A2.