1. Name: English 11
The Great Gatsby Reading Schedule
Journals
1 per chapter required for a total of 9.
Respond thoughtfully and thoroughly to the chapter. Must go beyond mere summarization, must be
your own work. Must include textual evidence and citation.
Write about whatever you want (these are just ideas):
1. Choose different characters to focus on:
a. Describe the character
b. Assess a quote that represents the character.
c. Describe the character's best/worst qualities and evolution.
d. Describe the character's role in the novel.
2. Reflect on the significance of setting
3. Choose a meaningful quote and describe its significance in the novel or questions it raises for
you.
4. Note the page number of symbols and explain their significance. Remember that symbols
usually help develop a theme. Here are some symbols identified by others:
5. Reflect on possible themes and your own experience with them today: The American
Dream, Time, Money/Wealth, Loss, Hope, Success, Material Excess, Morality, the Past (can
we go back, relive, do over?), Happiness, Imagination, Love, or something else.
# pages Due Date
Preface & Chapter 1 30 pages 3/28 (AC Days) & 3/31 (BD)
Chapter 2 15 4/1 & 4/2
Chapter 3 21
Chapter 4 20
Chapter 5 & 6 31
Chapter 7 ** 34
Chapter 8 16
Chapter 9 18
the color green the green light the color white
silver and gold the ash heap the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg
Gatsby’s career/Nick’s career Gatsby’s library of books Dan Cody
East vs. West Egg rain in chapter five heat in chapter seven
Wolfsheim’s cufflinks Gatsby’s car/clothes

2. Name: English 11
Gatsby Journal Grading
Exemplary Journals (95-100) will be thorough and complete, and will demonstrate clear and
insightful thought. Journal will demonstrate connections between quotes and analysis, and will
contain ample evidence of careful effort. Organization, grammar, spelling and citations of page
numbers, etc. will be excellent.
Very Good Journals (88-94) will be complete, and will demonstrate clear thought. Journal will
demonstrate connections between quotes and analysis as the result of solid effort. Organization,
grammar, spelling and citations will be clear.
Good Journals (80-87) will be complete, and will demonstrate some thought. Journal will
demonstrate a thread between quotes and analysis, though some connections may need to be
pressed further. Organization, grammar, spelling, and citations may need some additional work to
attain full clarity.
Journals in Need of Improvement (65-79) may be late, incomplete, and/or seem rushed, hurried,
not finished, or otherwise the result of insufficient thought. A thread between quotes and analysis
may be unclear because of lack of clarity in organization, grammar, spelling and/or citations.
Unacceptable Journals (64 and below) may suffer from a predominance of the concerns of Journals
in Need of Improvement. This work is the result of careless effort.
** Samples to be posted on website after Chapter 1 is turned in.