The document provides guidance for a coursework assignment analyzing F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" and his novel The Great Gatsby. Students are instructed to draw connections between the texts by sketching and symbolically analyzing the estate in the short story, annotating selected quotations, and writing a paragraph comparing an element from each text while addressing four assessment objectives.

1. The Diamond
as Big as the
Ritz

2. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
 The
coursework essay titles for this unit
require you to illuminate your
understanding of ‘The Great Gatsby’ by
reference to the short stories in this
collection.
 As we work through the text you need to
be considering links you could make to
‘The Great Gatsby.’

3. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
 Draw
a sketch of the Washington’s house
and the surrounding estate.
 If you consider this to be a microcosm of
American society as a whole what
symbolism can you find within the
different parts of the estate and the
people who live there?

4. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
 You
have a worksheet with selected
quotations from the short story.
 Annotate the quotations looking at A02.
 Find comparisons between the quotations
and ‘The Great Gatsby’ (A03)
 Consider links to contextual factors (AO4)

5. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
 Write
a paragraph comparing an
element of ‘A Diamond as Big as the Ritz’
to ‘The Great Gatsby.’ Make sure you
include all AOs within your paragraph.

6. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
 Swap
your paragraph with somebody on
your table.
 Using a different colour pen indicate
where you think each AO is being met.