Using the DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTIONS Technique for Literature: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY by Kristina Janeway Other Titles in This Series Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Item Number 4B4971 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Item Number 4B4973 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Elie Wiesel’s Night Item Number 4B4972 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Lois Lowry’s The Giver Item Number 4B5905 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men Item Number 4B5926 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Item Number 4B5924 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: George Orwell’s Animal Farm Item Number 4B5925 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: George Orwell’s 1984 Item Number 4B6077 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Item Number 4B5906 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Ayn Rand’s Anthem Item Number 4B6224 Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Item Number 4B6167 Table of Contents About the Author ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Correlation to Common Core College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards ............................................... 4 Writing Standards Correlation ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Reading Standards Correlation ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Speaking and Listening Standards Correlation ......................................................................................................................... 6 About This Book .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 To the Teacher .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 How to Use This Book ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Suggestions for Teaching with DBQs .......................................................................................................................11 Handouts and Activities ............................................................................................................................................12 Handout 1: Read More About It! .....................................................................................................................................................12 Handout 2: Paragraph Frame for Persuasive Writing ............................................................................................................13 Handout 3: The Persuasive Thesis Formula ...............................................................................................................................14 Handout 4: Five-Paragraph Essay: Keyhole Outline Graphic Organizer ........................................................................15 Handout 5: Five-Paragraph Essay: Keyhole Outline Blank Graphic Organizer ............................................................16 Handout 6: DBQ Writing Rubric .....................................................................................................................................................17 Writing, Speaking, and Listening Activities: Picking Up New Diction—For the Teacher .........................................18 Handout 7: Jazz-Era Lingo ..............................................................................................................................................................23 Handout 8: Jazz-Era Lingo Conversation Association Rubric ...........................................................................................26 Project-Based Learning (PBL) Activity: Escape from Long Island Life: An Escape Room Activity for The Great Gatsby—For the Teacher .................................................................................27 Station Signs .................................................................................................................................................................................29 Answer and Code Recording Sheets .................................................................................................................................. 30 Station 1 Assignment ..................................................................................................................................................................32 Station 2 Assignment ................................................................................................................................................................33 Station 3 Assignment ................................................................................................................................................................34 Station 4 Assignment ................................................................................................................................................................35 Station 5 Assignment ................................................................................................................................................................36 Word Bank for Station 3 ...........................................................................................................................................................37 Word Bank for Station 4 ...........................................................................................................................................................37 Escape Passwords Cards ..........................................................................................................................................................38 Escape from Long Island Life Writing Activity Rubric .................................................................................................39 Activity: Autopsy Analysis of a Character ............................................................................................................................... 40 Autopsy Analysis of a Character Graphic ..........................................................................................................................42 Handout 9: Visual Analysis: Visual Elements of Design ..................................................................................................... 44 Basic Visual Analysis Outline .................................................................................................................................................45 1 ©2019 American Eagle Co., Inc. Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Using the Document-Based Questions Technique for Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby ....47 Author Biography ............................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Setting and Context .......................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Major Characters .................................................................................................................................................................................49 Synopsis .................................................................................................................................................................................................50 DBQ 1: Class and Society ..........................................................................................................................................53 Statement and Unit Question: What does class mean in society, and why is class status so important to some people? .......................................................................................................53 Document A: “Class and the American Dream,” The New York Times Editorial ....................................................... 54 Document B: “The Social Classes,” by Liam Hughes ............................................................................................................ 56 Document C: “The Butler,” by Roald Dahl ................................................................................................................................. 58 Document D: The Great GAPsby Society, by Jeff Parker ................................................................................................... 62 DBQ 2: Visions of America and the American Dream ..........................................................................................63 Statement and Unit Question: People refer to the “American Dream”