Teacher guide

Creating a Twitter
account

Not familiar with twitter and wondering how to make an account? Find out how to create a

Quotes &
Questions
In this part you will
find a weekly
overview of the
questions and quotes
to post each week on
twitter.

Assignments
This part of the
teachers guide will
explain what the
students have to do
with the tweets and
deal with it in class.
Also we've added
some nice tips to
consider while dealing
with this book.

Great Gatsby twitter

assignment
Welcome to the
teacher guide for the Great
Gatsby twitter assignment. ICT is an
important element in our current education
system. In this assignment you will use the
social media site 'Twitter' to give the
students several assignments about the
book. Also it offers many
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Go to and

#myfirsttwe
et

Enter your full name, email address, and a

On the next page, you can select a username (usernames are unique identifiers on Twitter) Choose
Double-check your

Click Create my account. You may be a

Twitter will send a confirmation email to the address you en

After these steps you are rea

Remember that your tweet has a

maximum of 140 words.

Depending on your students'

level the project consumes an
average of 5 weeks. This
I know what I want and where this tea shallChapter
be.
2 tweets:
would mean the student
[Insert picture Nick's house]
This is a Valley of should
ashes [Insert
picture]
read around
2 chapters
Nick has finally agreed to invite Daisy for tea. But
a week.
An example
of a and
Whats the area called
between
West Egg
I am gone when they enter. What happens next?
planner
you could use:
New York City? What
kind that
of advertisement
[Insert picture of Daisy at the tea]
board is it that you can see here?

Chapter 2
5

Planner

Awkward moments... [Insert picture tea table]

I wonder why Tom and Nick leave the train in

Weekly reading
this area... It is a bit strange isn't it? #curious

Nick
Old Sport
I
Chapter
8 I had totally forgotten you, but
Chapter
9 Week 1: Chapter 1 +2
#strange
#opportunity
know you understand why. [Insert picture of Jay
and Daisy]
Who joined Nick and Tom
Page
on their
1-28 trip? Where
Lies
to impress
Dont
in the
live
in the
Chapter
3 but to come closer
do they
golive
to now
andpast;
whatDont
do they
do?
"Ain't we got fun"
future, live in the present, nothing else
Why did I lie about my past and why did I A little
party [insert
never killed
nobody
matters
picture
of daisy and
Chapter 3 tweets:
Week 2: Chapter 3 + 4
"It makes
sad because I've never seen such
not
marry me
Daisy?
Gatsby]
Why am I such a popular person in and around New York? Have people ever seen me? [Insert picture of New Yo

Quotes and
Chapter 6
Questions

Breaking news! A citizen of West Egg has used

Page
29-60
Quotation:
He
hadand
oneonly
of those
rare
smiles
withdon't
a quality
of eternal
reassurance
in[Insert
it,
thatpicture
you may
come acros
violence
against
a woman!
of the
The
first
swim.
A
bit
ironic
What
did
Gatsby
see
in
the
green
light?
To
help
the
students
remember
when
to
read
the
next
Who is the
who
talks
to Nick
Jordan at the party at my house? What do Nick and he have in common?
youman
think
Old
Sports
? and
chapter,
you
can
post...the
I hope she
will come
tonight
... following tweet at the beginning of
And
as the moon rose higher the
new
chapter/week,
depending
your
reading
planner.
The
story
I told because
Nick the
day
about
my
past
I send aeach
butler
to Myrtle
Jordan
I other
wanted
toon
see
her,
what
happens?
How
did
really
die
is
the
question
Week 3:
Chapter
5 + 6away
began
to melt
the
Xeither?
withone
the
chapter
or the
week
according
to
wasn't
true
What
is the
truth?
[Insert
At least Replace
my party
creates
budding
romance!
Nick
youainessential
old Sport,
gohouses
for it! [Insert
picture
of the party]
that
people
ask
me..
your
planner.
until
gradually
I
became
aware
of
the old
Page 61-85
picture of Jay]

island here that flowered once for Dutch

The
phone
rang...
tooX.late
" Let's
beginfinally
reading
chapter
Because time is money and
sailors' eyesa fresh, green breast of
The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long
money is a valuable old sports."
And as I sat there,
Island,
sprang
from
his Platonic
conception of the new world....
"They're
a rotten
crowd,"
I shouted
Week 4: Chapter 7
brooding
on
the
old,
unknown world, I
himself.
Here
is an
of the worth
tweets the
each
week. This is an
across
theoverview
lawn. "You're
whole
wonder when he first
86-112
example
in which
you can place the tweets. thought
Feel free of Gatsby's
damn bunch
put order
together."
Nick
hasn't
seen
Daisy
nor
me
for
a
couple
of
to
rearrange
or
add/change
tweets
whenever
you
like.
picked
out
Daisy's
light
at the end of his
I've always been glad I said that. It was
weeks.
He
visits
my
house,
and
sees
Tom
dock. He had come such a long way to
the only compliment IChapter
ever gave 1
him,
Buchanan.
Why
is
he
here?
[Insert
picture
of
this blue lawn,
and5:his
dream
must have
Week
Chapter
8+9
because I disapproved of him from
Tom]
seemed so close he could hardly fail to
beginning to end. First he nodded
Chapter 1 tweets:
he
113-140
grasp it. But what
did not know was
politely, and then his face broke into that
that it was already behind him,
radiant
and
understanding
smile,
as if
Welcome
to the
neighbourhood
Nick Cararaway
Chapter
7
somewhere
in the vast obscurity beyond
we'd
been in4ecstatic
cahoots
thata picture of
#letsthrowaparty
#westegg
[pluson
insert
Nick]
Chapter
the city, where the dark fields of the
fact all the time. [Insert this quote as a
How
does
Nick
know
Daisy
and
Tom
Buchanan?
[Insert
republic rolled on under the night. [Insert
"Her voice is full of money," That was it. I'd never
picture]
picture of Daisy and Tom]
understood before. It was full of money. [Insert
of
daisy] wrapped
Ipicture
myeveryone
neighbour
just stopped
by atmy
Daisy
and Tom's
I see
have
around
fingers
place, what did he do there? #Curious

When
does
Tomattention
find out about
love
between
Have you
paid
lately?the
What
did
you found out about me when I went out for
Daisy
and
me?
[Insert
picture
of
Jay,
Daisy
We
havewith
many
beautiful
ladies
in West
I just heard
a drive
Nick?
[Insert
picture
of Egg
car]andand
there
Tom] is a woman called Jordan Baker. Who is she? [Insert
picture
of Jordan]
Every little
detail.
Tom wants a confrontation and asks everyone to
Rumour!
Tom
Buchanan
has
interesting
phone
calls. IWhat
am mysterious details does Jordan
After
hishim
lunch
with
Nick
sees
Jordan
again.
go
with
to
New me,
York.
What
happens
next?
wondering
whom
he
is
calling?
#rumours
#shadyphonecalls
tell him? [Insert picture#daisychoose
of Nick and Jay]
#risingactionoldsports
"Dont
liveOld
in the
past;don't
dont
live
inI the
future,
live
in the
Nick you
Sport,
be
silly
and
arrange
for me. [Insert picture of jay in his
What
happens
when
Daisy
and
drove
back
tothis
present, nothing else matters" But I am stuck in the past...

tea clothes]
Long
Island? [Insert picture of Myrtle]

While reading the story, you as a teacher, will post the tweets on the Twitter account
you have made. The students should keep up with the tweets and should be able to
explain their connection with the story in class. Some tweets are helping the students
with their story and making it more visual because of the pictures we added. Other
tweets should be considered and thought of by the students and asks further
understanding of the story itself and the relationships between characters.
The pictures we used are all from the film 'The Great Gatsby' 2013 version. It is an
idea to watch this film in class and compare the novel and the film.
The students can follow Jay Gatsby on twitter but also re-tweet and reply on the
messages you post as teacher. So if they don't understand they can ask on Twitter. So
it is very doable outside class as well.
Besides the tweets we provided, you can always add your own ideas to it. Another
idea is to let the students make study questions themselves or come up with quotes
from the characters. There is also a lot of symbolism in the film and different themes?
Let students be creative with the Twitter page and let them add tweets as well. Let
them take control of their own learning progress. Just remember there are many
possibilities with this assignment, so change it any way you like!

Good luck you Old Sport!

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