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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Group four
Mauricio Centeno and Mauricio Pascual describe Tom Buchanan. Compare and contrast him with Jay Gatsby.
Third group
Mariano, Jorge, Rocío and Florencia Casarsa, describe Jay Gatsby. You must also comment on what people say about him and what he says about himself.
Group 2
Florencia Laspiur, Catalina, Gastón and Franco, you must compare and contrast Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson.
Describing characters
The following is a list of adjectives that you can use to describe the characters in the story. Your group will be assigned a character. Use the adjectives in this post to describe this character. If you don't know the meaning of a word you can use the Cambridge Dictionaries Online to look up a word.
silly - shy - kind - cruel - weak - sensible - nasty - cowardly - jealous - unpleasant - careless - greedy - rude - bad-tempered - unhappy - thoughtless - polite - dishonest - friendly -
You may use other adjectives as well. Don't forget to support what you say with quotations or examples.
Groups and tasks
Clementina, Francisco Moreyra and Gabriela, you will be working together to complete the following assignements:
Why is Nick Carraway important in this story?
Complete the following form for Nick:
Place of birth:
Education:
Place of residence in 1922 and its characteristics:
Reason why he moved to the East:
Read the following post and choose three adjectives that can be used to describe Nick Carraway. Explain why you have chosen those adjectives. You can quote from the book.