THEGREATGATSBYANDTHESENSEOFSOUND:PARTYPLAYLISTS
I.AnalyzeMoodandTone
AfterreadingthepartyscenesinChapters3and6,analyzeeachsectionforitsplot,mood,
andtone.Afterreadingeachsection,summarizetheeventsthatoccurredaswellaswordsto
trackanddescribethestory’smoodandtheauthor’stone.
WhatHappens
Mood
Tone
Party1/
Chapter3
Party2/
Chapter6
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II.PartyPlaylists
Considerthequestion:Howcanmusichelpestablishmoodandtone?
AfteryouhavecompletedtheWhy-LightingofthepartyscenesinChapters3and11,choose
fromeachscene:1)3piecesoftextevidence,2)moodortoneidentification,3)asongto
accompanythispointintheplotthatappropriatelyandeffectivelycommunicatesthemoodor
tonefound.
TextEvidence(cited)
MoodorToneconveyed
Playlistsongwithjustification
Party1/
Chapter3
Party2/
Chapter6
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Createaccounttologin
CreateaBlendspaceofsixsquares
Usethesearchfunctiontofindandenteryoursongs
Addadescriptionforeachsongusingtheformatbelow
SongTitle
Party#1
Briefdescriptionofscene
TextEvidence
Mood/Toneconveyed
SongTitle
Party#2
Briefdescriptionofscene
TextEvidence
Mood/Toneconveyed
III.AnalyzeMoodandTone
AfterreadingthepartyscenesfromChapters3and11andcreatingyourplaylist,respondto
thefollowingquestions:Howcanmusichelpestablishmoodandtone?Howdidyourtwo
playlistsdifferandhowdidthesongsconveymoodandtone?Beginyouranswerbystating
claim,thensupportyourclaimwithspecificevidencefromthetext,usingyournotesfromthe
chartsandyourchosensongsasaguidingresource.Answeronseparatepaper.
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IV.Rubric
Details
BelowTarget
TargetedGoal
AboveTarget
-Showscareful
considerationofthe
aspectsofeachscene,
andsongsselectedare
clearlyconnectedand
justified
-Bothelementsof
moodandtoneare
clearlyandcorrectly
wovenintothefinal
playlistforeachsong
-6carefullychosen,
relevantquotesare
chosenfromtheparty
scenestoaccompany
thesongschosen.
-Acompleted
Blendspacewith6
songsisprintedor
shared.Eachsongis
accompaniedbyfull
textinformationand
justification
-Finalquestionis
thoroughlyaddressed
andattachedtothe
finalproduct
Relevanceofsongsto
partiesinChapter3and
Chapter6
_______/25
MoodandTone
_______/25
Relevantevidence
_______/25
BlendspacePlaylist
_______/25
Reflection
_______/25
TOTAL:_______/100
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