The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Antonym Diamante Poem

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Discussion

Think about a time you felt “trapped” between two worlds (home vs. school, expectations vs. reality, etc.). What did it feel like?

Task 1

Read and annotate the poem, "The Heart of a Woman"by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

• H: Highlight text features (titles, headings, subheadings, captions, bolded words)
• U: Underline key details (main/central ideas, supporting evidence that answer questions about the text)

• B: Box unfamiliar words (unfamiliar or confusing vocabulary - try to determine the meaning based on context clues, root words, prefixes, and suffixes)
• S: Summarize the text or key points; make notes about central ideas, literary devices, etc.; write any questions you have

Juxtaposition

• Where do we see juxtaposition in the poem?

• Where do we see juxtaposition in The Great Gatsby?

placing two contrasting ideas, characters, or images side-by-side to highlight differences.

Task 2

An antonym diamante poem is all about opposites! The poem combines opposites in a single, seven-line poem: the word of the last line is the opposite of the word of the first line. The lines in between describe either the starting word or its opposite. On paper these poems look like a diamond, so we call them diamante after the Italian word for diamond.Create an antonym diamante poem comparing:

• Daisy vs. Myrtle
• Tom vs. Gatsby
• A character set of your choice (opposites)

Share Out!

• Read a peer's poem
• Leave feedback
• Examples
• “One strong contrast is…”
• “This word choice works because…”
• “You could improve this by…”

Vocabulary

• turret (n.): a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle.

• vale (n.): a valley

• plight (n.): a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

Questions

• What metaphors does Johnson use in this poem? What ideas do these metaphors develop?
• What social commentary is Johnson making about gender expectations for women in the early 20th century?
• How does this poem connect with Daisy's dialogue on page 17 that she hopes her daughter will be "a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

Parts of Speech

• noun: a person, place or thing

• adjective: a description word

• verb: an action word