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=G.R.A.S.P.S= //( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.)// =Understanding(s)= There is evidence that supports your inferences in //The Great Gatsby// =Introduction= Have you ever dreamed of being a filmmaker or a famous director? A writer or designer? Well here is your chance! Now is the time to put your skills to the test. If you have never heard of the book //The Great Gatsby// it is time to get acquainted with it. //The Great Gatsby// by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story with some personal importance for the author. Nick Carraway is a man from Minnesota just like Fitzgerald, educated at an Ivy League school (in Nick’s case, Yale), who moves to New York after the war. Also similar to Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby, a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury and who falls in love with a beautiful young woman (Daisy) while stationed at a military camp in the South. This story tells of the life and death of Mr. Jay Gatsby, and how dreams can become reality for some, but corrupt for others. Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and dishonesty, the American dream of happiness and individualism has disintegrated into the mere pursuit of wealth. =Task= Hello up and coming filmmakers! To win this contest you need to recreate the scene in which Gatsby is killed for the 500th anniversary of the book. You must choose from four different scenarios that deal with who kills Gatsby, and if Gatsby is killed or not. Four Scenarios: A script will be made as will a recreated scene on imovie to enter in the Fitzgerald contest. Make sure to discuss the idea for your scene with your movie crew. You will have a week to submit your scene to the Charles Scribner's Sons Publishing Company at 124 Hollywood Boulevard. If you win you will go to Hollywood to shoot the scene for the new movie. Filmmakers and crew will get free tickets to the premiere of the new movie with the remade scene. Their are some parts that you must include though. You must use some of the same dialogue from the original, but make a different conclusion with the same theme. As up and coming filmmakers you must add their own personal style, let others know that this is your recreation! Make sure the scene is at least three minutes long, otherwise it won't fit in with the regular movie structure. =Conclusion= Congratulations! You have won the Fitzgerald contest! You will get front row seats to the premiere, and are invited to the set to direct the portion of the story that you recreated. How does it feel to be a big filmmaker? One day you will look on this moments as the point in which you started your successful career. From now on directors and writers and the world will know your name. But what will you do now? Write another version of the //The Great Gatsby// with an even better ending? It is up to you, when you put your mind to it, you can do anything. As a result of this webquest, you have learned about the elements of a good movie, and how to incorporate themes and make inferences all your own. You can cite textual evidence to support whatever you find. The possibilities are endless, so just enjoy and take pride in your accomplishment.
 * Goal || **Goal:** recreate the scene where Gatsby is killed in imovie in 3 minutes. ||
 * Role || **Role:**You are a filmmaker looking to rewrite the infamous death scene of Gatsby. ||
 * Audience || **Audience:** The audience is Charles Scribner's Sons Publishing Company will be judging your movie scene to see if they like it enough to put it in their remake of the book/movie. ||
 * Setting || **Situation:** This is a contest, it will take place in Hollywood. You will have two weeks to complete your movie scene. ||
 * Presentation || **Product/Presentation:** The finished product will be a script to hand in to the Publishing Company, and a movie clip for them to judge in the contest. ||
 * Standards || **Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):**Presentation Rubric: Content 25%, Preparedness 15%, Time-limit 15%, Comprehension 20%, Enthusiasm 15%, Listens to other Presentations 10%. Product Rubric: Content 20%, Technical Production 15%, Organization 15%, Storyboard/planning 20%, Credits 15%, Creativity 15% ||
 * Scenario 1: Daisy kills Gatsby
 * Scenario 2: Nick kills Gatsby
 * Scenario 3: 3rd party interrupts Gatsby's death
 * Scenario 4:Gatsby does not die