Screencastify 1/11/18

For the past few days in class we have been working on our Thematic Screencast project. The Thematic Screencast project is linking a theme from The Great Gatsby to a song that we chose. The class has been provided with www.khamihq.com to help us annotate the lyrics from the song and passages from the Great Gatsby. This way it is easier to download for the screencast. We have also been provided with the link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en for the screencast portion of the project. To find a theme from The Great Gatsby, find topics that repeatedly was shown in the book. On google classroom, there are many examples sown by Mr. Rivers.

My project is focused towards Gatsby's endless love for Daisy. I found different passages that show the obstacles in between Gatsby and Daisy and how they try to overcome them. The song I chose reflects on a love that is forbidden, which I compared to Gatsby's obstacles to being with Daisy (Tom).

This is project is able to help students connect any book with different songs. We are able to dig deeper in any kind of text, not only a book. Also this helps us better understand themes and how to create them through reading.