Gatsby Journal Page: Chapters 1-3 (Due: Monday, March 16, 2009)

This week I'd like you to post a page from The Great Gatsby reader's journal I've asked you to keep. How you organize this journal entry is up to you. (See the handout I provided earlier this week if you want some suggestions for how to approach this assignment.)

In addition to your journal posting, I'd like you to create a Wordle "word cloud" from the text that you post to your blog. This can only be done once you have completed your blog post. Once you have done so, visit the Wordle site, cut and paste the text from your blog into the Wordle engine, and play around with the various layout, font, and color choices in order to customize the look of your word cloud.

In order to insert your Wordle creation into your blog you will first have to take a screen shot of your "word cloud". Visit the following screen shot instruction webpage to view directions on how to take and save a picture of what you create. Once you have done so, you should then click on the 'Add Image' icon located on the top menu of your blog's create post window to insert the image into your blog.

Your finished product should look something like this: