The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 Jazz Age novel about the impossibility of recapturing the past, was initially a failure. Today, the story of Gatsby’s doomed love for the unattainable Daisy is considered a defining novel of the 20th century. Check out sample lesson plans for The Great Gatsby below.
Students will use this worksheet to summarize the plot of Pride and Prejudice by writing newspaper headlines and short stories to summarize each of the novel’s three parts.
Students will use this worksheet to explore two reasons to marry shown in Pride and Prejudice by completing a chart with prompts.
Students will use this worksheet to explore some of the specifics of marriage in the novel by comparing and contrasting various examples of marriages.
Students will use this worksheet to explore the elegance of Austen’s diction and syntax and to make inferences about how her style helps shape her meaning.
Students will use this worksheet to explore several key situations in the novel as explained by its main characters.