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 track key events in individual prologues and tales and then encapsulate them in summary statements.
Students will use this worksheet to identify three of the text’s major themes and support their findings with evidence from the text.
Students will use this worksheet to track four major characters from the text and identify stated and implied character traits.
Students will use this worksheet to identify instances of sarcasm and to explain what is actually meant by each example.
Students will use this worksheet to identify and explore the satirical elements in Chaucer’s writing. They will first analyze three provided examples of satire and then find three more of their own.
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