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 trace different themes in The Things They Carried and consider the impact of O’Brien’s choices in each story on the work as a whole.
Students will use this worksheet to identify instances of emotional burden, a central theme in The Things They Carried.
Students will use this worksheet to look closely at the details connected to a character of their choice to better understand this character and how he or she helps tell the greater story of the Vietnam War.
Students will use this worksheet to look closely at the impact of O’Brien’s choices regarding the structure of the story titled “The Man I Killed.”
Students will use this worksheet to closely examine the sentence structure of the text found on two pages of the story “On the Rainy River”.
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