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 identify one scene from each act that demonstrates how Macbeth is increasingly corrupted by the promise and wielding of power.
Students will use this worksheet to connect two comparable scenes in Macbeth, developing a writing prompt as if they were the teacher, and then writing a well-developed response to their own prompt.
Students will use this worksheet to list the traits of a hero and a villain, assign these traits to different characters in the play, and then answer questions about who, if anyone, is the hero of Macbeth.
Students will use this worksheet to trace the impact power has on Lady Macbeth by examining each scene in which she appears.
Students will use this worksheet to find various poetic or literary devices in Act 4, Scene 1, that Shakespeare uses to characterize the witches.
Students will use this handout to better understand commonly used archaic words and phrases from Shakespeare’s time.
Students will use this worksheet to better understand a list of terms used in Macbeth by defining the word from context and then confirming with a dictionary.
Students will use this worksheet to categorize various words associated with power used throughout the play.