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 each scene of The Taming of the Shrew as they read the play.
Students will use this worksheet to explore three marriages from the play and how each character feels about his or her marriage.
Students will use this worksheet to track Petruchio’s actions in every act of The Taming of the Shrew and to better understand his motivations for pursuing Katherine and how his motivations change.
Students will use this worksheet to track the references Shakespeare makes to mythology, philosophy, other works of literature, religion, and poetry.
Students will use this worksheet to write the multiple meanings of the puns in Act 2, Scene 1, between Katherine and Petruchio.
Students will use this worksheet to categorize words used by various characters to describe Katherine and Bianca as having either a positive or negative connotation.
Students will use this worksheet to keep track of the multiple meanings of specific words, some of which are antiquated, throughout the play.