The Great Gatsby collection

Delve into this hand-picked collection of presentations, lesson ideas and resources to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby with your secondary students

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Dancing Legs To Demonstrate The Roaring 1920s Explored Within F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Chapter summaries, contextual presentations and supportive materials to help students examine this captivating novel

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby allows its readers to indulge in the world of the roaring 20s and face up to the realities of the American Dream. With themes of love, material excess and social division, it’s no surprise that secondary students are captivated by this modernist novel. Here are some of the ways that teachers in the Tes community are exploring this text.

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The Great Gatsby - envelope instructions
Tanya Matthews

The Great Gatsby - envelope instructions

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A different method for novel study. Each student (or pair of students) receives an A5 envelope with instructions pasted on the outside. Inside the envelope are 4 x A5 index cards, on which the students record all information, according to the instructions. At the end of the novel study, the studen...
The Great Gatsby - chapter notes
marrinerk

The Great Gatsby - chapter notes

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These chapter notes offer students a chronological analysis of the novel. I use these notes in my Year 10 English class. They would also be suitable for use in Year 11 and 12 English and Literature classes.
The Great Gatsby Mega Quiz
RavenResources

The Great Gatsby Mega Quiz

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A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds). Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fu...
The Great Gatsby: TOP QUOTATIONS WITH ANALYSIS
Ellie Shardlow

The Great Gatsby: TOP QUOTATIONS WITH ANALYSIS

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I achieved an A* in AQA English Literature A Level. Here is a table of the top quotations for Gatsby, with LSF analysis, followed by analysis/ key themes/ context link/ critic!! Learn these quotations and you will be sorted for almost every theme they could ask, as they are all highly flexible.