THE GREAT GATSBY Novel Study Unit Plan Activities - Prereading Character Quizzes

Get your learners thinking! Our The Great Gatsby Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (168+ pages and slides).

Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This literature guide includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of fun activities.

Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns the lesson plan to the standards. We've filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.

TEXT: THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald

LEVEL: 10th - 12th

TOTAL: 168 slides/pages in lesson plan unit
→ Based off the 2004 Simon & Schuster Edition [ISBN: 978-0-7432-7356-5].

→ Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included

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THE GREAT GATSBY - NOVEL STUDY CONTENTS

→ Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit book study

→ Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities to get them thinking about the text and their culture

→ Meets Common Core Standards (CCSS novel unit). Easy TEKS conversion.

→ Easy to differentiate for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped

➡️ ➡️ ➡️ BEFORE READING

★ Intro Notes Background Prezi (→ print : → digital)

- background into what was happening in the world around Gatsby and the Prohibition Era

- 14-slide Prezi

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9

★ Google Earth Introduction Tour Activity (→ print : → digital)

- West Egg, East Egg, Long Island Sound, and the green light at the end of the pier...they even get to see some of it in 3D zoomed in to the street view. It's rockin awesome.

- 8-location 3D tour across Manhattan

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9

➡️ ➡️ ➡️ DURING READING

★ Prereading Bias Intro Activity (→ print : → digital)

- answer thematic questions to get learners thinking about the novel

- 1 page + 11-slide activity

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1

★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze the 6 parts of the plot

- 1-page analyzer & suggested answer key

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer - 6 Types of Conflict Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories

- 2-page analyzer & suggested answer key

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Characters Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze the main characters using novel quotes

- 5-page analyzer

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3

★ Settings Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze the main settings using novel quotes

- 2-page analyzer

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Symbols Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze the 6 different symbols in the story

- 8-page analyzer

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2

★ Journal Questions - Quickwrite Writing Prompts (→ print : → digital)

- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking

- 35-question slideshow

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1

★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow (→ print : → digital)

- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slide slideshow will help you introduce how every many you need to teach your level of learners.

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

★ Figurative Language Activity (→ print : → digital)

- analyze and complete 65 figures of speech specific to the novel

- 10-page bundle (2 parts)

- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Puns, Symbols

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

★ 9 Comprehension Pop Quizzes & Printouts (→ print : → digital)

- a 5-question pop quiz per chapter

- 18-slide slideshow
- 18-page bundle

- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn't read recently would not show comprehension.

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10

★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment (→ print : → digital)

- 150 vocabulary words from the novel

- five 30-question lists & quizzes (chapter 1, chapter 2-3, chapter 4-5, chapter 6-7, chapter 8-9)

- 20-page bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4

➡️ ➡️ ➡️ AFTER READING

★ Essay Writing and Speech (→ print : → digital)

- 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech

- Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics

- 6-page bundle

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9

- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6

★ Movie vs. Novel Comparison Activity (→ print : → digital)

- 2-page activity

- compare & contrast the movie and novel

- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7

Enjoy, old sport!