ENG3U Unit 5: The Great Gatsby

Symbol tracking, a party simulation, a fact-check of Gatsby's life story, an inquest into Myrtle's death, a mock trial of Nick, and a 1920s and 2020s lesson on wealth and opportunity.

Assessment of learning: a fishbowl seminar and a media text (a 1920s magazine spread or a book trailer) with a written rationale, with rubrics.

Lessons

1. The Roaring Twenties
2. Reserve All Judgements
3. The Valley of Ashes
4. The Party
5. The Self-Made Man
6. The Reunion
7. Can't Repeat the Past?
8. Full of Money
9. The Death Car
10. Boats Against the Current
11. The Nick Trial
12. 1920s and 2020s
13. The Seminar
14. Media Studio

What you get

• A teacher lesson plan for every lesson: curriculum expectations, learning goals and success criteria, a timed sequence, differentiation, look-fors and answer guides
• Detailed slideshows (15 to 18 slides per lesson) with speaker notes on every slide: what to say, what to ask, what to look for and how long to spend, plus worked examples, model answers and answer-key slides
• Student handouts, organizers and exit tickets
• The complete novel (79-page Reading Edition) and a Gatsby Companion
• Editable Word and PowerPoint files, plus PDFs
• A unit overview and the summative tasks and rubrics