The Great Gatsby
In this unit, students study F. Scott Fitzgerald, the 1920s, the Lost Generation, and the concept of the American Dream (then and now). Students research and relay contextual information through a presentation, deconstruct text through blackout poetry, extract and examine aesthetically-beautiful sentences, interpret authorial choices, and compare the book to the modern film comparison. We analyze the book through critical literary theories, jazz music, and poetry and connect it to topics in drama, history, psychology, philosophy. After a group research presentation, all students write a thesis-driven, in-class essay and then prepare a choice assignment or a recorded individual oral.
In this unit, students study F. Scott Fitzgerald, the 1920s, the Lost Generation, and the concept of the American Dream (then and now). Students research and relay contextual information through a presentation, deconstruct text through blackout poetry, extract and examine aesthetically-beautiful sentences, interpret authorial choices, and compare the book to the modern film comparison. We analyze the book through critical literary theories, jazz music, and poetry and connect it to topics in drama, history, psychology, philosophy. After a group research presentation, all students write a thesis-driven, in-class essay and then prepare a choice assignment or a recorded individual oral.