The Great Gatsby

Notes & Resources:

• The Great Gatsby Ebook

• The Great Gatsby Audiobook Option 1

  • Audiobook Option 2

• Unit Goals for The Great Gatsby

• Active Reading Worksheet 

• Fitzgerald Biography

• Historical Context Notes

• Vocabularly

• Literary Terms

• Unreliable Narrator Notes

• Motif Notes

• Literary Analysis Essay Assignment

• MLA Formatting

• Study Guide Review

Supplemental Readings:

Commentary on Novel:

• The Not-So-Great Gatsby

• The Crack-Up

• How Creepy Jay Gatsby Actually Was

• Jay Gatsby: A Dreamer Doomed to Be Excluded.

• 8 Ways The Great Gatsby Captured the Roaring 20s- And Its Dark Side

Relevant Poetry:

• Invictus

• Harlem

Relevant Articles:

• The Roaring Twenties

• Keeping Up With The Joneses

• Hollywood Dreams of Wealth, Youth, & Beauty

• Is There a Cheater's High?

• The Great Gatsby Curve

Guided Reading Questions

• Chapter 1 Questions

• Chapter 2 Questions

• Chapter 3 Questions

• Chapter 4 Questions

• Chapter 5 Questions

• Chapter 6 Questions

• Chapter 7 Questions

• Chapter 8 Questions

• Chapter 9 Questions

Supplemental Videos:

• Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part 1: Crash Course English Literature #4

• Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5

• The Funny Things About the American Dream- Harrison Scott Key (Ted Talk) 

• Mood

• Symbolism

• What is Theme?

• How to Identify Themes

• The Great Gatsby Summary

• BBC- Sincerely, F. Scott Fitzgerald Documentary