The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald's style and language | ||
A useful summary or revision task, in which students find examples of language and style, and consider their impact on the reader. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 31/08/2012 | |||
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Top ten features | ||
A summarising and revising activity where students rank order features of the novel and explain their top three choices. A ranking whizzy activity is also available. | |||
| KS4 KS5 | Prose Published: 22/06/2012 | |||
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Passage analysis (Chapter 4) | ||
Encourages close reading of the text for evidence of language, style and structure to support an argument. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 27/01/2012 | |||
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Chapter 8 | ||
Activities to encourage students to explore the narrative structure of this Chapter. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 26/02/2010 | |||
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Chapter 7 | ||
A series of structured activities to encourage students to consider narrative technique in Chapter 7. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 20/11/2009 | |||
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Sample questions | ||
Sample questions for 'The Great Gatsby' tailored for AS OCR Literature. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 12/06/2009 | |||
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Analysing setting | ||
A series of tasks encouraging students to consider generic aspects of setting, the techniques Scott Fitzgerald uses in the novel and the importance of setting in any text. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 13/03/2009 | |||
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Beginnings, endings and critical interpretations | ||
Analysing the conventional functions of the openings and closings of novels and applying this to the novel. Students then read/evaluate critics' quotations. Also available as a Promethean flipchart. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 13/03/2009 | |||
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Characterising Gatsby | ||
A series of tasks which encourage students to consider Scott Fitzgerald's methods of characterising Gatsby. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 20/02/2009 | |||
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Alternative titles | ||
Exploring the significance of the alternative titles that Fitzgerald considered for the novel. Also available as a Promethean flipchart. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 25/04/2008 | |||
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Chapter specific activites | ||
A selection of activities on chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7. Also available as a Promethean flipchart. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 31/08/2007 | |||
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The novel's structure | ||
A handy structural devices grid. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 31/08/2007 | |||
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Who is being talked about? | ||
Match the quote with the character in the opening three chapters. Includes teacher's copy. Also available as a Promethean flipchart. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 18/05/2004 | |||
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Study pack | ||
Generous resource, including information about: context, plot, characters, themes and style, plus sample essays and a timeline. Also available as a Promethean flipchart. | |||
| KS5 | Prose Published: 24/01/2002 | |||
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