Gatsby: Get Real!!!
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an intriguing and indulgent novel to teach, as the complexity requires deep thought and a bit of an investigative flair. The payoff is tremendous for both the instructor and the student -- the questions, discussions, writings, and creative process will awaken a novel that has, sadly, been reduced to a misread. Included in Gatsby: Get Real!!! is a multiple-faceted approach wherein the instruction includes time-period and applicable poets and poems (Carl Sandburg, Emily Dickenson, Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and others). The vocabulary has been chosen specifically as part of the clues that unlock this novel. The novel is translated through music and chosen for the theme, time-period, mood, or a mixture therein. A multi-tiered explanation of each chapter is dissected through summary, understanding, and extended explanation sections, which allows teachers of varying instructional experience levels (with this novel) to find new and exciting ways to present and teach. Each chapter includes an illustrated summary where the artist has been able to interpret the chapter into illustrations that are rich, helpful, and full of insight. Each chapter emphasizes an interdisciplinary instructional approach to learning by blending English (literature, writing, vocabulary, etc.), music, history, art, and technology. This teacher’s manual is designed from the perspective that The Great Gatsby is a novel that, when read thoughtfully and purposefully, will give great academic fulfillment through a variety of essay and discussion questions, vocabulary, and creative projects. Gatsby: Get Real!!! will compliment any teaching style and methodology as it was written with the teacher in mind. It was written to bring insight and enjoyment to an artfully crafted novel, and it was created to invite students into an educational opportunity unlike many others that they are faced with in today’s classroom. The teacher and the student will have great success in unlocking this mystery preserved.
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