Description
Activities for The Great Gatsby should cover its powerful language—perfect mentor sentences! These The Great Gatsby activities and discussion ideas will get students talking about grammar, vocabulary, and language while reading literature.
When I needed to meet higher level language standards, I created these activities for The Great Gatsby so students could see how Fitzgerald purposefully chose language and conventions. Through discussion and activities, students see the impact those choices have on his message.
You can use these vocabulary and language activities for The Great Gatsby to choose sentences that you and your students want to study, or you can use the product with pre-chosen sentences. Activities are included for both methods!
Specific contents of this The Great Gatsby activity:
• I have provided 45 sentences (5 from each chapter) for students to analyze. With guides and detailed teacher sheets, you can discuss sentences by:
☆ Sentence structure (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex).
☆ Punctuation used (semicolons, colons, ellipses, dashes).
☆ Phrases/ clauses used.
☆ Nuances, word choice, modifier choice, structure, and more.
☆ Figurative language.
• Vocabulary + Definition + Quizzes covering 40 words:
☆ Chapter one contains ten words.
☆ Chapter three contains ten words.
☆ Chapter five contains five words.
☆ Chapter seven contains ten words.
☆ Chapter nine contains five words.
• Explanation sheets with the above concepts (punctuation, nuances, parallel structure) are provided for students.
Overall goals for this The Great Gatsby activity:
You can meet language standards (and research suggests you should!) while teaching literature. You can incorporate language, grammar, and vocabulary studies while teaching The Great Gatsby.
Overall contents of this The Great Gatsby activity:
You will receive
☆ Two PDFs of the language study.
☆ Editable word document of the 40 vocabulary words. (Includes the sentence from the novel, the definition, and then a matching quiz with an answer key.
☆ An editable lesson plan for these The Great Gatsby activities.
Tough language standards?
I walk you and students through the process of meeting those language standards for older students!
An opening discussion page requires students to consider what language they use, and how that influences their messages. A closing sheet asks them to reflect on Fitzgerald’s language. Mentor sentences from The Great Gatsby help meet language standards.
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