2. ANALYZE THE LEARNERS
This lesson will be for 11th Grade students. It’s a class of 24
students, with 14 girls and 10 boys.
1 of the students is visually impaired.
4 of the students have ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder).
3. MAIN OBJECTIVE
By the end of the week my students will be able to identify
key elements, devices, and have a general understanding
of The Great Gatsby through learning about the author’s
background, the history, culture, characters, and plot of
the story with 95% accuracy.
5. MONDAY
Introduction to The Great Gatsby, watch a YouTube video on
the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a handout/webpage to
remember important facts and details.
Introduce to the class to the social media sites that they will
work on through the course of the unit plan: The class Facebook
page,Wikispaces.com page, Blendspace, Google+, Twitter,
and Zello accounts.
Assign copies of The Great Gatsby
Homework:
Read chapters 1 & 2
6. TUESDAY
Discussion of the first two chapters of the novel followed by a
brief history of the 1920s shown through YouTube videos.
Go over the characters found in the story, identify them, and
write down first impressions of them.
Have the students break up into groups and make a sociogram
for the characters they have met so far.
Homework:
Listen to the podcast about the characters and their personality,
read chapter 3 & 4.
7. WEDNESDAY
Go over and discuss the what they read in chapters 3 & 4.
Introduce the students to the media & materials (poster)
project, the digital imaging assignment, and The Don’t Judge
A Book By Its Cover assignment. All of them are in class
assignments and will be presented when completed.
Homework:
Read chapters 5 & 6
8. THURSDAY
Discuss character development in the novel and discuss the
students favorite and least favorite character’s in the novel so
far.
Watch a YouTube on The Great Gatsby that describes the
characters.
Homework:
Read chapter 7,8, & 9 (Finishing the novel)
Listen to the second half of the podcast about character
development.
Take the poll on twitter about your favorite and least favorite
character after finishing the novel.
9. FRIDAY
Discuss the students feelings on how the novel ended.
Their reasoning for choosing their favorite/ least favorite
character.
Go to Facebook and watch the movie trailers for The
Great Gatsby.
Introduce them to the Art & Bots assignment and the
YouTube & Storytelling assignment.
10. MEDIA AND MATERIALS
The Great Gatsby
YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Zello
Google+
Poster Sized Paper
Speakers
Computer
Projector
Wikispaces.com
Blogger.com
Blendspace.com
Photo Shop or other photo editing software.
11. WORKS CITED
"The Big Read." The Great Gatsby. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.neabigread.org/books/greatgatsby/teachers-guide/schedule-lesson-
plans/>.
"Mini BIO - F. Scott Fitzgerald." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Sept. 2012. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL05VV040Ls>.
Green, John. "The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32." YouTube. YouTube, 4 Oct.
2013. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOR1XCMf7A>.
