My presentation for #litdrivecpd can be found here: https://litdrive.org.uk/remotecpd/what-is-so-great-about-gatsby I hope it is useful. Read More "What is so great about Gatsby?"
Tag: Great Gatsby
Racism and Gatsby: context
This is a shocking picture of the reality of the racism treated as normal in large metropolitan centres of East Coast USA at the time of writing of Great Gatsby. The novel is set in part in 1922 and we …
An article on Gatsby…
This appeared on the BBC website today: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210209-the-worlds-most-misunderstood-novel . Plenty of food for thought for A Level students. Read More "An article on Gatsby…"
A level essay tutorial: Gatsby and the Dream….
A class discussion of a student essay presented by the author: Amman in lower 6th. A range of interesting ideas emerge. At around 50 minutes, it might make an interesting discussion point for a virtual lesson. Read More "A level …
Gatsby and Butterfly: Intertextual musings.
In Gatsby, in chapter 3 Nick and Jordan explore the Gatsby mansion and meet owl eyes who exclaims : 'the fella's a regular Belasco'. The reference to Belasco is clear - a stage producer and designer and writer who allows …
Great Gatsby: Chapter 7. Echoes
A virtual school lesson in which my Lower 6th explore chapter 7 of Gatsby and begin to consider how the chapter echoes the earlier sections of the novel, with a sense of impending destruction.... Read More "Great Gatsby: Chapter 7. Echoes"
The Othering of Gatsby.
I have been thinking a great deal about Gatsby recently - specifically why I find the text so distasteful. I think one reason is the 'Othering' which is such an important part of the narrative and is found in the …
Gatsby essay planning idea
Today my Upper 6th class were recovering from a late night: a trip to an Immersive Gatsby performance. We were looking at planning essays - specifically finding good links between the ideas which make up an essay. Rather than a …
OCR A level English Literature essay seminar: American Literature
A second sound file on the Jefferson quotation. Boys were missing from the lesson, this helps them to catch up.... https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/190125_001.mp3 Read More "OCR A level English Literature essay seminar: American Literature"
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American Literature essay presentation: OCR A level
This is a soundfile of an essay requiring students to work with Jefferson's Independence declaration speech and to link it to the texts studied... The idea is to use it as a basis for discussion. The essay is printed below …
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