The Great Gatsby: party time!

These lessons focus on parties in the novel, asking pupils to consider the way Fitzgerald presents each party and what it reveals about character and context. The lesson 1 notebook is just a general introduction to the novel and its themes. Then the pupils research the 1920s and are assigned a character from whose perspective they might do their research. They all bring in food to the next lesosn, you play some jazz and pupils have to discuss the topics they've researched - they can use the cue cards in the party-question document for help. There's a smartboard presentation on party analysis in the book so all the pupils' ideas can be drawn together. I threw in the language and character presentations/lessons as a bonus!