This curriculum unit includes tested and proven materials for teaching The Great Gatsby to high school students. We have developed it to offer teachers a unit on one of the most frequently taught works in American literature.

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‍The Great Gatsby can be taught in one of several ways. Some teachers give it as homework to be finished by a specific date; others have students read it by chapters; still others read it aloud with less skilled readers. All of these approaches work.

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You will notice that the sample time line suggests a five-week unit. This is the format we often use with the novel, but we have done it in a variety of other sequences. We hope that these materials will make the teacher's job easier and more productive.