All posts by Renee Plunkett

Teacher of English at Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka, New Zealand.

The Great Gatsby- An Exploration Project

After reading the novel, The Great Gatsby, students will now complete an exploration into the novel and some of its elements. This will be a student lead exploration and all work they complete will be posted

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Chapter 4- “…the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”

After reading Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby, pair up with someone you have not worked with so far this year. Together, discuss the questions below. As you do so, make notes about what you

1920s- Research Project

After reading the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby, meeting our cast of characters and having our first party at Jay Gatsby’s house, students will now begin to look into the decade that is known as

Gatsby- Chapter 1

Following the reading of the opening chapter of The Great Gatsby, students have been asked to respond to the following questions: Give a recount of the events in the opening chapter. Make a list of at least

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The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzgerald

Below is a PDF copy of The Great Gatsby for students to use as we read and explore the novel in class.  

Babes in the Woods- F Scott Fitzgerald

There cannot be a better place to begin our study of literature by F Scott Fitzgerald than with his first published short story. A lot of people believe that Fitzgerald’s first published story was “Head

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