So We Beat on, Boats Against the Current: The Great Gatsby

So We Beat on, Boats Against the Current: The Great Gatsby

Discover why F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic shows up on so many "Best Novels Ever Written" lists.

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Completed by 9 learners

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55 minutes

per class

Once per week

over 5 weeks

14-18

year olds

3-9

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description

Class Experience

The Great Gatsby has so frequently been proclaimed The Great American Novel that it's almost a punch line. F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda  (Fitzgerald's muse and the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby's great obsession) led lives as dramatic--and tragic--as many of his characters. Considered icons of the Roaring Twenties, they rose high, lived large, and fell hard.

When The Great Gatsby was first published in 1925, it was considered a failure:

“. . .  F. Scott Fitzgerald, living...

The student will need a copy of the book. There are several different editions of The Great Gatsby; Here are a few locations:
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22786203888&searchurl=tn%3Dthe%2Bgreat%2Bgatsby%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title26
or here:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald/1117225297?ean=9781551117874

Or probably any bookstore at all.

Students should have a notebook and writing utensil for note taking and journaling. Other materials may be needed depending on the student's final project choice.

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 2 - 4 hours per week outside of class.

Please see the review on CommonSense Media:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-great-gatsby

Teacher

Maureen Tobin

I Love Literature!

168 total reviews

190 completed classes

About Me

A retired English teacher, I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and a bachelor's degree in Language Arts Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  I currently work as a reading and writing coach for students of all ages. (Continued below...