The Great Gatsby in the Classroom: Searching for the American Dream

by David Dowling

Veteran high school English teacher David Dowling demonstrates how teachers can help students connect The Great Gatsby to the value systems of the twenty-first century, offering active reading and thinking strategies designed to enhance higher-level thinking and personal responses to fiction. He outlines specific teaching strategies for each chapter of Gatsby, as well as a variety of pre- and postreading projects and writing assignments. His multimodal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814150985
• ISBN13: 9780814150986
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.0"