Great Gatsby Lesson Package: Four Complete B1 Lessons

A ready to teach set of four 60 minute lessons covering key moments from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, designed for B1 level students. Each lesson follows the same clear structure, warm up, key vocabulary, about the text, themes, figures of speech, text analysis questions, homework task, and a matching writing rubric, so lessons are consistent and easy to deliver back to back.

Includes:

Nick’s Arrival & The American Dream, introducing the novel’s setting and central ideas of wealth, ambition, and illusion through Nick’s first impressions of West Egg

Gatsby’s Parties, exploring excess, superficiality, and loneliness through the spectacle of Gatsby’s lavish gatherings

Gatsby & Daisy Reunion, examining love, nostalgia, and materialism as Gatsby attempts to recreate the past

The Tragic Ending, unpacking death, isolation, and the failure of the American Dream at the novel’s conclusion

Each lesson builds topic vocabulary, guided text analysis, and paired discussion questions, then finishes with a choice of three writing tasks and a 4 point rubric so students always know what’s expected. Together, the four lessons form a compact novel study unit that traces the book’s major turning points without requiring a full term commitment.

Ideal for English teachers and international school English departments looking for a structured, classroom ready introduction to The Great Gatsby.