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Judging a Book by its Cover: The Art and Imagery of The Great Gatsby
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions, plus reading and discussion time |
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Charleston, South Carolina |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 8 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  September 24
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, was born in 1896.
After reading The Great Gatsby, students work in pairs, select a chapter from the novel, and rewrite it from the point of view of a different character.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades 6 – 12 | Professional Library | Book
"You Gotta BE the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents (2nd edition)
Wilhelm's vital book looks at "what this act of reading really is": a social practice and a search for meaning.

