Significant Connections
People always have something to hide beneath their ‘perfect’ illusion. I have chosen to study the following texts with the underlying idea of illusion in each of their main characters; The Great Gatsby, Lamb to …
Unfamiliar Text Practice
Family Holiday, from Phenomena. Extract from a short story. Written by S Daly, Identify TWO events that the writer suggests might be dangerous. When the person was on the swing bridge The shelf in the …
Second Paragraph – Great Gatsby
Describe at least one important setting in the written text. Explain how the setting help to show the writers ideas. East and West egg both represent the idea of the unreachable American Dream. The residents …
Practice Essay
Describe at least one important character in the written text. Explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text.”Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.” The novel The Great Gatsby, written by …
Essay Planning Grid
Describe at least one important character in the written text. explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text. Character How they were revealed Evidence Gatsby Corrupt American Dream “She vanished into her …
Character Analysis
Character 1: Describe three key characters and how they change in the novel. 2: Explain what each character helped you to understand about illusion in the novel. Use quotes to support your ideas. Jay Gatsby …
Symbols Analysis
Provide a description (using quotes) of the symbol from the text. – Explain when and why the symbol appears throughout the text. – Analyse what the symbol helps you to understand about an important character. …
Theme Analysis
1. Explain what you think Fitzgerald is trying to say about society by presenting the idea of illusion so thoroughly throughout the text. 2. Discuss how “illusion” is a real idea for teenagers. What problems/challenges/issues …
Language Feature Analysis
1. Select three passages from the book (about a paragraph or two in length) that we have NOT annotated as a class. Annotate these passages and identify the language features that Fitzgerald uses. Explain the …
Setting Analysis
Setting: 1. List the four main settings in the novel. Provide a description for each setting and explain what each setting represents. 2. Select two of the settings from above and discuss how these settings …