Novel Study Worksheets on "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott…

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Novel Study Worksheets on "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In this fantastic English language and Literature teaching resource it is offered a comprehensive novel study worksheet activity (3 printable PDF pages; Worksheets) focused on the Jazz Age novel "The Great Gatsby" by American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

Perfect for post-reading exercises, this English Language and Literature teaching resource can be more than great to deepen and improve students' understanding of this classic work.

The English Novel Study activity (3 printable PDF pages; Worksheets) can be ideal for English class students in middle and high school (from 7th grade to 12th grade, teen students).

In this Novel Study on “The Great Gatsby” (3 printable PDF pages; Worksheets), English Language and Literature teachers can find the following activities:

1 section dedicated on general information (author's name, genre, and original language)
1 section dedicated on character descriptions (9 characters)
1 section dedicated on descriptions of key locations (6 places)
1 section decicated on chapter summaries (9 chapters)
1 section dedicated on a writing activity with 7 essay prompts (book review + 6 other novel related essay prompts)

This product is similar to Novel Study on "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald - English Literature

The only great difference is the format (the product I linked before is a 7 slides printable project. This product instead is a more traditional worksheets activity)

This English Language and Literature Novel Study Activity on "The Great Gatsby" by American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald (3 PDF Printable Slides; worksheets) can be great for learners from 7th grade to 12th grade to study this Jazz Age Novel (middle school and High School Students mostly)

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify and describe the role of each of the novel's nine major characters.
Summarize the events of each of the novel's nine chapters in one line.
Analyze Fitzgerald's critique of the American Dream and explain how it develops across the novel.
Interpret the symbolic meaning of the green light and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's glasses, citing where each appears in the text.

Teaching tips

Assign the character and location sections as a running log completed chapter by chapter while reading, rather than all at once at the end.
Save the seven essay prompts for after the novel is finished, since several — the American Dream critique, the autobiographical question — require knowledge of the full ending.
Let students choose which of the seven prompts to answer if class time is limited, since the prompts cover distinct themes rather than a single required sequence.

Skills covered

Character analysis — students describe nine major characters, from central figures like Gatsby and Nick to secondary characters like Meyer Wolfsheim.
Setting analysis — students describe six key locations and their role in the novel, such as the contrast between West Egg and East Egg.
Thematic argumentation — the American Dream prompt asks students to explain how the theme is defined, developed, and criticized across the whole novel.
Literary symbolism — two prompts ask students to interpret the green light and Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's glasses and support their reading with textual detail.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Are the seven essay prompts meant to all be answered, or can a teacher choose a subset?

The prompts cover seven distinct angles — personal response, the American Dream, autobiography, symbolism, character comparison — so a teacher can assign all seven or select a few based on available time.