PeoplearesobusydreamingtheAmericanDream, fantasizingaboutwhattheycouldbeorhavearighttobe, thatthey’.
— FlorenceKing
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpected
·tolearnaboutthevariousdefinitionsofAmericanDream,
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·tounderstandthethemeofAmericanDreamandotherminorthemesinthetexts,
·tolearnsomeusefulwordsandexpressionsfromtheunit, and
·toimproveEnglishlanguageskills, communicationskillsandcriticalthinking.
BeforeYouRead
.Itcanbedatedbacktothe1600s, , andthinkaboutwhatdreamsyouwerelikelytohaveforthenewworldandnewlife.
? Doyouknowanyfictionalorrealstoriesaboutpeoplewho “livedtheAmericanDream”?
“TheGreatGatsby”.TrytoguesswhatmadeGatsby “great”.ThenreadTextA, anexcerptfromthenovel, andcompareyourassumptionwiththeonesyoufindinthetext.
, ontheInternetorinthelibrary, informationaboutthesocialbackgroundofthenovelTheGreatGatsby, andthengiveapresentationaboutit.
StarttoRead
