Macbeth & The Great Gatsby: Complete Teaching Packet

About this resource

This packet is a complete 3-week WebQuest unit connecting Shakespeare's Macbeth and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the themes of power, ambition, morality, fate, and legacy. It is designed for Grade 12 ELA and is fully aligned to CCSS grades 11–12 standards. Part One is for the teacher only — full lesson plans, timing notes, differentiation strategies, answer keys, and rubrics. Part Two is the Student Workbook — print one copy per student.

What's inside

• •Teacher's Guide — overview, standards and learning objectives
• •Week 1–3 lesson plans (Days 1–4 each week)
• •Differentiation and support strategies
• •Assessment guide and answer keys
• •Grading rubrics for all tasks
• •Student Workbook — daily templates for all three weeks
• •Vocabulary practice — Macbeth & Gatsby
• •Speech planning, research task and infographic planning templates
• •Final project planner
• •Self-assessment and reflection log

Lessons included

• •Week 1 — Power, Ambition & Morality
• •Week 2 — Lesson plans, Days 1–4
• •Week 3 — Lesson plans, Days 1–4

Assessments

• •Assessment guide and answer keys
• •Grading rubrics for all tasks
• •Self-assessment and reflection log

What students do

• •Group work, discussion and research tasks
• •Modern adaptation performance task
• •Speech planning
• •Infographic build
• •Final project

Skills covered

• Textual Evidence
• Literary Analysis
• Literary Analysis
• Characterization
• Comparing Texts
• Theme

Texts and topics

• Shakespeare
• Macbeth
• The Great Gatsby

Grades

• Grade 11
• Grade 12

Standards

• RL.11-12.1
• RL.11-12.2
• RL.11-12.3
• RL.11-12.5
• SL.11-12.1
• SL.11-12.4
• SL.11-12.5
• W.11-12.1
• +2 more