The Great Gatsby

B1 SPEAKING 1st TERM – 2023/2024

Presentation Guidelines

1. Choose one of the 2. Record yourself talking 3. It should be two - three 4. DON’T READ, fluency is
following recurrent about it. You can make minutes long. the key for a good
themes in Gatsby: use of video-editing
Your content needs to be presentation. You may
The Roaring 20s or The programs or just a
structured. use CUE CARDS.
American Dream camera.

5. Add REFERENCES in
your speech and in the 6. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER Use at least 3 of the ideas
presentation 19th below.
You may add your own ideas.
(bibliography).
Talk for about 2.00-3 minutes.
The Roaring 20s

4. Rise of
2. Prohibition 3. The “new
1. The Jazz Era Industry and
Era. woman”.
Consumerism

USEFUL RESOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp_t94bmJak
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history
https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/the-roaring-twenties-in-america/
The American Dream
Use at least 3 of the ideas below. You
may add your own ideas.

Talk for about 2.00-3 minutes.

1. Definition over
the course of 2. Idealism. 3. Freedom. 4. Equality.
history

USEFUL RESOURCES:
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Transformation of the ‘American Dream’ By Robert J. Shiller, Aug. 4, 2017
THE ATLANTIC
In Search of the American Dream Articles by Eleanor Roosevelt and others take up the question of what constitutes the
American ideal JONAS CLARK, JUNE 2007 ISSUE
POLL: New American Dream Poll 2014 by New Dream | June 29, 2014
Raise your
READERS’
mark!*
- Do you think that Gatsby’s sessions 1 and 2 didn’t go
as planned? Fear not. This is yours chance to raise
up to 0,2 your readers’ mark!
- Talk about Symbolism in Gatsby for up to an extra
MINUTE. Make it the last idea of your monologue
(right before the conclusion).

- Reminder: This is NOT A COMPULSORY TASK

 • Personal presentation. Good morning, my
name is…
• Brief summary of your topic/sources.
INTRODUCTION First, I’ll talk about.../ Then, I’ll move on
to… / Finally, I’ll consider the idea of…. / To
conclude...

Monologue
Structure
• Brief summary.
CONCLUSION
• Thank the audience for listening.
 •Use the planning time to prepare what you’re going to say.
• Write short notes.
• Use more formal language.
• Use short, simple sentences to express your ideas clearly.
• Pause from time to time and don’t speak too quickly. Include a short pause

DO after each idea.

• Speak clearly and at the right volume.
• Have your notes ready in case you forget anything.
• Practise your presentation.
• Make your opinions very clear. Use expressions to give your opinion.
• Look at the people who are listening to you.

Monologue
Structure

•Write out the whole presentation and learn every word by heart.
• Write out the whole presentation and read it aloud.

DON'T • Use very informal language.

• Only look at your note card. It’s important to look up at your listeners when
you are speaking.
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