Hugh Gundlach

Category: Poetry

  • Guess who’s back? (The Great Gatsby)

    To the music and lyrics of Without Me by Eminem Two trust fund girls are lounging inside. (Repeat) Guess who’s back, back again? Gatz’s back, tell a friend. Guess who’s back? Guess who’s back. (Repeat)           I’ve created a monster, ’cause nobody wants no James Gatz no more; They want Gatsby, I’m chopped…

  • Incorporating Poetry into Text and Context Study

    Poetry can be neglected in senior English so one strategy to explore the mechanics of poetry, use creativity and use higher order thinking within the text content is to produce songs or poems about or by characters in the texts. It forces students to empathise with the characters, review events of the texts and rearrange their content…

  • Green Light (The Great Gatsby)

    Green Light, The Ballad of Jay Gatsby To the music and lyrics of Riptide by Vance Joy Mine wasn’t a story of much luck; I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations. (Oh) All my new wealth ain’t what it seems. You’re the most elusive treasure of my dreams. Oh, and I’ve come unstuck. Daisy, reaching…