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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

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Learners study the biography and work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. They learn how the author used autobiographical elements in writing his stories and they try a hand at writing a Fitzgerald-style story with autobiographical elements of their own.

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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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