HONORS ENGLISH 9Week 5: September 17-21, 2012

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Walk-In: SIT WITH YOUR OMM GROUP. Take out Of Mice and Men, your chapter two reading

log, and your vocabulary chart.

Learning Objective: Students will discuss key events in the novel,

predictions, and practice using vocabulary in their speech to enhance their understanding.

Identify techniques and events an author uses to establish, setting, conflict and introduce characters.

Agenda: Of Mice and Men Chapter 2

Due Today:Chapter 2 Reading

Log

Homework:

Read Chapter 3 and

Complete Reading Log

and Vocabulary

OF MICE AND MEN READING LOG DISCUSSION

Divide these tasks up between your group.

Step 1: Share and explain your chapter title.

Step 2: Share your response paragraph.

Step 3: Share your predictions or questions.

Step 4: Share your quote that relates to one of our theme subjects and explain.

OF MICE AND MEN CH 2 DISCUSSION While discussing each question with your group, try to

incorporate our vocabulary words into your answer. When you share out to the class, for each vocabulary word used you will receive a point. Once a word is used twice for the day, you may not use it again.

Chapter 2 When George asks why Whitey quit, what answer does

the swamper, Candy, give him? What does this seem to say about the men who work

these ranches? How does Candy describe the boss, the owner of the

ranch? Why is the boss suspicious of George? How does George explain Lennie’s lack of intelligence?

What other lie does he tell the boss about Lennie?

OF MICE AND MEN CH 2 DISCUSSION

Who is Curley, and what does it mean when Candy says he is “Handy”? How does this word later prove “ironic”?

Who is Crooks? What kind of person does Curley seem to be?

How does George feel about Curley? What does Lennie think of Curley’s wife?

What does George think of her? Who is Slim, and what impressions do we get

of him?

TECHNIQUES TO ESTABLISH SETTING, CONFLICT AND INTRODUCE CHARACTERSChapter One – Exposition1. What are the primary pages where Steinbeck establishes

the setting? How does he use formatting or design elements to signal a shift from setting to characters/conflict? What page is this on?

2. What type of characterization does Steinbeck use to help readers develop first impressions of George and Lennie? Indirect or Direct? S.A.A.P.P. = Speech, Actions, Appearance, Perspective of others, Private Thoughts

3. What conflicts have been introduced to readers? Predict which one is the primary conflict for the novel. Why does it stand above others?

4. What are some examples of rising action that you feel are developing the conflict and causing some suspense?

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Walk-In: SIT WITH YOUR OMM GROUP. Take out Of Mice and Men, your chapter three reading

log, and your vocabulary chart.

Learning Objective: Students will discuss key events in the novel,

predictions, and practice using vocabulary in their speech to enhance their understanding.

Identify techniques and events an author uses to establish, setting, conflict and introduce characters.

Agenda: Of Mice and Men Chapter 3

Due Today:Chapter 3 Reading

LogChapter 1-3 Vocab

Homework:

Read Chapter 4 and

Complete Reading Log

and Vocabulary

OF MICE AND MEN READING LOG DISCUSSION

Divide these tasks up between your group.

Step 1: Share and explain your chapter title.

Step 2: Share your summary paragraph.

Step 3: Share your predictions or questions.

Step 4: Share your quote that relates to one of our theme subjects and explain.

OF MICE AND MEN CH 3 DISCUSSION While discussing each question with your group, try

to incorporate our vocabulary words into your answer. When you share out to the class, for each vocabulary word used you will receive a point. Once a word is used twice for the day, you may not use it again.

Chapter 3 Why did George at one time play jokes on Lennie?

Why did he stop? What happened in Weed? George finds it easy to confide in Slim. Why? How

are Slim’s eyes described? Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy’s dog? Do

you think this was the right decision? What judgment might we make about Carlson’s

sensitivity?

OF MICE AND MEN CH 3 DISCUSSION While discussing each question with your group,

try to incorporate our vocabulary words into your answer. When you share out to the class, for each vocabulary word used you will receive a point. Once a word is used twice for the day, you may not use it again.

Chapter 3 What does the dream mean for George? What does

it mean for Lennie? Why is Candy so interested in Lennie and George’s

conversation? What does the dream mean for Candy?

At this point, do you think there is a possibility of the dream coming true?

What do you think is going to happen based on the events in this chapter?

TECHNIQUES TO ESTABLISH SETTING, CONFLICT AND INTRODUCE CHARACTERSChapter One – Exposition1. What are the primary pages where Steinbeck establishes the

setting? How does he use formatting or design elements to signal a shift from setting to characters/conflict? What page is this on?

2. What type of characterization does Steinbeck use to help readers develop first impressions of George and Lennie? Indirect or Direct? S.A.A.P.P. = Speech, Actions, Appearance, Perspective of others, Private Thoughts

3. What conflicts have been introduced to readers? Predict which one is the primary conflict for the novel. Why does it stand above others?

4. What are some examples of rising action that you feel are developing the conflict and causing some suspense?

5. What are some of the bigger moments or examples for each of our theme topics? What message do you think John Steinbeck is trying to portray up to this point?

WED-THURS, SEPTEMBER 19-20, 2012

Walk-In: Take out Of Mice and Men, your chapter three reading log, and your vocabulary chart.

Learning Objective: Students will discuss key events in the novel,

predictions, and practice using vocabulary in their speech to enhance their understanding.

Identify techniques and events an author uses to establish, setting, conflict and introduce characters.

Agenda: Chapter 4 Discussion Of Mice and Men Film

Due Today:Nothing

Homework:Complete Reading

Log 5 and 6

OF MICE AND MEN READING LOG DISCUSSION

Divide these tasks up between your group.

Step 1: Share and explain your chapter title.

Step 2: Share your summary paragraph.

Step 3: Share your predictions or questions.

Step 4: Share your quote that relates to one of our theme subjects and explain.

OF MICE AND MEN CH 4 DISCUSSION While discussing each question with your group, try to

incorporate our vocabulary words into your answer. When you share out to the class, for each vocabulary word used you will receive a point. Once a word is used twice for the day, you may not use it again.

Chapter 4 When we meet Crooks, how are his living conditions

described? What does this tell you about the time period and Crooks in general?

Why at first Crooks is unfriendly to Lennie, but then eventually invites him to sit. Why does he change?

Why does Lennie become upset with Crooks? What does Crooks say is good about Lennie and

George? Why does Crooks think that their dream is just

foolish? What changes his mind?

OF MICE AND MEN CH 4 DISCUSSION While discussing each question with your group, try to

incorporate our vocabulary words into your answer. When you share out to the class, for each vocabulary word used you will receive a point. Once a word is used twice for the day, you may not use it again.

Chapter 4 When Curley’s wife sees Lennie, Candy, and Crooks

talking together, how does she characterize them? What do Crooks, Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Candy

have in common? What prevents them from sharing this commonality?

How does Curley’s wife come across in the novel, particularly when she threatens Crooks? Why does she act this way?

How does Chapter Four end? Why do you suppose it ends this way?

Modified Plot Line

Resolution

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Climax:

Falling Action

Title__________________________

Author_________________________

Setting: (where & when):

Protagonist:________Antagonist:_________Major Characters:____________________________________________________Minor Characters:_______________________________

Exposition

Name ________________________Period _________________Date _________________

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Conflicts: (Person vs. Person; Person vs. Society;Person vs. Nature; Person vs. Self, Person v. Fate)

Theme Statement:

Point of View:

Symbolism:

Resolution

ELEMENTS OF PLOT IN OF MICE AND MEN Protagonist Antagonist Exposition

1. 2. 3.

Rising Action 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Conflicts 1. 2. 3.

Characters Lennie George Candy Slim Crooks Curley’s Wife Curley

OF MICE AND MEN MOVIE VIEWING NOTES

While viewing, list the changes that the director made in certain parts of the plot.

Consider Exposition Rising Action Conflicts Character Development

OF MICE AND MEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPH

Choose one aspect of the plot, that you feel was changed.

In a MEAEAEAL Paragraph, please address what change was made, whether it was necessary and helped the story, or whether the change was unnecessary and detracted from the story. Use examples from the movie and the book, and be sure to explain each example, and conclude with a general statement, linking everything back to your main idea.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 Walk-In: Take out Of Mice and Men.

Turn in your chapter five and six reading log, and your vocabulary chart.

Learning Objective: Students will analyze key events in the

novel, reflect on conflict development, theme, and practice using vocabulary in their speech to enhance their understanding.

Agenda: Of Mice and Men Final Discussion

Due Today:Of Mice and Men

Chapter and 6 Reading Log

Homework:

Vocabulary Chart for

Chapters 4-6

Of Mice and MenSocratic Seminar

Honors English 9

Bear Creek High School

OF MICE AND MENSOCRATIC SEMINAR A Socratic Seminar is a specific type of

discussion where mostly open-ended questions are given and students work together to collectively find answers.

It is a different type of discussion because your teacher will not say a word. Instead, students will regulate the flow of the discussion while your teacher takes notes. Points are awarded for involvement and knowledge of the subject and for aiding the flow of the discussion. Referencing specific events in the text and using quotes is important to enrich our learning experience.

Everyone is expected to contribute to the discussion.

QUESTION #1

We’ve studied 5 different types of conflict so far this term (man vs. man, nature, self, society, and fate). Identify all types, but which type conflict was most prevalent in the novel? Use a specific example from the text to support your answer.

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QUESTION #2

John Steinbeck is a great American writer for several reasons. One reason is his excellent use of foreshadowing. What is one way that Steinbeck uses foreshadowing in the novel? How does he give us subtle hints as to what to expect in the future without giving the whole story away?

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QUESTION #3

Candy said, “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t out to of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Steinbeck 61). Explain the significance that this quote holds. How does the dog function on a symbolic level?

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QUESTION #4

Are there other uses of symbolization that stand out to you as being meaningful or powerful?

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QUESTION #5

Discuss the role of women in the story. What roles do women play, how often do they appear, and what is the author trying to say about women in the time period?

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QUESTION #6

From the very beginning of the story it is clear that George experiences frustration because of Lennie’s actions. Why does he stick around? What does he get out of the relationship? What’s his motivation?

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QUESTION #7

Why did George ask Candy to let him leave the barn before they found Curley’s wife? Also, how did George get to Lennie before the rest of the men?

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QUESTION #8

Please reread the passages on page 7 and on page 99. Draw the imagery in your notebook. What do you think the water-snake(s) and stilted heron symbolize?

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QUESTION #9

Slim is described as having ears that “heard more than was said to them” (Steinbeck 35). What does this mean to you? Is this description of Slim justifiable and accurate throughout the novel?

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QUESTION 11

Was George a good friend to Lennie? Was Slim correct when he said “You hadda, George”?

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QUESTION #13

Did the novel end the way you expected? If not, what did you expect would happen? More importantly, determine if Lennie had to die at the end of the book. Use examples to justify your answer. 

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QUESTION #9

Steinbeck is a master of creating a believable setting. How essential is the setting to the story? Could the story have taken place anywhere else? If so, where?

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QUESTION #10

Everyone has dreams, but few people actually achieve them completely. In your opinion, do people dream too big? Do you people set their goals too high, and ultimately fail because their dream is unattainable?

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QUESTION #11

Crooks said, “A guys needs somebody – to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick” (Steinbeck 73). The ultimate human experience is the giving and receiving of friendship, but, sadly, this experience is lacking for many people. If having friends and being a friend is so important, why are so many people in this world lonely and “sick?”

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QUESTION #12

• What connections do you see between stereotypes, alienation, friendship, and hopes in dreams in Of Mice and Men?

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QUESTION #13 Draw a circle in your journal. Create a pie chart that

represents what caused the dream to fail. Establish how much of the failure of the dream is George’s fault, how much is Lennie or another character, how much is due to fate, due to economic forces beyond the control of characters.

George’s Fault %: Lennie’s Fault %: Curley’s Fault % Curley’s Wife’s Fault %: Economic Forces %: Fate %: