WARMUP:  

• Explain something you ABHOR.
• What’s something you do to OBVIATE stress?
• Describe something SQUALID.

LEARNING TARGETS

• FIRST AND THIRD HOUR ONLY:
  • Explain the basic biography of John Steinbeck
  • Explain the basic ideas of Communism and Socialism as presented by Karl Marx
  • Be able to describe the characters of Lenny and George as introduced in Chapter 1 of “Of Mice and Men.”
• HOMEWORK: FINISH CHAPTER 1 by tomorrow.  IF WE HAVE AN ICE DAY TOMORROW READ CHAPTER 2.

• FIFTH AND SIXTH HOURS ONLY
  • Explain the basic biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Explain why the 1920s was called
    • “The Jazz Age”
    • “The Roaring 20s”
    • “The Age of Anxiety”

 

IN CLASS TODAY:

1. Did Warmup (all classes)
2. Author background
   1. 1st/Second C.E. lectured on Steinbeck
   2. 5th/6th read this Fitzgerald bio (class discussion followed)
3. Began reading book

HOMEWORK:NONE:  IF NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, READ CH1 FOR THURSDAY: