LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of class you should be able to

• Correctly pronounce unit 8 vocab words  8 Packet
• Be able to explain what C.E. wants to see from you in final drafts of essays, particularly
  • Thesis
  • Topic Sentences
  • Support

WORK DAYS:  to work on rough draft of OF MICE AND MEN essays.

• Assignment sheets were handed out on Friday, Feb. 7.

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of class you should be able to say something intelligent about the key points of chapters five and six in OMAM …especially the last line.

In class: after good things and questions and discussion about the reading worked on handout for chapters 5/6

OF MICE AND MEN QUESTIONS_CHAPTERS 5 and 6

TOMORROW:  VOCAB QUIZ

VOCAB 7 Practice

WARMUP:

What is the most COMMODIOUS vehicle you can think of ?

Of all the teachers you’ve ever had, which one was most like a MARTINET?

LEARNING TARGETS: by the end of class you should be able to EVALUATE several of Mice and Men characters in terms of their relationship to the American Dream.

VOCAB WEEK:  PRACTICE TEST WEDNESDAY.  REAL THING FRIDAY:

Warmup:  Write an original sentence for each of the following vocab words

• CORROSIVE
• IMPLICATE(D)
• REPREHENSIBLE
• VOCIFEROUS

IN CLASS: READING DAY:  Read ch. 4

ASSIGNMENTS DUE: READING JOURNAL

WARMUP:  Create a crossword puzzle clue for each of the following vocab words.  You are not allowed to use any of the terms from your vocab sheets.

• Chaos
• Extant
• Obviate
• Waive

IN CLASS:  Work Day.  You can focus on either of the following

1. Finishing your assignment from yesterday (Due at end of class)
2. Reading Chapter 3  (Due tomorrow)

QUICK LECTURE: TERMS FROM OF MICE AND MEN

REMEMBER:  QUIZ TOMORROW

• Literary Terms (anything that we’ve added to the master sheet I gave you is fair game–as is FORESHADOWING).
• Also, anything from Chapters 1-3 of Of Mice and Men.

WARMUP:  Write a paragraph that includes correct usage of the following words

• Abhor
• Buffet
• Turbulent
• Vociferous

LEARNING TARGETS: by the end of class you should be able to

• Be able to define, in your own words, THE AMERICAN DREAM
• Be able to correctly identify the 8 most important characters in “Of Mice and Men”
• Understand the journal assignment that is due FRIDAY

Reading Day

Remember: Quiz Friday  (Of Mice and Men + Literary Terms)

WARMUP:  Pretend you are a cartoonist and you are making a version of Of Mice and Men where all the characters would be shown as animals.  What animals would you use for George and Lenny? Why?

LEARNING TARGETS:  as a result of today’s class, you should be able to 

1. Understand the key points of chapter 1 in the novel
2. Correctly pronounce all Unit 7 vocab words
3. Explain the term “FORESHADOWING.”

THE BIG OLD MASTER PRESENTATION:  OF MICE AND MEN

English 10 Unit 7 Vocab Packet.docx

LEARNING TARGETS

• 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.