Short Story Unit Begins 1/3/12

Our first story will be focused on plot literary terminology.  We will be reading "The Most Dangerous Game" in our Holt Literature Textbooks.  Please write all vocabulary from this story in your notebooks.  They will appear on your semester final.

12/5/11: Outline for In-Class Timed Essay

Topic of timed essay:  Did George do the right thing at the end of Of Mice and Men?

Please come to class prepared with an outline of your essay, blank paper, your book, and a writing utensil.  You will have only the class period to complete the timed essay.

Assignment for 11/28/11

Please complete the novel (starting with Chapter 5). 

Journal #17: Your Choice: Diary from the Perspective of Curley, Curley's Wife, or Crooks

Two paragraphs.

Assignment for 11/17 and 11/18

Please read through page 83 in Of Mice and Men, work on your characterization charts.  Also, please complete Journal #17:  Diary from the Perspective of Curley, Curley's Wife, OR Crooks.

Assignment for 11/15 (Classwork and Homework)

Please complete Chapter 3 in Of Mice and Men and write one entry per column in your "Characterization Chart" for each of the following characters:  Lennie, George, Curley, Candy, and Slim.  You do not need to complete the column "Does the character change?" until the end of the novel.

Of Mice and Men Characterization Chart

Here is a link to the chart in case you lose it:
OMAM Characterization Chart

In-class work 11/14/11

In class, we viewed and discussed photographs about the Great Depression on the following website:  http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

Then, we read Of Mice and Men through page 53.  No Journal Entry today.

Journal #16: Diary from the Perspective of Candy

After reading through page 49 in Of Mice and Men, write two paragraphs from the perspective of Candy.

Reading Assignment for 11/7/11

Please read through page 37 (finish Chapter 2) and complete Journal #15 by Tuesday.