Monday, November 29, 2010.

1. Turn in Of Mice and Men essay [final draft].

Make sure you underline thesis and topic sentences; highlight your quotes.
Make sure you cite your quotes correctly.
Make sure you have a title: "Of Mice and Men essay" is NOT a title.
Make sure you had two people revise with the checklist rubric on the back of essay handout.

Staple your final draft over your rough draft. Insert into the packet [without stapling the essays to the packet] Turn in.

2. Make sure you turn in Of Mice and Men Chapters 1-6 + the character chart. Make sure all your responses are clear, in complete sentences, and do not begin with a pronoun.

3. Film Of Mice and Men. Take notes to transfer responses to your question handout.

HOMEWORK: Bring "Phrases and Clauses" grammar warm-up. This handout was given on Thursday, November 18. Only two people did not receive this handout due to an absence on this day. If you lost it, photocopy someone else's so you are prepared tomorrow. We will check in class.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

1. Peer review Of Mice and Men essay. Bring final draft on Monday, 11/29.

2. Begin viewing film version of Of Mice and Men. Take notes. Read question handout before viewing.

Monday, November 22, 2010.

1. Of Mice and Men TEST

2. Peer review of Of Mice and Men essay.

Per. 5: Peer review tomorrow. Bring completed rough draft tomorrow for peer review.
Per. 7: Bring completed final draft AFTER you have had two people read and revise it with the checklist rubric [the last page in the packet].

Friday, November 19, 2010.

1. Vocabulary Quiz XV.

2. Of Mice and Men essay. Those students who were prepared with their quotes began writing their essays.

Of Mice and Men TEST: Monday, November 22. Study all focus questions, notes, and biography.

Thursday, November 18, 2010.

1. Grammar warm-up. Phrases and Clauses. Complete for homework. Bring to class.

2. Reviewed Vocabulary Lesson XV. Checked homework. Quiz tomorrow.

3. Introduced Of Mice and Men essay assignment. Find six quotes total, two for each topic sentence. Write the page number on your outline.

REMINDER: Of Mice and Men TEST: Monday, 11/22. Study all your notes and focus questions.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010.

1. Warm-up over parts of speech with transformational grammar. Please ask for handout when you return from absence.

2. Read Of Mice and Men Chapter 6. Notes: Chapter 6 has same setting as Chapter 1, but the mood is different. Aunt Clara and Giant Rabbit as symbols of Lennie's conscience, guilt, greatest fear. Carlson&Curley as foils of Slim. Work on Ch. 6 focus questions.

3. Bring all OMM questions 1-6 and character chart tomorrow.

Bring Voc. Lesson XV tomorrow. Quiz Friday, 11/19

Tuesday, November 16, 2010.

1. Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 5. Complete Focus Questions for homework.
Take notes on characterization of Curley's wife, [direct and indirect] Curley's wife's motivation for marrying Curley, why she is a "wife with no name," a moment of silence as the narrator's respect for her after her death, and the reason why she appears "pretty" after she is dead. Also, take note on Candy and George's shattered dreams.

2. Discuss Of Mice and Men Ch. 4 and review Focus Questions for Ch. 4.

REMINDER: Make sure you are keeping up with the completion of these focus questions for each chapter. They will all be due next Monday, when you take the test over the novel.

Vocabulary for the week: Lesson XV in workbook. Quiz Friday, 11/19

Monday, November 15, 2010.

Parts of Speech TEST

Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 4. Complete character chart.

Vocabulary for the Week: Lesson XV

Friday, November 12, 2010. (Early dismissal)

1. Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Review Quiz

2. Parts of Speech quiz.

Thursday, November 11, 2010.

1. Language Handbook pp. 1-7 checked in class. Per. 7: Did not check due to majority of students' negligence in finishing work.

Per. 5: Read Ch. 3

2. Study for Of Mice and Men vocabulary review quiz.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010.

1. Benchmark TEST # 3 " For Sale..."

2. Work on Language Handbook pp. 1-7 in pen and write your name on all the pages. Bring tomorrow.

3. REMINDER: Study all words on Of Mice and Men vocabulary handout. Quiz Friday, 11/12

Tuesday, November 9. 2010.

1. Review of Parts of Speech. GUM workbook, pp. 23-24. Grade in class.

2. Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3 and Character Chart.

REMINDER: Review Quiz for Of Mice and Men words...all the list. Quiz Friday, 11/12

Monday, November 8, 2010.

Per. 5: Tomorrow When the War Began TEST
Per. 7: No test. See below
1. Passed out Of Mice and Men Ch. 3 focus questions and character chart to document direct and indirect quotes.
2. Read OMM Ch. 3 with CD.

REMINDER: This week you will have a review quiz on Of Mice and Men vocabulary list. All words. Quiz Friday 11/12

Next week, Thursday, November 18, bring in Lesson XV in your workbook. Quiz Nov. 19

Friday, November 5, 2010.

1. Review GUM page17 : Adverbs
2. Of Mice and Men Voc. Quiz 2

Per. 5: REMINDER: Tomorrow When the War Began test on Monday, 11/8

Thursday, November 4, 2010.

1. Grammar review: Tear GUM workbook pp. 17-26. Write your name, period, and number on page 25 and turn in to me blank.

2. Complete pp. 17-24. Finish for homework.

3. Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 2-3.

4. Passed out progress reports. Bring signed.

5. As you read fill out notes writing "F" for forshadowing and "C" for characterization [as well as character name & direct or indirect] and page number where these are found. Keep this log as we read the novel.

REMINDER: Study for OMM Vocabulary Quiz 2 words 1-33 from the second list. Quiz Friday.

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.

1. Copy notes on Conjunctions and Interjections Please ask for handout when you return from your absence.

2. Of Mice and Men NOTES: Copy/discuss these notes.

- Setting is the Salinas Valley area in California- Between 1920-1935 approx.

- Each chapter in the novel begins with a description of the setting.

- Novel contains six chapters: Can be easily adapted to a play

- Themes related to friendship, isolation, loneliness, alienation, death as a release from pain

- Prejudice against people who are disadvantaged or handicapped.

- Racism against the African American (separate living quarters)

- Vernacular (everyday speech) includes poor usage: Use of double negatives, cursing, foul language, slang, and idioms.

- Use of the "N" word common in this time period to denote race. Not meant as a derogatory term.

- Characters uneducated. Ironically, the Black character in the story reads sophisticated books.

- Narrator displays a high degree of sympathy toward characters who belong to a minority, are handicapped, crippled, or lonely.

Make a chart to jot down notes on foreshadowing, and Characterization: direct and indirect.

3. Begin reading Of Mice and Men Chapter 2

REMINDER: DON'T FORGET to study words 1-33 from Of Mice... Vocabulary handout.
Quiz Friday, 11/5

Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

1. Check Prepositional Phrases 4 and 5 homework for a grade. If you did not bring in this homework assignment, you need to complete the assignment on the handout AND on a sheet of paper and turn it in TOMORROW for a LATE grade.

2. Discuss Of Mice and Men Ch. 1.

3. Passed out Of Mice and Men Ch. 2 Focus Questions.
Read Chapter TWO if you have not done so.

REMINDER: Study Of Mice and Men vocabulary 1-33 [the second group of words] for a quiz on Friday, 11/5

Monday, November 1, 2010.

1) Of Mice and Men: Read Ch. 1. As you read pay close attention to the following:

A) Description and indirect characterization of the two main characters, George and Lennie.

B) To which three animals is Lennie compared? Why do you think the narrator chose to select these animals?

C) What kind of relationship do George and Lennie fshare?

D) What might the carp on pg. 10 symbolize? How may it be likened to George? Now read the passage on page 3 where Lennie plays with the water in the pool "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers..." (3). [ 4th paragraph from top]. What do Lennie's actions tell us about his mental age?

2) Homework: Complete Of Mice and Men questions for Chapter 1. Read Ch. 2.

REMINDER: Bring completed work from handout Prepositional Phrases 4 & 5 tomorrow.Vocabulary: Study words from Of Mice and Men Vocabulary handout numbers 1-33 [the rest of the packet]. Quiz Friday, 11/5