June 30, 2015

Agenda

1. OMAM- Friendship Activity

2. OMAM- Foreshadowing Chapter 1 & 2

3. Journal Topic

4. OMAM- Chapter 3 Contextual Vocabulary

4. OMAM- Read Chapter 3 Audio

5. OMAM- Text- Based Questions//Quote Elaboration

6. OMAM- Chapter 3- Character Sketches

June 26, 2015- Character Trait

George

1. practical / impractical

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

2. inattentive / perceptive

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

3. quick-tempered / easygoing

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

4. kind / cruel

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

Lennie

1. mature / childlike

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

2. emotional / unemotional

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

3. shrewd / simple

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

4. eager / reluctant

First Example:___________________________________________________________________________

Second Example:_________________________________________________________________________

OMAM- Indirect Characterization

Steinbeck tells us about his characters in the following ways:

A. He describes their appearances.

B. He shows their actions.

C. He quotes their explanations of their own actions.

D. He quotes their expressions of how they believe and feel.

E. He gives clues from what others say to or about a character

Directions: For each selection from the novel below, use the list in the box above

to identify the method Steinbeck uses to give information about the character(s). Then tell what you learn

about the character(s) from the selection. An example has been done for you

Example: They [George and Lennie] had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one

stayed behind the other.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 1: [Lennie] drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 2: The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 3: "Lennie," he said hopelessly. "You'd drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty."

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 4: Lennie...imitated George exactly. He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them,

looked over to George to see whether he had it just right.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 5: "I forgot," Lennie said softly. "I tried not to forget. Honest to God I did, George."

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 6: His anger left him suddenly. He looked across the fire at Lennie's anguished face, and then he

looked ashamedly at the flames.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 7: Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with

wide sloping shoulders...

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

June 25, 2015 Agenda

• Of Mice and Men Indirect Characterization

•  OMAN Character Trait

• OMAN Foreshadowing

• Grammar Roots

• Complete Resilience Writing Prompt

Of Mice and Men Chapter 1- Reading Check Questions

Part 1

1. What had Lennie done to cause trouble in the town of Weed?
   
2. When George gets angry with all the trouble Lennie causes, what does Lennie say he will do?
   
3. What is George and Lennie's dream?
   
4. What are George's instructions to Lennie when they meet the new boss?
   
5. What does George tell Lennie to do if he gets in trouble?
   

   Part 2 

   Read the following quotes from the novel. Then explain who said each of them, and write about what you think the possible reasons are that the author created these words for each of these characters.
   

   1. "I could pet it with my thumb..."(5-6). "–jus' wanted to pet it..."(11-12).
      EXAMPLE: Lennie is the speaker. The author puts these words in Lennie's mouth to show us that
      Lennie really likes to touch soft things, like fur and fabric.
      
   2. "I wanted you to stay with me" (12-13).
      
   3. "Tell me–like you done before" (13-14). 
      

    

June 19,  2015- Resilience Writing Prompt

Prompt: After having read/viewed several informational and literary texts on resiliency and mindset, write a brief (1-2 page) essay in which you define resiliency and mindset and explain how they contribute to a person’s success or failure during difficult times. Support your position with evidence from the text/s and from your own experience

• I will read informational and literary texts about resiliency and mindset
• I will write an essay that is 1-2 pages long
• I will define resiliency, and I will define mindset
• I will explain how they both contribute to success or failure in times of trouble
• I will use evidence from the text and from my own life to support my position

English 9A- June 16, 2015

Today's Agenda:

1. In the poem, “The Rose That Grew from Concrete,” Tupac Shakur uses the image of a rose growing from concrete to explain his ability to be resilient in the face of difficult circumstances. (Resiliency is the ability to overcome challenges and bounce back.) 

• Create an image or write a poem (e.g., modeled on Tupac’s poem, a pantoum, a haiku, an “I Am” poem, etc.) that represents an obstacle you face and shows how you are able to be resilient when facing that obstacle. 

• Write one paragraph that explains your image or poem. Make sure to support your explanation with evidence from your text.  Be prepared to share your image or poem with a partner.

2.  Read- Analysis of a text

• PBS "Resilience" Online article
• Video Text: "Resilience"

3. Grammar Sheet 4. Article of the Day
5. SOAPS

Todays agenda:

Syllabus Review (Signed)

"The Rose That Grew From Concrete" Visual Image and Text

Questions # 1-4

Here "Baseball is life" Article

SOAPS Sheet