Of Mice and Men Intro

Of Mice and Men Intro

Today’s Schedule OBJECTIVE: improve writing skills and reading comprehension making predictions and analyzing different texts • Title WordWeb • Intro to Big Questions for Of Mice and Men • Intro to setting of the novel • time period and location

Creating a Word Web Of Mice and Men

What are Big Questions (BQs)? • Big questions will help us be more effective readers • Connecting to our own lives • Ask questions as we read • Making inferences (asking why and predicting) • Summarize ideas and concepts

What is our Big Question? • Are we responsible for one another? • What do you think this means? • Who, if anyone, should feel we responsible for? • Who, if anyone, should we not feel responsible for?

Am I My Brother or Sister’s “Keeper”? • What do you think it means? • Are you your brother’s keeper or sister’s keeper or friend’s keeper? • Why or why not?

Our Characters They are an unlikely pair: George is “small and quick and dark of face”; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a “family,” clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. George Lennie

Dorthea Lange Photos-The Great Depression-

Of Mice and Men Intro

Of Mice and Men Intro

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Intro: Of Mice and Men

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Of Mice and Men Intro: Day 1

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