L.A 4-11th
Of Mice & Men Novel Unit
5/9 to 5/13
2016
See my NHS Website for Handouts
www.cnusd.
k12.ca.us/
nohs
If absent, complete all class and homework assignments / Winter Dreams
Symbol Activity
due
Winter Dreams Quiz
Make up by Wed. lunch or after school
Of Mice & Men
1.Background:
Google John Steinbeck & read
his biography.
2. List 8 facts you learned about Steinbeck from the biography.
3. Google Migrant
Workers-Define
4. PMI Chart
/ PMI Chart due
(Get a Stamp)
Pick up
Of Mice & Men novels in textbook office! Turn in textbooks!
1. PMI Chart:
Review your
responses & fill out
Consensus Column
2. Vocabulary
Worksheet
/ Vocabulary Worksheet due
1. Quickwrite
What is the American Dream? Define & list examples. Is the dream easily attainable today? Why/Why not? What is your American Dream?
(1/2 page)
2. The American Dream
Introducing the theme in song. Go online and listen to
America the Beautiful.
(song lyrics on my website)
v  Annotate the song
What is the content of the song and what do you think about the message? What are your reactions to various parts of the song.
Be detailed. / “What is the
American Dream?”
Annotations/Questions due
1. Go online and listen to
Brooks and Dunn’s
Only in America
(song lyrics on my website)
v  Annotate the song.
What is the content of the song and what do you think about the message? What are your reactions to various parts of the song.
Be detailed.
2. Watch Defining the
American Dream
http://www.nytimes.com/ video/ us/ 1194840031120/ defining-the-american-dream.html
3. Read Ch. 1
Fill in Time Sequence, Dream & Character Charts while reading. / John Steinbeck Biography
Video Quiz
Make Up:
Google a bio-graphy of Stein-beck’s life, and write a 1 page summary in your own words. Credit your source with a Works Cited entry. Typewritten in M.L.A. format.
Due Monday 5/18
Homework
/ PMI Chart
Complete Plus/Minus “Before Reading” side only. Do not complete the back
of the handout. / Vocabulary Worksheet / Read the essay:
“What is the
American Dream?”
Annotate and answer the questions. / Finish reading
Chapter 1 and
Complete Charts
while you read.
/ Finish reading
Chapter 1 &
Complete Charts
Bring Of Mice & Men Books
on Monday