OMM Chapter Two

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: the historical background to the novel Of Mice and Men

Reading: none.

Lesson Materials:

1. Menu of activities with AI prompt.
2. Lesson Plan Document
3. Calendar of Groups.

Agenda:

1. List three qualities of a good friend. Write down the three adjectives. A good friend is _______________________ , ______________________, and _______________________.
2. Provide examples of each of these qualities from pages 17–27. 
3. What animal would you say Curley is most like? (Focus on pages 24–27.) Explain by including examples and quotations from the text to support and illustrate your point.
4. Define the word foreshadow or foreshadowing. What event is foreshadowed on pages 26–27? What specific words support your prediction?
5. Based on the details Steinbeck uses to describe the bunkhouse (17–19), how would you characterize the lives of the men who work on the ranch? Use specific words and explain why those are the right words to describe them.

Homework:

1. OMM vocabulary 1-3