Final Project

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. Start work on your final project.
2. Update the Padlet wall daily.

Homework:

1. OMM vocabulary 1-3

Student Lesson chapters 1-3

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. Student led lesson for chapters 1-3.

Homework:

1. OMM vocabulary 1-3

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

Of Mice and Men ch1 reading notes

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.

Agenda:

1. Review vocabulary for the final exam.
2. Chapter 1 desk work
1. Generate a list of five words that describe Lenny. After making the list, choose the one word you think best describes him, then explain why, using examples from the text to support and illustrate your idea.
2. Generate a list of five words that describe George. After making the list, choose the one word you think best describes him, then explain why, using examples from the text to support and illustrate your idea.
3. Complete the following sentence: The relationship between George and Lenny is like. . . . After you complete the sentence, explain why their relationship is like x, then provide examples to support and illustrate your idea. Explain how these examples relate to the main idea.
4. Speculate about what happened in Weed that caused them to have to leave; and predict what you think will happen in this story based on what happened before. What details do you base your prediction on?
5. Write two signposts that you see in this chapter.

Homework:

1. OMM vocabulary 1-3

Animal Farm chapter 8 student activity

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: If you finish Animal Farm early, read 1984.

Lesson Materials:

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

Agenda:

1. Student led activity for chapter 8 of Animal Farm

Homework:

1.    Animal Farm Vocabulary for chapters 3-4 on Gimkit.

Animal Farm Reading Schedule

1. Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2, Old Major's Speech, his death, the planning and execution of the Rebellion
2. Week 2: Chapters 3 and 4, The establishment of Animal Farm, early successes, the Battle of the Cowshed
3. Week 3: Chapters 5-6, Power struggle between Snowball and Napoleon, Snowball's expulsion, the windmill
4. Week 4: Chapters 7-10, The purges, windmill's fate, further corruption, and the novel's conclusion