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1 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 1. The Do Now 1. Review Chapter 1 and 2 2. Summaries 2. Reading Session 1. Begin 3. Vocabulary from 1. Context Clues 2. Dictionaries 4. Images, Objects, and Newspaper Articles 5. Homework 1. Writing and reading Research 1. Photography 2. Bug Spray, Bindle 3. Interview with John Steinbeck 4. Autism Newspaper Article 1. Finish reading. Questions to be answered in journals.

2 Reading Session Directions: Please treat the following questions like a scavenger hunt. While we read, answer each question on the packet or in your journals. 1) The boys hear the thuds and clangs of this game going on outside? 2) It wasn t nothing, said Slim. I would of had to drowned most of em anyways. No need to thank me about that. What Slim has kindly given Lennie; a? 3) What Lennie, Damn near, did to his partner bucking barley? 4) Funny how you an him together. What Is a synonym for this phrase? 5) / The name of the town where George and Lennie were born and the name of Lennie s closest relative? 6) I ve beat the outa him, and he coulda bust every bone in my body jus with his, but he never lifted a against me. 7) / The name of the River that George pulled Lennie out of; the ; and what Lennie clean forgot; I told him to in? 8) / Course he ain t. But he gets in trouble alla time because he s so G** D****. 9) / What George hit Lennie with to make him let go of the girl in the red dress in Weed; a and where they hid from the angry mob the whole day; in an? 10) / He ain t mean, said Slim. I can tell a mean guy a. The kind of figurative language this is? 11) What Lennie brought back to the Bunkhouse and tried to hide? 12) Candy s job on the ranch; a? 13) / What Candy wants a slug of and why; I gotta? 14) What Carlson suggests that Candy does with his old dog; him? 15) You wouldn t think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn dog I ever seen.

3 16) / Slim s job on the ranch; a and what Candy thought his word was? 17) / The name of the former worker who wrote the letter to the magazine and the cowboy story he liked? 18) The machine that Bill and Whit both operated together; a? 19) / The kind of gun that Carlson has and what he wants to use it for? 20) / Carlson s footsteps away. The came into the room. 21) The previous question is what type of figurative language? 22) What does the old dog being shot and Lennie staying in the barn with the pup symbolize? 23) / Where the gnawing sound that broke the silence came from and what probably made it; a? 24) Why is Candy uncomfortable with getting rid of the old dog? 25) / How Whit knew the boys came to the ranch to work; they came on a not a? 26) What Slim had ordered Crooks to do? 27) - / Curley s got - in his, but that s all so far. What do you think the meaning is of this hyphenated word? Paraphrase this sentence. 28) What type of figurative language is used in the previous question? 29) When Susy opened the door she yelled this over her shoulder? 30) / Susy s Rival and the man telling the story? 31) / In Susy s house there is none of this in the Whiskey and no lamp like in her rival s house?

4 Vocabulary Directions: First, read the sentence and try to figure out the meaning of each word in context. Then use your dictionary to find the meaning, synonyms, and parts of speech. Underline the context clues that helped you determine the meaning of each word. You may work in your journal. 1) Derision: Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision. 2) Sarcastically: Whit said sarcastically, He spends half his time lookin for her, and the rest of the time she s lookin for him. 3) Reverently: This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. George said reverently, J**** C*****! I bet we could swing her.

5 4) Bemused: They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about. 5) Aloof This room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs. 6) Wryly: Slim smiled wryly. He knelt down beside Curley. I think you got your han caught in a machine. If you don t tell nobody what happened, we ain t going to. 7) Fawning: Lennie gulped and his smile grew more fawning. I ain t doing nothing, he said. Just come to look at my puppy.

6 John Steinbeck on the Writing Process The basic rule you gave us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from writer to reader and the power of its offering was the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, you said, there were no rules. A story could be about anything and could use any means and technique at all so long as it was effective If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes but by no means always find the way to do it It is not so very hard to judge a story after it is written, but after many years, to start a story still scares me to death. I will go so far as to say that the writer who is not scared is happily unaware of the remote and tantalizing majesty of the medium. (

Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck. Study Guide. Name:

Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck. Study Guide. Name: Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Study Guide Name: Directions: When appropriate, please answer the questions in complete sentences. Chapter 1 Where did the bus drop the two men off? What does Lennie do with