MSA 9 (Period 6) Assignments

Complete the critical thinking questions on pg. 452 (#1-4 and the big question).

Complete the critical thinking questions on pg. 439 (#1-4 and the big question)

Of Mice and Men test! Review your study questions and all handouts to prepare.

Read Of MIce and Men chapter 6 and answer the study questions.

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Chapter 6 Study Questions

1. Where does Lennie hide?
2. Lennie has an unusual hallucination. Describe it.
3. How doe the characters in Lennie’s hallucination treat him?
4. What does George do to Lennie? How does he do it? Why?
5. Earlier in the novel, who or what was killed in the same way?
6. Why did George lie to others about what really happened?
7. Why does Slim say, “You hadda, George, I swear you hadda”?
8. Do you thin this story has a positive or negative ending? Why?
9. Dramatic Irony occurs when a character’s words/actions carry a meaning that the character him/herself does not perceive. The audience, however, is fully aware of the character’s situation and can realize the full meaning of the action/dialogue. Do you find dramatic irony in the way Lennie’s dream ends? Explain.
10. Were you satisfied with the book’s ending? Was Lennie’s death necessary? Explain your answer.

Read chapter 5 in Of Mice and Men and answer the chapter 5 study questions.

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Chapter 5 Study Questions

1. What does Lennie do to the puppy?
2. Why is he angry at the dead puppy?
3. When Lennie does not want to talk to Curley's wife, how does she react? Why does she react this way?
4. What does she ask Lennie to do?
5. How does Lennie harm her? What ultimately happens to Curley's wife?
6. Whom does Candy blame for the murder? Why is he so angry at what has happened?
7. Why does George leave and then return to the scene of the crime with the others?
8. Who does Carlson think has stolen his luger pistol?
9. Do you think it was appropriate for Curely's wife to visit Lennie in the barn? Why or why not?
10. In you opinion, should Lennie be treated as a cold-blooded killer? Explain your answer.
    

Over Thanksgiving break, please read chapters 3 and 4 in Of Mice and Men and complete the study questions for each chapter. Work on your characterization for George and Lennie if you didn't finish in class.

Period 3: make sure you finish your newspaper article that you started in class.

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Chapter 3

1. Who is Slim?
2. What kind act does Slim do for Lennie?
3. How does Slim react to Lennie and George's traveling together?
4. Why do you think George tells Slim about what happened in Weed?
5. List words that Carlson might use to describe Candy's dog.
6. What is Carlson's solution to the problem presented by the dog?
7. Describe the way in which Carlson shoots Candy's dog.
8. What role does Candy play in helping George and Lennie try to buy land?
9. Why does Curley attack Lennie? What happens to Curley?
10. Candy seems very attached to his old dog. Why do you suppose he allows the dog to be killed? Comment on whether you would have made the same decision.

Chapter 4

1. Why does Crooks have so many possessions?
2. Why isn't Crooks welcome in the bunkhouse?
3. Why does Crooks warm up to Lennie?
4. Why is Crooks jealous of Lennie's friendship with George?
5. How does Crooks fill his loneliness?
6. How does Crooks feel about Lennie's dream of "livin' off the fatta the lan'"?
7. Why does Curley's wife interrupt Crooks, Candy, and Lennie?
8. Does Curley's wife really know what happened to his hand? What is her reaction to the incident in which Curley hurt his hand?
9. Why does the reader know Curley's wife as only "Curley's wife"? How come she doesn't have a name?
10. Describe Curley's wife's dreams.
11. Why is Curley's wife so bitter?
12. Is Curley's wife happy in her marriage? Why or why not?
13. For what reason do you think Crooks, Candy and Lennie are excluded from the poker games and the trips into town? Comment on whether you think they realize this exclusion AND how it makes them feel.
14. Which characters do you like at this point in the story? Why do you like them?
15. How does Curley's wife feel about life on the rance? Explain why or why you do or do not feel sympathy for her.
16. What do you think might occur because of Lennie's preoccupation with soft objects? Explain why you think so.
    

Read Of Mice and Men chapter 2 and complete chapter 2 study questions.

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1.      Why is the new boss angry before George and Lennie arrive?

2.      Why isn’t George happy with his bunk? How does Candy reassure him? Do you believe Candy?

3.      Whom does the boss punish because George and Lennie are late? Why?

4.      Why does George answer the questions directed to Lennie?

5.      How does the boss react to George’s friendship with Lennie?

6.      What excuse does George give for Lennie’s slowness?

7.      How does Curley react to Lennie’s silence? Why does he act this way?

8.      What does Curley think about George and Lennie traveling together?

9.      What does the swamper mean by the statement, “Curley’s pretty handy”?

10.  What uneasy feeling does George have about Curley’s wife? Why?

11.  What is your impression of Curley’s wife? What passages in the story lead you to your opinion? In what ways do you think George is different from the other men on the ranch?

Complete the handout on Steinbeck's Language - Characterization.

How is Lennie like a child? Find examples from chapter 1.
Think about: things he does, things he says, what George thinks and says about/to Lennie.

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After reading "The Necklace," complete page 342 - Critical Thinking (#1-4 & Big Question)

Test on "The Most Dangerous Game"

If you did not finish in class, please complete "The Most Dangerous Game" and "American History" vocabulary builders. All of the definitions are in your book.

Complete your vocabulary worksheet (it is pink).

Complete your Big Question vocabulary worksheet.

Complete your writing assignment about an event that is important to you. We began this assignment in class on Friday.

Turn in your signed syllabus.