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Brief reading quiz

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Discuss pg.1-37
Partner-Pair-Share: Compare notes. What are some annotations you made? Some thoughts you had or things you noticed?


 * Read the Dialogue:**
 * Lennie** [to himself]: I ain’t gonna say nothin’… I ain’t gonna say nothin’… I ain’t gonna say nothin’.
 * George**: O.K. An’ you ain’t gonna do no bad things like you done in Weed, neither.
 * Lennie**: Like I done in Weed?
 * George**: Oh, so ya forgot that too, did ya? Well, I ain’t gonna remind ya, fear ya do it again.
 * Lennie**: They run us outa Weed!
 * George**: Run us out, hell, we run. They was lookin’ for us, but they didn’t catch us.
 * Lennie**: I didn’t forget that, you bet.
 * George**: God, you’re a lot of trouble. I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.
 * Lennie**: We gonna work on a ranch, George.
 * George**: Awright. You got that. But we’re gonna sleep here because I got a reason.
 * Lennie**: George—why ain’t we goin’ on to the ranch and get some supper? They got supper at the ranch.
 * George**: No reason at all for you. I like it here. Tomorra we’re gonna go to work. I seen thrashin’ machines on the way down. That means we’ll be bucking grain bags, bustin’ a gut. Tonight I’m gonna lay right here and look up. I like it.
 * Lennie**: Ain’t we gonna have no supper? (pp. 7-8).

//Let's think about setting and characterization for a minute. What do you learn about the relationship between Lennie and George in this scene? What is the setting, and why is this information important for your overall understanding? What inferences can you make about the previous situation? What predictions can you make about the book?//

Learning Map: The American Dream
Group Task: Research the dreams of Americans during the twentieth century, especially focusing on the time period of the Great Depression to World War II to the present (1929-1945,1945-Present). Integrating information from at least 3 primary sources, construct and publish your interpretation of the "American Dream" using a chosen persona.

Independent Task: In a well-crafted essay, analyze a chosen character's idea of the American Dream.

Homework

 * Find or take a photo of a spot in your hometown that you feel is essential to understanding your town. These can be of nature or of a building/shop/house. You can either email me the photo or bring one in to scan.
 * Read ch.3 pg.38-65, annotating on post-it notes (lit circle next time)
 * Note vocab in this chapter on your graphic organizer