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Thursday, September 8th
1:45-2:30pm
Welcome to English 9• Texts• Curriculum• Homework rules
Of Mice and Men overview
1st Trimester overview
Literature Novels:
• Of Mice and Men• Things Fall Apart
Short Stories
Drama• The Elephant Man• Antigone
Sophocles Jean Anouilh
• Macbeth
Poetry
Prose• Essays• Articles• Criticism
Writing Essays
• Responding to and interpreting literature• Persuasive writing• Personal narrative• Descriptive writing
Creative writing• Stories• Poetry
Speaking Participation in class discussions
Oral presentations
Vocabulary Vocabulary for the High School
Student• 4th edition
Words drawn from our readings Literary terms
Grammar and Mechanics A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker
Teacher Kate’s P’s and Q’s for written work:1. Contractions and abbreviations should not be used in
formal writing: isn’t, wouldn’t, can’t, it’s, etc.2. Use of the 2nd person (you, your, etc.) is seldom justified.3. Titles should be underlined or italicized (I prefer italics).4. Do not split infinitives: to not depend should be not to
depend5. Avoid ending sentences or clauses with a preposition: The
person he gave it to should be the person to whom he gave it.
6. Avoid beginning sentences with an indefinite pronoun: it or this.
Homework Rules1. Written work for this class should be
type-written and double-spaced. 2. Submit homework by e-mail to:
kate.jones@westtown.edu3. In the subject box of your e-mail,
identify the assignment for which you are submitting.
4. Your full name should be on the top left corner of your work.
5. Give your written work a title.
Of Mice and MenPreview of the days ahead
Friday, 9/9 10:30 - 11:30 A• John Steinbeck: the author and his times• Of Mice and Men: Plot overview• Vocabulary: Red Book
Monday, 9/12 10:30 - 11:30 B• Character foils
George and Lennie Slim and Carlson Candy and Crooks Curley and his wife
Of Mice and Men: Preview Tuesday, 9/13 8:10 - 8:55 B
• Character foils (continued)• Setting• Play-novelette form
Wednesday, 9/14 No class B
Of Mice and Men: Preview Thursday, 9/15 2:30 - 3:15 B
• Topics and themes The American Dream Loneliness and rootlessness The Common Man Naturalism vs. realism Steinbeck’s politics Search for the Holy Grail Cain and Abel
Of Mice and Men: Preview Friday, 9/16 10:30 - 11:30 B
• Themes and topics (continued)• Steinbeck’s style• Point of view• Form and Structure• Review of literary terms
Allegory Allusion Foreshadowing Symbolism
Of Mice and Men: Preview Monday, 9/19 2:30 - 3:15
A• Small group activity:
Chapter 1: At the River Chapter 2: In the Bunkhouse Chapter 3: Violence Erupts Chapter 4: The Outcasts Chapter 5: Death in the Barn Chapter 6: Death at the River
Of Mice and Men: Preview Tuesday, 9/20 10:30 - 11:30 A
• Small group activity (continued)• Critical Response
Wednesday, 9/21 No Class A
Thursday, 9/22 1:45 - 02:30 A• In-class writing workshop
Friday, 9/23 10:30 - 11:30 A• Short paper due on Of Mice and Men
First Trimester 2011September 8th – November 19th
Novels• Of Mice and Men• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-
Time
Short stories
Vocabulary for the High School Student• Chapters 1 and 2
First Writing Assignment Write a short (one page) composition:
• Describe yourself OR
• an experience you had this summer OR
• where you see yourself in five years.
John Steinbeck(1902-1968)
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