Fix Me Friday; Of Mice and Men

Fix Me Friday

Copy the paragraph into your notebook with any corrections:

John Steinbeck was a nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and the author of Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden. he was born on february 27, 1902, in Salinas California. Steinbeck dropped out of collage and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer. Steinbeck wrote 33 books that explored the themes of fate, injustice, and the american dream.

Reading Of Mice and Men

We will continue reading chapter one of Of Mice and Men. Answer these questions on chapter one in your notebook.

Of Mice and Men

Quick Write: What do your friends mean to you? Do you have many friends? Do you have close friends? What does it mean to be a good friend?

Today we will start reading Of Mice and Men.

Chapter One Vocabulary:

Junctures (n): connections
Debris (n): trash, broken pieces of something
Recumbent (adj): lying back, resting, leaning
Morosely (adv): in a sad or gloomy way
Lumber (v): to move clumsily or heavily
Brusquely (adv): angrily and abruptly
Pantomime (adv): dramatic gestures
Contemplate (v): to think deeply
Imperiously (adv): in a dominant or dictatorial way
Anguished (adj): anxiety and torment
Yammer (v): whimper

Wednesday Wisdom and Start Of Mice and Men

Listen to a short audio clip “Gratitude” by Sam Harris

Quick Write: What are your thoughts about the gratitude listening piece we heard? Do you agree/disagree? What is something you are thankful for?

Of Mice and Men Background

Before we begin Of Mice and Men, we will discuss the time period of the story, The Great Depression.  Here are the notes. 

Two Word Tuesday!

Quick Write: How did you spend your three day weekend?

Fracas and Lucid from the 9th Grade Vocabulary list.

Complete a Connection Chart for these two words and put it in your folder.

Finish Up/ Make Up Work

Thursday and Friday we will be in the computer lab to revise or make up any work you want a better grade on. This is your chance to pull your grade up before the quarter ends!

All work must by turned in Friday!

Vocabulary Sentences

In your notebook, write a sentence for each of our 14 vocabulary words. Here is the list:

Optimism, Pessimism, Disdain, Anarchy, Contentious, Solitude, Ostentatious, Virtue, Cursory, Obscure, Miser, Ambiguous, Jocular, Monotonous

Notebooks will be checked on Thursday!

Quarterly Exam; Independent Writing is Due

Today is the Quarterly Exam.

Also Independent Writing is due today.

Notebooks are due Wednesday.