HOMEWORK: READ TO PAGE 37 (AT LEAST)
HOMEWORK: FIND and print A POEM written by one of the following poets:
ROBERT FROST
EMILY DICKINSON
WALT WHITMAN
Read Of Mice and Men
Vocabulary for Next Thur/Friday: Of Mice and Men, Quizlet deck
Words: "aloof" through "meager"
For Thur/Fri Feb 9/10, all of the remaining words (about 15)
Discuss Of Mice and Men, chapter 1
Characterization
What kind of person is George? Examples
1. Compassionate 1.
2.
2. Fatherly; stern 1.
2.
3. Humble 1.
4. Smart 1.
What kind of person is the Boss? Examples
1. 1.
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2. 1.
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What kind of person is Curley? Examples
1. 1.
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2. 1.
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What kind of person is Slim? Examples
1. 1.
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2. 1.
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What kind of person is Crooks? Examples
1. 1.
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2. 1.
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What kind of person is Curley's Wife? Examples
1. 1.
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2. 1.
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Why do they travel around, and why travel together?
Great Depression
Poetry/Poesia, Pablo Neruda
Introduction to Poetry, by Billy Collins
Poetry--Robert Frost
The Pasture
The Pasture, choral rendition
Next week:
Edwin Arlington ROBINSON, T.S. ELIOT, or Carl SANDBURG, or E.E. CUMMINGS,
Then:
Denise LEVERTOV, Elizabeth BISHOP, Sylvia PLATH, Gwendolyn BROOKS, or Adrienne RICH
Then:
Maya ANGELOU, Billy COLLINS, William Carlos WILLIAMS
Pablo NERUDA
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