1. Due Today: OMM Chapter 5 Reading Log Learning Objectives: You will analyze a text pausing occasionally to make predictions/ connections. You will interpret imagery, symbolization, and details in the setting. Monday, 27 September 2010 Bell-work: Please get out your book and open to page 99. Get ready to turn in your reading log for chapter 5. Homework: Binder Checkpoint #1: Friday 10/1 Agenda: OMM Chapter 6 Writer’s Notebook #8: OMM Imagery

2. Writer’s Notebook #8 September 27, 2010 Of Mice and Men Imagery Please reread the passages on page 7 and on page 99. Draw the imagery in your notebook and analyze what you think it means.

3. Learning Objectives: You will interpret imagery, symbolization, and details in the setting. You will understand the cultural significance of our novel. You will analyze two poems and make a connection to our novel. Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Bell-work: Please get out Writer’s Notebook #8 from last class and continue writing about the imagery and symbolization in OMM. Homework: OMM Socratic Seminar Block Day Poetry Connections due Block Day Binder Checkpoint #1: Friday 10/1 OMM Vocabulary Test Friday 10/1 Due Today: OMM Vocabulary Chart Chapters 4-6 Agenda: Writer’s Notebook #8: OMM Imagery “Harlem” & “To a Mouse” Connections OMM in Contemporary Society ~ Switchfoot & SNL OMM Socratic Seminar Introduction

4. References to OMM in Popular Culture Cartoons Futurama Looney Tunes King of the Hill Spongebob South Park TV The Monkees The Shield Family Feud My Name is Earl CSI WWE SNL Psych Movies Gremlins In the Army Now Fever Pitch Music Megadeth Katy Perry Tupac Shakur Brand New Switchfoot

5. Switchfoot ~ “Meant to Live” Fumbling his confidence And wondering why the world has passed him by Hoping that he’s meant for more than arguments And failed attempts to fly, fly We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside Somewhere we live inside We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside Dreaming about providence And whether mice or men have second tries Maybe we’ve been livin with our eyes half open Maybe we’re bent and broken, broken We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside Somewhere we live inside We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside We want more than this world’s got to offer We want more than this world’s got to offer We want more than the wars of our fathers And everything inside screams for second life We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? We were meant to live We were meant to live

6. Of Mice and Men on Saturday Night Live http://www.hulu.com/watch/35498/saturda y-night-live-george-and-lenny

7. Learning Objectives: You will understand the components to a major project. You will interpret and define vocabulary in context. You will be critical of the themes in a novel by discussing and analyzing a text as a class. Wednesday, 29 September 2010 Bell-work: Please pick up your binder from the bin and get organized. Homework: Binder Checkpoint #1: Friday 10/1 OMM Vocabulary Test Friday 10/1 Due Today: Poetry Connections Agenda: Last Day for Word Wall Writer’s Notebook #9: Placing Blame Binder Checkpoint Review OMM American Dream Multi-Genre Project introduction OMM Socratic Seminar Introduction OMM Vocabulary Activity

8. Writer’s Notebook Entry #9 September 29, 2010 Placing Blame Draw a circle in your journal. Create a pie chart that represents four things: how much of the failure of the dream is George’s fault, how much is Lennie’s fault, and how much is due to economic forces beyond the control of characters. Use colors. George’s Fault %: Lennie’s Fault %: Curley’s Fault Curley’s Wife’s Fault %: Economic Forces %: Fate %:

9. Binder Checkpoint #1 Writer’s Notebook Entries #19/17 OMM Quick-writes #29/20 Social Justice & The American Dream #39/21 John Steinbeck Biographical Notes #49/21 Great Depression Video Notes #59/22 “I’d Rather Not be on Releif” #69/22 Idioms #79/23 OMM Venn Diagram #89/27 OMM Imagery Analysis #99/29 Placing Blame Pie Chart

10. The American Dream The American Dream is a national concept that this country holds a promise of prosperity for its people. In the American Dream, citizens at every level feel that they can achieve a "better, richer, and happier life.“ The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence which states that "all men are created equal“ and that they have "certain inalienable Rights“ including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.“ The accuracy and validity of the American Dream is highly debated. The American Dream has been credited with helping to build a cohesive American experience but has also been blamed for overinflated expectations. The presence of the American Dream has not historically helped minority groups or citizens in low economic status. Instead, the American wealth structure has often been observed to sustain class differences in which well- positioned groups continue to be advantaged. The American Dream is often used as a synonym for home ownership since homes have historically been seen as status symbols separating the middle class from the poor.

11. Collective Consciousness The shared beliefs and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society. It has developed as a way of describing how an entire community comes together to share similar values.

12. Learning Objectives: You will demonstrate proficiency in understanding vocabulary in context. You will compare and contrast a film adaptation to a text. Friday, 1 October 2010 Bell-work: Please pick up a binder checkpoint slip and tape it into the inside front cover of your binder. Homework: OMM Reading Comprehension Test on Monday Due Today: Binder Checkpoint #1 Agenda: OMM Vocabulary Test OMM Film Adaptation