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Main Hall Room 16 Teacher Kate Jones

 Welcome to English 9 Texts Curriculum Homework rules  Of Mice and Men overview  1 st Trimester overview

 Novels: Of Mice and Men Things Fall Apart  Short Stories  Drama The Elephant Man Antigone  Sophocles  Jean Anouilh Macbeth  Poetry  Prose Essays Articles Criticism

 Essays Responding to and interpreting literature Persuasive writing Personal narrative Descriptive writing  Creative writing Stories Poetry

 Participation in class discussions  Oral presentations

 Vocabulary for the High School Student 4 th edition  Words drawn from our readings  Literary terms

 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 2 nd 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 depend 5. 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.

1. Written work for this class should be type- written and double-spaced. 2. Submit homework by to: 3. In the subject box of your , 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.

 Friday, 9/910: :30A John Steinbeck: the author and his times Of Mice and Men: Plot overview Vocabulary: Red Book  Monday, 9/1210: :30B Character foils  George and Lennie  Slim and Carlson  Candy and Crooks  Curley and his wife

 Tuesday, 9/138:10 - 8:55B Character foils (continued) Setting Play-novelette form  Wednesday, 9/14No classB

 Thursday, 9/152:30 - 3:15B 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

 Friday, 9/1610: :30B Themes and topics (continued) Steinbeck’s style Point of view Form and Structure Review of literary terms  Allegory  Allusion  Foreshadowing  Symbolism

 Monday, 9/192:30 - 3:15A 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

 Tuesday, 9/2010: :30A Small group activity (continued) Critical Response  Wednesday, 9/21No ClassA  Thursday, 9/221: :30A In-class writing workshop  Friday, 9/2310: :30A Short paper due on Of Mice and Men

 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

 Write a short (one page) composition: Describe yourself OR an experience you had this summer OR where you see yourself in five years.