GEORGE KILLS LENNIE

10/30

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

OPTION 1: Discuss George’s actions at the end of the story. How can we justify what he does to Lennie?  How can we condemn it?

OPTION 2:

Directions: Match the vocabulary words in 1-7 with the correct definition a-g. Write the letter of the correct definition on the line provided.

1._____________   Reassure     2._____________ Reprehensible 3._____________ Contemptuous 4._____________ Lynch 5._____________ Sorrow 6._____________ Aloof 7._____________ Heron

a.    Deserving of blame or reproof; blameworthy b.    Showing little interest in or desire to be involved with other people; distant c.    Feeling or expressing contempt; scornful d.    Say or do something to remove the doubts and fears of someone e.    A large fish-eating wading bird with long legs a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill f.     A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others g.    To kill someone suspected of a crime or offense without legal authority, esp. by a hanging

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WHAT HAPPENS TO LENNIE ONCE THEY DISCOVER CURLEY'S WIFE

10/28
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Please answer one of the following questions in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

    Option 1:  Will the town give Lennie a fair tria and what would be the punishmentl?

    Option 2:  What will happen to Lennie?

     

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CULMINATING PROJECT

CULMINATING PROJECT



GOOD WORK TODAY ON YOUR REFLECTIONS.

CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR RESPONSE TO WHAT MAKES A HOME AND SOME OF THE OTHER REFLECTIONS.

Please write your reflections in complete sentences:

     
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LENNIE KILLS THE PUPPY...THEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLS CURLY'S WIFE

10/27/15

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LENNY REPEATS MISTAKES OF THE PAST AND ENDS UP KILLING CURLY'S WIFE WITHOUT MEANING TO.

Please answer one of the following questions in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

Option 1: What’s going to happen to Lennie?  What will George do or say when he finds out what Lennie did?

OPTION 2;  HOW DO WE REPEAT MISTAKES OF THE PAST? TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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CURLEY'S WIFE GOES TO CROOK'S ROOM

10/26/15

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

Option 1:  Why would Curley’s wife go into Crooks’ place?  How  appropriate is that?

Option 2:  What is your prediction of George and Lennie’s reaching their goal of buying the farm?

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FINDING LAND IS LIKE FINDING HEAVEN

10/23/15 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Crooks doesn't believe Lennie when he talks about buying the farm.  He says that finding the land is like finding heaven.  What does he mean by this?

How is a dream so impossible that it's like trying to find heaven?

What is one of your dreams?

LENNIE FIGHTS BACK

10/22/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Do you think Curley is going to keep his word and not get Lennie fired? Do you think it would have been better for George to advise Lennie not to fight Curley? Explain your answers.

LOSING A LOVED ONE...A PET

10/21/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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At the end of today’s reading Carlson shoots Candy’s terminally ill dog in the head as a form of mercy killing. Even though Candy agreed to let Carlson kill his dog, he was very distraught about it. Do you believe Candy’s dog deserved to die? Why or why not?

EUTHANASIA...THE DOG AND THE PUPPIES

10/20/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Carlson believes in the concept of euthanasia or ‘mercy killing’ in regards to Candy’s dog. Today the topic of euthanasia is a very controversial and the concept is banned in the United States and most countries in the world. What is your opinion about the topic? Should it be legal? Explain your answer. 

HOW MUCH WOULD LENNIE FIGHT BACK WITH CURLY?

10/19/15 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Even though Lennie is slow, do you think he will put up with Curley’s behavior or will he fight back? Explain your answer. 

GEORGE LIKE A BIG BROTHER TO LENNY

10/16/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
     Level 1: Please write 3 sentences to complete the assignment

     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Even though they’re not related, George is taking on the ‘big brother’ role in Lennie’s life. Write about a time in your life when you had to watch over another person. Did you enjoy your experience or did you find it annoying? Explain your answer.

Incident by Countee Cullen

10/14/15 homework

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Read the poem below and answer the following questions in complete sentences:

   
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     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Incident

by Countee Cullen

Once riding in old Baltimore,

Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,

I saw a Baltimorean

Keep looking straight at me.

Now I was eight and very small,

And he was no whit bigger,

And so I smiled, but he poked out

His tongue, and called me, “Nigger.”

I saw the whole of Baltimore

From May until December;

Of all the things that happened there

That’s all that I remember.

1.      What might lead a child to insult another child this way?

2.       Look at the last stanza.

          Look at the title

          What is ironic here about the title? 

MORE ON LIZ MURRAY..HOMELESS TO HARVARD

10/13/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
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     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Liz Murray didn’t become homeless until she reached the age of 15. If Liz was homeless much earlier in her life, do you believe she would have attended college

LIZ MURRAY...A HOMELESS TEEN

10/9/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
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     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

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Today you read an article about Liz Murray, a homeless teenager who earned a scholarship at Harvard University. Write about the adversities she faced and how it compares to the stories of other homeless individuals you read about earlier in the week.

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DURING THE DUST BOWL

10/8/15 homework

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Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

     
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     Level 2: Please write 5 sentences to complete the assignment 
     Level 3: Please write 7 sentences to complete the assignment

During the Dust Bowl, Florence Thompson was forced to work every day for 16 hours a day over an 8-year period. In 2015, do you believe much has changed for some Americans? Are some people still working long hours every day to support their families? If so, explain the circumstances that some Americans might share with Florence Thompson.

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