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RIDING THE RAILS AND HOBOS

HW: WAS IT BETTER TO STAY WITH THEIR FAMILY IN POVERTY OR LEAVE AND FIND THEIR WAY ON THE ROAD?

 WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO RIDE THE RAILS?  WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?

 FROM THE PBS SERIES: 

Riding the Rails: Hobo Kids during Great Depression 1/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIblZmwvGww 

  

INTRODUCTION TO LENNY AND GEORGE

HW: DESCRIBE GEORGE AND LENNY? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?  ARE THEY THE SAME SIZE? ARE THEIR MINDS THE SAME? DO YOU THINK GEORGE MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS HE WOULD BE BETTER OFF BY HIMSELF? WHY DO YOU THINK HE STAYS WITH LENNY?  WHY DOESN'T LENNY GO OFF IN THE WOODS?

YOUR PREDICTION OF THE QUALITY OF MICE AND MEN

HW:  If John Steinbeck has won a Pulitzer, a National Book Award, and a Nobel Prize for Literature, how good do you think the book, Of Mice and Men, will be?  Does it make you want to read the book more?

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN STEINBECK

JOHN STEINBECK HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS FOR HIS WRITING: THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE, AND THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.  RESEARCH ONLINE FOR THESE PRIZES AND TELL WHO GIVES THESE PRIZES AND HOW MUCH DO YOU GET FOR THESE PRIZES.  ALSO, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO A WRITER? WHY?

LOOKING AT THE BOOK, OF MICE AND MEN, BY JOHN STEINBECK

WE WILL FIND IN THE BOOK THAT LONELY PEOPLE CAN BECOME CLOSE LIKE FAMILY EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD.  THE CHARACTERS IN OUR NEW BOOK ARE CLOSE LIKE A FAMILY.  BESIDES OUR BLOOD-RELATED FAMILY, WHAT OTHER KINDS OF FAMILY CAN WE MAKE?  THINK OF ARNOLD IN THE TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN.  HE HAD A CLOSE FRIEND, ROWDY, WHO WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO HIM.  WHO IN YOUR LIFE IS CLOSE LIKE FAMILY?