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H4 - P4 - Week 5 - Lesson 1-2

Lesson Goals

After today's lessons you will..

.. have discussed/learned about Chapter 4 of Of Mice and Men

.. have practised your reading skills

.. have practised your vocabulary skills

Today's Lesson

Of Mice and Men

Reading

Vocabulary

Of Mice and Men - Chapter 4

Today's Lesson

You read Chapter 4 of Of Mice and Men

Today you will check your knowledge

You will need to read Chapter 5 for next week

Tell me about
Chapter 4

This lesson I will..

(even if you haven't finished until chapter 4 you can choose "A" to prepare for the test)

1. Participate in discussing the questions of Chapter 4
2. Read Of Mice and Men

Outsiders

Many of the characters on the ranch can be described as ‘outsiders’: 

they don’t fit into normal society because they have characteristics that make them different from supposedly ‘normal’ people. 

For each of the following characters, identify the characteristics that make them outsiders

Why is he an outsider?
Candy

Candy

He is an outsider because he is missing a hand

Quote:

“Candy leaned against the wall beside the broken collar while he scratched the wrist stump.” (page 37)

Why is she an outsider?
Curley's wife

Curley's wife

She is an outsider because she is a woman, and the men are worried that talking to her will get them into trouble with Curley.

Quote:

After a pause Crooks said, "Maybe you better go along to your own house now. We don't want no trouble."

"Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" (page 38)

Why is he an outsider?
Lennie

Lennie

He is an outsider because he is dumb

Quote:

Crooks continued. "Sometimes he talks, and you don't know what the hell he's talkin' about. Ain't that so?" He leaned forward, boring Lennie with his deep eyes. "Ain't that so?"

"Yeah... sometimes."

"Jus' talks on, an' you don't know what the hell it's all about?" "Yeah... sometimes. But... not always." (page 34)

Why is he an outsider?
Crooks

Crooks

He is an outsider because he is black and a cripple

Quote:

“His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips which were lighter than his face.” (page 33)

Crooks and Lennie have a conversation
What does Crooks say to upset Lennie?

He implies that George will get hurt or die and abandon Lennie

Curley’s wife interrupts the conversation between Lennie and Crooks
How do they respond to her?

They don’t really want to talk to her or look at her. 

 They don’t want to get into trouble for talking to her. 

What does this reveal about her life on the ranch?

She lives very isolated. 

For the most part she only interacts with her husband.

How is this foreshadowing her role in the problems to come?

The reason they don’t interact with her is because they don’t want any trouble. Interacting with her could be the cause of problems happening later on. 

Evaluation

You now know more about:

- The outsiders of the story

- George and Lennie's relationship

- Crooks

- Curley's wife

- What might happen at the end of the book

Of Mice and Men Homework

Read Chapter 5 of Of Mice and Men

Answer the questions about Chapter 5

Finish this for the first lesson of next week

What characteristics do you think of when you think of cats?

Reading

WaspReporter Magazine page 10-11

Studentfile page 9

Assignment 25: 

For each gap in the text, write down which fragment belongs there. 

>> We will check it together

Vocabulary

WaspReporter Magazine page 10-11

Studentfile page 9

Assignment 26: 

A: Think of/look up antonyms for the words

C: Fill in the missing words using the words from A

>> We will check it together

Lesson Goals

After today's lessons you..

.. have discussed/learned about Chapter 4 of Of Mice and Men

.. have practised your reading skills

.. have practised your vocabulary skills