1. Thursday Presentation Do Over Day.

2. Do Now What changes will you make to your presentation today? How will you make it better and meet the guidelines of the assignment? Explain.

3. Information • New Vocabulary Unit - first unit of 2nd M.P. • Section IV - finish reading be ready for discussion - finish study guides – worth points. • Edited Presentations due tomorrow - looking for quality

4. Symbolism • Define the term - use understandable language - technical definitions unusable • Find symbols and examples from the book - dreams, mice, farm, candy’s dog, Candy

5. Theme • Define the term - use understandable language - technical definitions unusable • Find themes and examples from the book - friendship/brotherhood, loneliness, American Dream, predatory nature of individuals

6. Characters/Characterization • Define the term - use understandable language - technical definitions unusable • Character descriptions - what do they look like, how do they act - how does their character relate to the story

7. Plot Elements • Look at the events in the story • Plot Pyramid - this was covered in class - use your notes • Have not reached the climax of the book - define what we do know - exposition, inciting incident, rising action

8. If your slide looks like this… The novel opens with the description of a riverbed in rural California, a beautiful, wooded area at the base of “golden foothill slopes.” A path runs to the river, used by boys going swimming and riffraff coming down from the highway. Two men walk along the path. The first, George, is small, wiry, and sharp-featured, while his companion, Lennie, is large and awkward. They are both dressed in denim, farmhand attire. As they reach a clearing, Lennie stops to drink from the river, and George warns him not to drink too much or he will get sick, as he did the night before. As their conversation continues, it becomes clear that the larger man has a mild mental disability, and that his companion looks out for his safety. George begins to complain about the bus driver who dropped them off a long way from their intended destination—a ranch on which they are due to begin work. Lennie interrupts him to ask where they are going. His companion impatiently reminds him of their movements over the past few days, and then notices that Lennie is holding a dead mouse.

9. Abridge – (v.) To Make Shorter Synonyms – shorten, condense, abbreviate Antonyms – Expand, Enlarge, Augment Many presentations were abridged and did not meet the requirements for the assignment.

10. Adherent – (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to Synonyms – (n.) disciple Antonyms – (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, Lennie is an adherent to George’s directions.