1. I have no words… Today will be brief.

2. Do Now Yesterday was presentation day. Evaluate the presentations you saw, what is your overall opinion of what was presented? Explain.

3. Information • Does it matter if I give you information? • Will it change anything? • Will you actually pay attention? • Will you alter your behavior as a result of what you see here? • How much do you really pay attention to what is going on?

4. Do Now Yesterday was presentation day. Evaluate the presentations you saw, what is your overall opinion of what was presented? Explain.

5. Presentation Critique • 3 days worth of group time - 147 minutes of class time • 3+ weeks working on OMAM - one study guide - answers provided • Literary terms - previously discussed • Quality of the presentation???? JUNK!

6. Identified Problems • No Content - no connections to OMAM • Literary Terms - definitions unusable - no examples from OMAM • Spelling and grammar • Slides - pictures? 2-6 slides?

7. Let’s see if I can support my statements… • The key is supporting - in this case, use OMAM as support • That was something that was missing - check out these examples

8. symbolism symbolism-the practice of representing things by symbols or of investing things with symbolic meaning or character.

9. Examples of symbolism Symbolism is like symbols for examples in mice and men the dog was a symbol of candy's life on the farm.

10. The characteristics of curly’s wife Curly’s wife has no name and is initially seen as the possession of her husband. She is also good looking and who wears a lot of make-up from fitting dresses and ostrion feathered-high heels. Also she is the only woman in the ranch.

11. The characteristics of candy are… Candy is a old ranch worker (swamper) who has lost his hand in a farm accident. Candy and his relationship with his ancient, reeking dog are important in the book as markers for exactly who you don’t want to be. Candy has really spent the best years of his life working on some one else's farm.

12. The characteristics of Lennie are…. Lennie is a large, lumbering childlike migrant worker, he has a mental disorder. He depends on his friend George for protection and guidence.

13. Definition of Theme: The definition of theme is the main idea or the subject of something. bg

14. Main idea of Section 1: The main idea of section one of the book “Of Mice and Men” is basically about a dream. The opening scene of the book pictures George and Lennie beside a stream and how they dream to be able to own a place of their own and one day be their own bosses. - Johnny

15. Assignment Guidelines Not Met • So we will do it again… • This time - may be a good idea to ask - try reading the book - use more than one web site - Study Guide?????

16. Due Friday • 5-10 minute presentations • PowerPoints, use 8-10 slides • All participate • Quality this time instead of junk • Details, Pictures, Examples - from the book this time