Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Day Sixteen / 6.15, 6.16

Today we reviewed for the Vocab Final by doing Vocab Final Jeopardy! Then we began watching the Of Mice and Men movie.

Day Fifteen / 6.14.10

Today we took a Vocabulary Quiz. We discussed the end of Of Mice and Men. Then I handed out the words for the vocabulary final. We briefly discussed the final.

Day Fourteen / 6.10, 6.11

First, we showed our stickmen. Then, we read Part 5 in Of Mice and Men. Then we took a quiz.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Day Thirteen / 6.7, 6.8

Today we read chapter 4 in Of Mice and Men. We also talked about two Langston Hughes poems, and had a discussion about racism and discrimination in our world today. We watched a video about lynchings, and this helped focus our awareness of the past as we entered into our discussion. The powerpoint from class is here.

And here's the video.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Day Twelve / 6.3, 6.4

Today we watched Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick. We answered questions about how the movie relates to Of Mice and Men. Those questions are here.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Day Ten / 5.27, 5.28

Today we finished reading Chapter 2, then took the Chapter 2 Quiz. After that, we started reading Chapter 3. It was a day of reading, and we're now half-way through the novella.