2016-2017 Welcome

Agenda:

• Syllabus

Homework:

• Locate binder for course

Wrap-Up

Agenda:

• Finish documentary
• Review: Crooks' depiction

Homework:

• Finish text for Monday

Link to Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Speech

https://youtu.be/7SKEODtaQUU

The Extent of the American Dream

Agenda:

• Review Homework questions
• The N-Word documentary

Homework:

• Review vocab
• Read rest of text for Monday

OMM American Dream

Agenda:

• Journal warm-up
• Discuss themes from last class/add to theme chart
• Comparison of OMM and American Farmer Letters
• Think/Pair/Share
• Discuss of similarities and differences

Homework:

• Read chapter four
• Answer the questions about Crooks

Themes in Of Mice and Men

Agenda:

• Review themes
• Group search for themes: power vs. powerlessness and community vs. individuality 

Homework:

• Read the excerpt of Letters from an American Farmer and answer the discussion questions
• Finish questions from today's group work

STAR

Agenda:

• STAR exam (if you are absent, you will need to come to the TEA time I scheduled you to next week to make it up)
• Vocab definitions

Homework:

• Finish vocab list
• Read ch 3 in OMM for Tuesday