Wednesday, November 3, 2010.

SSR and LOG

1. Copy notes on Conjunctions and Interjections

2. Of Mice and Men NOTES:

- Setting is the Salinas Valley area in California
- Between 1920-1935 approx.
- Each chapter in the novel begins with a description of the setting.
- Novel contains six chapters: Can be easily adapted to a play

- Themes related to friendship, isolation, loneliness, alienation, death as a release from pain
- Prejudice against people who are disadvantaged or handicapped.
- Racism against the African American
- Vernacular (everyday speech) includes poor usage: Use of double negatives, cursing, foul language, slang, and idioms.
- Use of the "N" word common in this time period to denote race. Not meant as a derogatory term.
- Characters uneducated. Ironically, the Black character in the story reads sophisticated books.
- Narrator displays a high degree of sympathy toward characters who belong to a minority, are handicapped, crippled, or lonely.

Make a chart to jot down notes on foreshadowing, and Characterization: direct and indirect.

2. Begin reading Of Mice and Men Chapter 2.

REMINDER: DON'T FORGET to study words 12-25 from Of Mice... Vocabulary handout. Quiz Friday, 11/5
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