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Agenda IR Intro to OMAM – photo/image discussion Revise –use checklist –Much Ado Essay

REMINDERS **BRING OF MICE AND MEN TO SCHOOL MONDAY! *Grab your IR books! We will read today! *Much Ado Essay - Rough draft due TODAY! We will do some revising and editing. *Final Draft: DUE MONDAY – Typed hard copy due in class!

What’s the story? Why did this happen? Who was involved?

Of Mice and Men setting Of Mice and Men is set on a Salinas Valley ranch in California during The Great Depression of the 1930s.

Additional Background Many migrant workers from the Midwest and South (notably, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas), migrated to California in search of work.

1930s Great Depression Era Photos

1930s Hooverville

1930s Salinas Valley Lettuce Pickers

1930s Dust Bowl

1930s California Migrant Camp

1930s Migrant Family

Writing Reminders Claims should have REASONS Vary the type of Lead-in Not all lead-ins should be a somebody says Interpretation should be 3 sentences Give a context for the evidence (what is going on in the play?) Give a specific example or detail to help support your claim Make a connection back to the claim (explain why your character matches the alignment) Include transitions between pieces of evidence AND between paragraphs Follow CEIEI format