1. Of Mice and Men: Curley’s Wife

2. Please do the following: - Pick up handout: Drawing Conclusions Worksheet - Open OMAM books to pages: 31-32 (black book), 34-36 (blue book). - In READING LESSON SECTION write the date (10/28) and the lesson title “Drawing Conclusion about Characters”

3. 3  Complete work  Do not be a disruption  NO HIB  Positive contributions in whole class discussion/sharing  Utilizing time up to the bell  Willing to take risks as a learner (Ask questions, etc)  Work collaboratively with your table partner when given time to do so  Stay on task 4 Consistent in all “3” areas (modeling for others) Help your partner when possible BE A LEADER!

4. Drawing conclusions requires the reader to use experience and clues from the text to form a logical conclusion.  Conclusions are NOT found directly in text.  Conclusions require consideration of relevant experiences.  Conclusions must be logically supported by text evidence.  There is no “right” answer. (However, there are wrong answers; those NOT supported by text evidence.)  Drawing conclusions are inferences that are based on several pieces of textual evidence.

5.  Joan is a new student at Timberline. How are you going to get to know or learn about Joan?  With partner, BRAINSTORM a list of ways to get to know Joan.

6. 1. Speech 2. Actions 3. Thoughts and Feelings 4. Physical Appearance 5. Response of Others 6. Direct Comment by Author (These ways should be in your Iceberg Notes. If not, copy them now.)

7. SpeechActions Thoughts/FeelingsPhysical Appearance Responses of OthersDirect Comment *What does the book tell us about Curley’s Wife?

8.  Review the evidence on your chart.  What can you “assume” about Curley’s Wife? What is your evidence? Your assumption = a conclusion!  Complete the statement below: (Write this conclusion in your comp books.) One conclusion a reader can draw about _Curley’s Wife_ is _________ because… (Name 1 or 2: speech/ action/ thoughts/ physical appearance/other character’s response/ direct comment).

9. 1. Does the conclusion require “reading between the lines” (NOT directly stated)? 2. Is there evidence from the passage to support/prove the conclusion? 3. Are there several pieces of evidence supporting the conclusion? 4. Does the conclusion name one or two of the 6 ways of characterization (speech, action, thought/feelings…)?

10.  Use the drawing conclusion stem in order to analyze a character from your book.  One conclusion a reader can draw about _(Character name)_ is _________ because… (Choose 1 or 2: speech/ action/ thoughts/ physical appearance/ other character’s response/ direct comment).  List 3 pieces of evidence to support conclusion.

11. 3  Complete work  Do not be a disruption  NO HIB  Positive contributions in whole class discussion/sharing  Utilizing time up to the bell  Willing to take risks as a learner (Ask questions, etc)  Work collaboratively with your table partner when given time to do so  Stay on task 4 Consistent in all “3” areas (modeling for others) Help your partner when possible BE A LEADER!