1. Quarter 3 Journal Prompts Feb. 8-9 English 9 Mr. Hegerle

2. Q3 Journal Prompt #1 Describe in a ½ - 1 page the strongest relationship in your life, and what it means to you.

3. Group Work In smaller groups, talk about what you look for in a friend and what you think would make you stop being friends with someone else. What constitutes a good relationship vs. a bad one?

4. Pros & Cons Write a list of pros and cons for protecting Lennie, from George's point of view. Is one side of the list longer than the other?

5. Average Accepted High School GPA UVA 4.5 V Tech 4.2 W&M 4.4 GMU 3.75 VCU 3.75 JMU 3.8 ODU 3.8 Radford 3.5

6. Quarter 3 Journal Prompts Feb. 10-11 English 9 Hegerle

7. Q3 Journal Prompt #2 Do you think it's okay to lie? Why or why not? Are there instances in which lies actually benefited you in some way? Would you go back and tell the truth if you had the chance to redo this moment in your life? Write ½-1 page response

8. To figure out your final grade.45(Sem1) +.45((x+y) /2) +.1(z) =Final grade X=Q3 Y=Q4 Z=Final exam

9. Discuss the Prompt As a class, discuss the reasons why they're not supposed to lie. Discuss the reasons why people do lie. Are there gray areas in which it is okay to lie? In Chapter 2, George lies to save Lennie and himself, but each lie turns into the need for another lie.

10. Group Question #1 George lies to the boss about being Lennie's cousin and about the cause for Lennie's condition. Why do you think he feels it is necessary to tell such lies?

11. Group Question #2 George reminds Lennie, after his instructions to him about Curley, to remember the hiding place by the river. What does this suggest George is thinking?

12. Group Question #3 Lennie says he wants to leave the ranch because, "It's mean here." What do you think he's trying to express?

13. Group Question #4 Consider Carlson's suggestion about the old man's (Candy's) dog. Do you agree or disagree with his suggestion? What do you think this suggestion reveals about Carlson‘s character?

14. Prompts & Warm-up Feb. 17-18/2016 English 9 Hegerle & Wagner

15. Warm-Up On your own paper: Put a mark over each part of speech n=noun, v=verb, adj=adjective, adv=adverb, prep=preposition, con=conjunction, pro=pronoun 1. Lennie, a big, strong man, travels with his short, small friend George. (12) 2. He got in trouble for touching dead mice and a girl’s dress. (12) 3. Carlson, another man on the ranch, wants to shoot Candy’s really old dog. (13) 4. The men do not like Curley’s wife; they think she is a tart. (13) Total Points=50

16. Reading Check Quiz on OMM Chps. 1-2

17. Feb. 18-19/2016 English 9 Hegerle & Wagner

18. Warm-Up Write out the following sentences. Underline the prepositional phrases & Circle the prepositions George and Lennie went to the ranch so they can buy a farm of their own. Lennie touched a girl’s dress in Weed. After the incident, the men had to hide in a ditch.

19. Research Papers: Advice for Next Time Avoid using 1 st & 2 nd person in your writing (no “I”, “Me”, “My”, or “You”). Use only 3 rd person. If you must talk about your opinion directly, say, “It is this writer’s opinion that …) Although, I would use this type of sentence sparingly. Instead of saying “You might think that…”, say “One might think that…”

20. Research Papers: Advice for Next Time Avoid narrative stories in persuasive research papers. Don’t go into a lot of background details about your subject’s life. Instead provide a brief background so your readers know who your subject is and then introduce your thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph. Once you have introduced your thesis statement, everything else must be focused on supporting/proving it directly.

21. Research Papers: Advice for Next Time Use more commentary! Too often the papers had quotes dropped in with no personal commentary explaining what the quote meant or how it proved/supported your thesis statement. Use at least 2 sentences of commentary for every 1 quote (1 quote + 2 commentary sentences = 1 paragraph chunk)

22. Research Papers: Advice for Next Time Follow the MLA format for Works Cited Pages The list must be alphabetized (not numbered) If you need help, use citation makers or Google “Purdue Owl MLA Works Cited” Papers also need a title, double spacing throughout, and your name and class info goes on the top left (not centered or on the right)

23. Read Chp 3 in OMM Complete study guide/ questions to think about while we read.

24. Journal Writing Prompt write an essay as Lennie describing the incident at the river. Or write an apology letter from George to Lennie about the incident at the river. ½-1 Page

25. Feb. 29/March 2nd English 9 Hegerle & Wagner

26. Journal Warm-up We only have two chapters left in Of Mice and Men. Write a ½-1 page opinion piece about what you think will happen in chapters 5 & 6. Explain why you think that will happen.