1. Sit with your literature circle, ready to roll!!!!!
Grab a reading…..
Sit with your literature circle, ready to roll!!!!!
Pick up a reading on the way into the room!

2. Of Mice and Men and the American Dream

3. Objectives
1. Increase fluency through participation in a choral reading
2. Analyze the dreams possessed by George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men”
3. Explain the concept of the “American Dream”
4. Apply the concept of the “American Dream” to characters in “Of Mice and Men” and to your own life.

4. Choral Reading
Why: To build fluency (increase efficiency and reading comprehension) 1. Assign roles. 2. Every person quietly read through and prepare for reading. (As you read, think: “How would the character say these lines?”) 3. Stand in a small group and read the parts aloud.

5. Dream Charts
I would staple these to the rest of your sheets. 1. Fill out George and Lennie’s dream (be specific). 2. The American Dream (45 seconds to preview the reading) 3. Annotate the article as you read.

6. Something that stands for or represents something else.
Symbol
Something that stands for or represents something else.

7. “The American Dream”
Defining the American Dream:
Literature Circle Discussion questions:
1. What is the American Dream?
2. Is the American Dream more attainable for some than others? Explain.
3. Pick one of the questions from the end of the second reading to discuss and present to the rest of the class.
4. Why was Steinbeck’s portrayal of the American Dream so important during this time period in History?

8. Closure: Your “American Dream”
What is the “American Dream?”
Describe your “American Dream” and how that dream was formed.
How is your dream similar to that of George and Lennie’s?