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Note: Rewrites of your Prometheus and Zeus mini-essays are due on Monday, September 23. You may rewrite your essay for a higher grade, but you must hand in the graded copy with the new printed version.
Notice: If you handed in your summer reading extra credit essays, you also need to submit them via turnitin.com. Please do so asap.
For Wednesday, September 11: Read Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men and answer the study questions. Of Mice and Men Study Questions
For Thursday, September 12: Read Chapter 2 and answer the study questions.
By the end of class on Friday, September 13: Complete the Chapters 1 and 2 Set the Context exercises. (You will have the period to work on them, but they are due at the end of class. )
For Tuesday, September 17: Type (and double space!) your mini-essays about Chapter 2. Of Mice and Men Chapter 2 Mini-essay If you'd like to see a sample mini-essay, click here: Sample Mini-essay (Prometheus and Zeus)
For Wednesday, Sept. 18: Read the first half of Chapter 3 and answer the study questions.
For Thursday, Sept. 19: Read the second half of Chapter 3 and answer the study questions.
For Friday, September 20: Finish the image assignment that we worked on in class. Also, Prometheus and Zeus mini-essay rewrites are due on Monday, September 23.
For Monday, September 23: Read Chapter 4 and answer the study questions.
For Thursday, September 26: Read the rest of the novel. Be ready for a quiz on the last chapters of the novel. This quiz will cover pp. 66-107. You could also start thinking about the final mini-essays on the novel. See the assignment below.
Here are some of the comments I wrote on your mini-essays: Issues in Chapter 2 mini-essays
Comments on Chapter 2 Mini-essays (without examples) Revised Chapter 2 mini-essays are due on Tuesday, October 16.
In class on Friday, September 27 and Monday, September 30: Work on the Set the Context exercises. They are due at the end of class on Monday.
In class on Tuesday, October 1: We will plan the mini-essays. Here's the assignment: Of Mice and Men Final Mini-essays Here are some ideas about these mini-essays: Ideas for Of Mice and Men Mini-essays Here are some extra planning sheets, in case you lost yours: Mini-essay planning sheets (three pieces of evidence)
Wednesday, October 2--Monday, October 7: We will meet in the computer lab to work on essays.
The first two double-spaced, typed essays are due at the beginning of class on Friday, October 4 . The second two mini-essays are due by the end of class on Teusday, October 8.
Be sure to submit both essays as one document via turnitin.com and also via Google Classroom. Print your receipt from turnitin.com--it is due with your essays. To be clear, please hand in:
1. Your two printed mini-essays.
2. Your mini-essay planning sheets.
3. Your receipt from turnitin.com