tasks for Friday October 24..

1....make sure tweeting is complete......2..make sure blogs up to date.....3. the visual part of the verbal visual essay should be on the road to completion.- .4. the second part is the five paragraph essay to go on the back ( I have included an example - clean and with notes - and a rubric)....basically same theme as the other side except now you write an essay explaining how that theme is present in the book...use the example provided for the theme of 'need to talk" and write your own...easy

FYI: themes identified / chosen in ENG 4C1 (Tuesday's handout)

innocence....Depression life....companionship....relationships....agricultural life.....unpredictability....love....work life....friendship....drama.....loyalty....sticking together....care.....trust...hard choices....treatment of the disabled

#14 themes in Of Mice and Men

well just one......pick what you think is the best , most interesting, most evident theme in the book (it will be one you will spending a bit of time with).............in your blog ,identify it and and explain briefly why you chose it

#13 the film version

what was good about it ?...what was not?...were the actors good/well chosen?...what surprised you from the film?....what did you feel / learn from the film that you did not from the book? etc

#12 the ideal ending

chapter five..the dream still within sight, but problems everywhere whether you know it ends or not, how would you like it end? Explain

#11 not your twitter character necessarily...

but your favourite character.. identify your favourite character (could be your twitter character) in Of Mice and Men and explain why you chose him (her)

today's (oct 10th) task

write a paragraph ( minimum of five sentences ) in which you explain your "philosophy song"....why did you choose it?...why does it speak to you at the moment?

#10 your Mice and Men twitter character

who is it and what do you know about him (her) so far (the first two chapters)

#9 ten facts about the (Great) Depression...

research and...put them here