1. Read the opening paragraph of chapter 2.
Write a paragraph
explaining the
bunkhouse, how it
is arranged and
what this could
mean.
2. Date ‘Of Mice and Men’
ILO:
By the end of the lesson I will be able to:
• Transfer the characters onto a live stage
performance in order to think in more depth
about the role of the reader.
3. Assessment:
This lesson I will:
• Use peer assessment.
• Have my book marked by my teacher with
comments on ways to improve.
4. Build: • Read up to “...At that moment a young man
came into the bunkhouse...”
• Get into groups of four.
• Discuss how you would stage a performance
of this scene using the ideas below:
• Positioning of the characters.
• Movement of the characters on stage.
• Tone of voice.
• Actions of the characters.
• Gesture and facial gestures.
• Choose one of the above. Write a paragraph
explaining what you would do and why.
•George.
•Lennie.
•Candy, the old
swamper.
•The Boss.
5. Assessment / Apply:
• What did you do and why? You have 5
minutes to present your ideas as a group to
another group.
• What mood is created?
.
6. Demonstrate:
Read to the end of the chapter.
1. Curley is an angry man. Make a list of quotes that suggest this.
(You must make reference to examples of Figurative
language)
2. Find a phrase said by Candy that foretells of trouble ahead.
3. Describe Curley’s wife with quotes to support. Why is she
nameless? What are your first impressions of her?
4. What is your opinion of Slim? How does Steinbeck contrast
him to the Boss? Use quotes and your own ideas.
5. The dog is important. How?
6. What could be the significance of the last paragraph?
7. Assessment: ‘Who said it?’
“Where you boys been working?”
“I wasn’t kicked in the head with no horse...”
“Why...he..just quit, the way a guy will.”
The Boss
Lennie
Candy
“Let the big guy talk.” Curley
George “What’s he got against Lennie?”
“If he ain’t, I guess I better look some place else.” Curley’s wife
In chapter 2, who do you like and why and who do you dislike and why?
