For the first time in around 15 years of teaching Steinbeck's text, I had a strange experience today with year 11. We are revising/revisiting the text for Edexcel IGCSE. It was read in Year 9 and now we are going …
Tag: Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men: resources
I have taught this text for so long and seem to have overlooked posting resources to the blog... odd... I am not the author of all of these, but I have used them from time to time. I am largely …
Screencast to introduce Of Mice and Men
A 20 minute screencast to introduce Steinbeck's novella: Intro screencast Read More "Screencast to introduce Of Mice and Men"
OMAM introducing Curley’s wife
A short ppt to work on the first appearance of Curley's wife curley wife intro Read More "OMAM introducing Curley’s wife"
“To know Curley’s Wife would be to love her…” A response
Driven by a feeling that students tend to take Curley's Wife at facevalue, even when encouraged to think beyond the obvious, I recently set an essay based on this quotation by John Steinbeck. The PowerPoint attached seeks to address the …
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Approaching Of Mice and Men as a societal critique
I often pursue aspects of a novel with a question such as "why did the author write this text in this way at this time in their life or in the context of the worlds in which they live?" I …
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An introduction to OMAM screencast
This screencast, linked to my school YouTube page is designed to introduce OMAM to my new Year 11 class. It is not aimed at providing close analysis, but rather as an overview to stimulate and prepare. http://youtu.be/zB-aMwBsq74 OMAM screencast I …
