Analyzing Mood

What's the mood of this scene?

Today's Goal: Practice identifying the mood of a scene in Of Mice and Men, followed by a partner two-chunk paragraph.

The Plan:

1. Read a short passage from Chapter 3.
2. Write a two-chunk paragraph.

MOOD: the feeling or atmosphere that is created for the audience. Mood refers to how the reader is supposed to feel when reading, watching, or listening to a text. The character might be happy, but that doesn't necessarily mean the audience is supposed to feel happy, too.

You might start your paragraph with a sentence that looks like this one:

In the scene where ______________, Steinbeck creates a __________ mood through his effective use of _________ and __________.

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tonight, June 1
• Make sure you have finished chapter 3 (up to page 66). There is audio on Youtube!
• There are a lot of new characters in that chapter, and many relationships (and conflicts) building. Work on your character chart. Take note of all of these interactions.
• Study your vocab. You have a quiz on Friday
• Your words: attract, traction, extract, detract, contract, abstract, fratricide, incision, excision, genocide, homicide
• Friday, June 3
• TRACT/CIDE Vocab Quiz
• 10-point revision due, if choosing to take the opportunity.
• Click here for the document you need.
• You will need to PRINT it, ATTACH it to your original essay, and TURN IT IN by 2:45pm on Friday, June 3.
• Wednesday, June 8
• Book Love Book Chat
• The document for this can be found in your Google Classroom folder in Drive, or on Google Classroom.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.