Social Issues in Our World

Today's Goal: connect the dreams, ideas, and messages from Of Mice and Men to the current and historical figures and data in our society today.

The Plan:

1. Debrief of the ending of Of Mice and Men
2. "Begging" - An article about poverty
3. A social issues jigsaw (I will explain) (You will need the document on Google Classroom)

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tuesday, June 7
• Article Jigsaw Document due on Google Classroom at the end of the period
• You will also receive a short NoRedInk Assignment that is directly associated with some of the content of your final exam. Do it for your own benefit.
• 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.
• Thursday, June 9
• We will use this day to prepare for your essay.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.
• You will receive more information on this later this week.
• You will receive your study guide for the final on this day.
• Monday, June 13
• Character Chart Due
• We will go over things to review for the final