AYE!

(As You Enter)

When you walk in…

★ Grab a ½ sheet of paper from back

table
★ DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON IT!
★ Await further instructions
Choose 3 to Answer
1. Why does George have to give up the idea of the dream farm once Lennie
kills Curley’s wife? Was the farm ever a real possibility?
2. How are the deaths of Candy’s dog and Lennie related? Why do the two have
to die?
3. Does George have the right to kill Lennie? Why/Why not?
4. What is Steinbeck’s tone towards the murder? How do you know?
5. What is Steinbeck saying about dreams? Is he suggesting that we all should
we all just give up and stop dreaming? Or is he making a different statement?
Crumple your paper in a ball!
 Rules:

1. You may only throw the paper

balls at each other

SNOWBALL FIGHT!
2. Do not throw behind work
desks
3. When we stop, pick up the
Keep going until I yell: nearest snowball to you
SLIM SHADY 4. May the odds be ever in your
favor :)
 We will take turns going around the
circle

Read your snowball out loud to see

what the author had to say about that

Agree/Disagree!
question

We will move to the RIGHT side of the

room if we agree, and the LEFT if we
Don’t forget, we are:
disagree
Listening with Understanding
and Empathy! Then, we’ll discuss why we agree or
disagree
Think before you speak!