English 3 Unit Plan for Of Mice and Men by Mindy M. Wara
March/April 2011
Day 1
•Intro to Steinbeck
•Great Depression
anticipatory worksheets
•Sign out books
•What is Your American
Dream?
•Assign Chapter 1 and 2
discussion questions for
Tuesday
Day 2
•Discuss Chapter 1
•Before Reading Activity
•Assign Chapter 2 and
2 discussion questions for
Thursday
Day 3
•Individual Reflection
Activity
•Reading Time
Day 4
•Discussion Chapter 2
•Getting to Know
Characters through
Improv Activity
•Assign Chapter 3 (part 1)
and 2 discussion
questions for Monday
Day 5
•Improv volunteers
•Recreational Reading
Time
Day 6
•Discuss Chapter 3 (part 1)
•Found Poems Exercise
•Assign Chapter 3 (part 2)
for Wednesday
•Watch part of OMM
movie
Day 7
•Work on poems
•Watch part of OMM
movie
Day 8
•Ripped paper discussion
questions for Chapter 3
(part 2)
•Watch part of OMM
movie
Day 9
•Discussion of Chapter 3
(part 2) continued
•Poetry Reading
•Assign Chapter 4 and
2 discussion questions for
Monday
Day 10
•Poetry Reading
continued
•Recreational Reading
Time
Day 11
•Poetry reflections
•Discussion of Chapter 4
•Watch part of OMM
movie
•Assign Chapter 5 and
2 discussion questions for
Tuesday
Day 12
•Snowball Groups for To a
Mouse Poem
•Assign Chapter 6 and
2 discussion questions for
Wednesday
•Watch part of OMM
movie
Day 13
•Discuss Chapter 5 & 6
•Go to Computer Lab to
explore OMM Wiki
•Assign Assessment
Options due Monday
Day 14
•After Reading Reflection
•Answer questions about
Assessment Options
•Watch part of OMM
movie
Day 15
•Recreational Reading
Time