Of Mice and Men
https://schools.stlucie.k12.fl.us/phs/files/2018/05/Summer-Reading-Packet_9th_Mice-and-Men-Packet.pdf
https://learn.stleonards.vic.edu.au/yr9eng/files/2015/02/OF-MICE-AND-MEN-BOOKLET.pdf
Digital Book link
Course Hero video links
OM&M Argumentative Essay info
SNL Version of OM&M ending
Discuss Mercy Killings and introduce students to Dr. Kevorkian
Kevorkian notes
Kevorkian in his own words
Vocabulary - List 1
1. junctures -n- seams; closures
2. mottled -adj- blotchy; speckled; spotted
3. recumbent -adj- lying down; reclining
4. resignedly -adv- giving up
5. brusquely -adv- harshly; bluntly
6. imperiously -adv- arrogantly; domineeringly
7. dejectedly -adv- with depression; with sadness
8. mollified -adj- soothed; calmed
9. pugnacious -adj- aggressive; unfriendly; hostile
10. plaintively -adv- sorrowfully; mournfully; pathetically
11. derision-n- hate; arrogance
12. rheumatism -n- a disease of stiff joints, muscles or bones
vocabulary - List 2
1. raptly -adv- attentively; absorbedly; intently
2. reprehensible -adj- shameful; disgraceful; despicable
3. reverently -adv- respectfully
4. bemused -adj- engrossed; enthralled
5. aloof -adj- distant; detached; unapproachable; proud
6. liniment -n- cream; ointment
7. fawning -adj- subservient; groveling; servile
8. disarming -v- making one helpless or harmless
9. contemptuously -adv- done with hatred
10. indignation -n- resentment; anger
11. crestfallen -adj- disappointed; discouraged; unhappy
12. belligerently-adv- aggressively; forwardly
vocabulary - List 3
1. Mauled - (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.
2. Spectacles - another term for eyeglasses
3. Brutally - harsh; in a savagely violent way.
4. Amusedly - in an entertained manner; with amusement.
5. Accusingly - in a way that shows that you think somebody has done something wrong.
6. Contorted - twisted or bent out of the normal shape.
7. Bewildered - perplexed and confused; very puzzled.
8. Viciously - aggressive or angry; in a cruel or violent manner.
9. Bristly - (of hair or foliage) having a stiff and prickly texture; covered with short, stiff hairs.
10. Suspiciously - distrust; with a cautious distrust or suspicion of someone or something.
11. Scudded - move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind.
12. Monotonous - lack of tone or pitch (when speaking); dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.