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Of Mice and Men Packet For Section Six

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The passages discuss plot details and vocabulary from John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. Key events on the riverbank and the dream of owning a farm are mentioned.

The river bank is described as the setting in both the first and last sections of the story.

Steinbeck uses similar phrases, incidents, images, and an identical setting to echo the first section in the last section, connecting the beginning and end.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Name: Date: Worksheet Forty-seven This worksheet accompanies slide 2 of Of Mice and Men Section Six.ppt

Plot summary (Section Six) Complete the summary by filling in the blanks.

The final section of the novel opens with a description of the river bank where Lennie comes to __________ and wait for __________. Lennie drinks from the _________, then sits down with his knees drawn up to his chest. As he sits there he has two __________ first of his __________ __________, who __________ him for being a __________ to George, then of an enormous __________, who tells him that this time George is going to __________ him. Then George arrives. He __________ Lennie and tells him one last time about the __________ they dream of owning __________. Then he __________ the other men approaching. He slips Carlson's __________ out of his pocket and __________ Lennie in the back of the head. The other men run into the clearing. __________ gloats over Lennie's dead body, and __________ is __________ and insensitive. Only _________ understands what Lennie's __________ has cost George.

Clara kill

Carlson comforts crass farm

visions Aunt pistol river

hide shoots

burden rabbit scolds hears rifle

together sees Slim George

death leave

Curley

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


Name: Date: Worksheet Forty-eight This worksheet accompanies slide 3 of Of Mice and Men Section Six.ppt

Vocabulary Match the words with their meanings.

gingham

Wild with fear

haunches

Hostile and aggressive

emphasis

To answer back sharply, angrily or cheekily

frantic

Flat and dull

monotonous

White checked cotton cloth

belligerent

The thighs and buttocks

retort

Stress placed on a word to show importance

Boardworks Ltd 2006

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


Name: Date: Worksheet Forty-nine This worksheet accompanies slide 4 of Of Mice and Men Section Six.ppt

Structure The last section of the novel echoes the first. The setting is identical and many phrases, incidents and images are repeated. Find as many similarities as you can and enter them in the table below. Section One Section Six

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