Year 11
Term 1 – Of Mice and Men – Extended reading controlled assessment
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on September 9th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Steinbeck reported on the Vietnam war after writing his books, where he was shot in the shoulder
on September 9th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
I didn’t know this Aaron. Is this merely an interesting factoid, or is there anything we can learn from it? Does perhaps tell us something about Steinbeck’s character?
on September 9th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
As the whole barcode with embeded text didn’t work hence the previous post lacking a picture i will just say that the “three little pigs” were a symbol of the great depression with the wolf representing the depression and the pigs representing the citizens who ended up working together.
on September 9th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Interesting stuff Jake. Where did you discover this? I had thought the three little pigs story was much older.
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
the printed versions date back to the 1840′s but the walt disney version from 1933 was to simbolise the great depression and was a short film
it says this also on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs_(film)#Reaction_and_legacy
in the third paragraph of reaction and legacy
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
4th paragraph not 3rd
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
OK, that makes sense. We’re both right! It is based on a much older story. But great research: I really want to watch the film now!
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Is this really me? Yes. There we go there’s a fact for you. Another one is that some people use video games to teach their classes. This website is actually a blog for someone who does it in a private school in Canada using Minecraft!
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Sorry heres the link:
http://minecraftteacher.net/
on September 9th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
I take you think this a good thing? Have you any ideas on how we could use this to study Of Mice and Men?
on September 9th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Not this book perhaps but previous ones we’ve studied have games they seem to have that have similar back stories. Also there is an of mice and men film that was made in 1939!
on September 9th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Lennie is a real person inspired by a mentally challenged person whom Steinbeck met whilst working as a migrant worker during the great depression. This Lennie did kill someone by mistake, but was sent to a mental institute, not shot.——-my insteresting fact
on September 9th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Thanks Christine, I’d not heard this before: brilliant. Why do you think Steinbeck changed the end of the story?
on September 9th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
There is also a 1981 and 1992 version.
on September 10th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.
on September 11th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Good to know! How did they discover this? Interesting choice of fact Charlotte
on September 11th, 2011 at 10:05 am
The average human body contains enough: iron to make a 3 inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads and water to fill a ten-gallon tank. – Silly little fact I came across.
on September 11th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
This is factastic! Might make an interesting art project? Good job Chloe
on September 11th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Could do but I can’t do art for toffee.
on September 11th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour!
on September 11th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Good to know I haven’t completely been wasting my time then!
Thanks Lauren
on September 11th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Laughter can Kill :
In 1599 when Burman king Nanda Bayin was informed by a visiting Italian merchant that Venice was without a king and therefore a free state he started to laugh. Unfortunately, for him he couldn’t stop laughing. His death was more than likely a result of brain hemorrhage brought on by the strain of his giggle fit. Thomas Urguhart a Scottish aristocrat and diplomat is said to have died in the same manner in 1660 after hearing that Charles II had been made king.
on September 11th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Cautionary tales! Will do my best to be as humourless as possible from now on.
on September 15th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
You already are sir you are ahead of the game on that front
on September 14th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
not sure if this is where i should be putting this but hey, this is my quote: “jesus how that nigger can pitch shoes…he’s plenty good”
on September 14th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Thanks Nathan, but why have you chosen it?
on September 15th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
“He don’t give nobody else a chance to win” It shows that Steinbeck is not a racist as he has chosen the black man to be good at things. If he was racist he could have made him useless at everything.
on September 15th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Fair point Ryan. Have you read chapter 4 yet? Steinbeck presents Crooks as a very human, nuanced character, full of strengths and weaknesses. Maybe this also shows that he has the courage to make him fully rounded?
on September 15th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
“We got ten bucks between us” george said, i like it becasue it shows what social standard they are
on September 15th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Thanks Dan. What does it tell us about their social standard?
on September 16th, 2011 at 7:46 am
‘but Lennie watched in terror the flopping little man whom he held.’ I think this quote pretty much sums up chapter 3 because it seems to be alot about who Lennie is and why he acts the way he does. The ‘terror’ part shows he’s a ‘nice guy’ like Slim says earlier in the chapter but doesn’t know his own strength. Also I think this moment foreshadows what is to happen later in the book.
on September 16th, 2011 at 7:48 am
Great. Good job Kirsty. Can you explain how this foreshadows later events?
on September 16th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Lennies strength gets him into trouble again when he kills Curleys wife unintentionally.
on November 11th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
The article is about Demi Moore’s marriage to Ashton Kutcher is under stress; therefore Demi has been loosing weight rapidly. He tweeted an inappropriate remark to Joe Paterno who has been involved in a child sex abuse scandal. He has always managed his own twitter (aplusk), but now he is handing it over to his management company to control the suitability of his tweets. He ‘didn’t have the full facts’ about the scandal before he tweeted it. ‘How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye [the University of Iowa football team] fan I find it in poor taste.’
Writers opinion: Ashton is in the wrong for tweeting this. I know this because he said in the introduction and in to heading ‘Ashton Kutcher has found himself embroiled in yet another scandal’ as if this happens a lot with him. It is also clear the writer blames Kutcher for Demi Moore’s weight loss.
A picture of Demi Moore’s anorexic body reinforces just how bad their marriage is getting, and how it’s taking its toll on Demi. The heading has already been mentioned, and it shows Kutcher’s involvement in many scandals is affecting their marriage.