Lesson Seven with a mixed ability year 9 class on Of Mice and Men, focusing on creativity

1. Post-it Dash
What is George’s last
name?
What is Lennie’s last
name?
Where is the novella
set?
What event began the
Great Depression?
What animal does
Lennie want more than
anything?
Who wrote the novella?

2. Milton
Small
Soledad, California
The Wall Street Crash
Rabbit
John Steinbeck

3. Learning Outcomes
• To be able to identify key points in the novella through your
use of creativity.
• To be able to analyse the key factors of the novella so far.
• To be able to evaluate ‘Of Mice and Men’ through creative
methods.

4. • Reading
From ‘The boss stepped into the
room…’ (page 22) to ‘”You got to
take him right.”’ (page 26).

5. Story time…
• Your task today is to begin writing your own descriptions of
the characters you’ve seen so far in the point of view of the
ranch workforce.
• You should be as creative as possible.
• Think about interesting adjectives
that you can use.

6. • Use at least two of the five
senses (see, touch, taste, hear
and smell).
• One of your senses must be
smell.
• Have you used interesting
literary devices? (metaphor,
simile, personification).
• You can only do this task if
your target is 1-5.
• Use at least three of the five
senses (see, touch, taste, hear
and smell).
• One of your senses must be
touch.
• Have you used interesting
literary devices? (metaphor,
simile, personification).
• You can do this task if your
target is 1-7.
• Use at least four of the five
senses (see, touch, taste, hear
and smell).
• One of your sense must be
taste.
• Have you used interesting
literary devices? (metaphor,
simile, personification).
• You can do this task if your
target is 1-9.

7. Image Reflection…
• On the next page there are two images of Candy and Candy’s
dog (the man and the dog we have just read about today).
• What I want you to do is look at these images and reflect on
what you feel towards these two characters.
Think about how you think they feel, smell and look.

8. Candy and Candy’s Dog