Of Mice and Men - Jeopardy Interactive Review
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Discipline
Language Arts, History (depending upon the questions designed by the teacher)
Grade Level
6-12
Type of Activity
Large Group, Review, Cumulative
Objectives
- Students will review what they have learned from the novel.
- Students will be prepared for an upcoming cumulative assessment on the novel.
Overview
This is a fun post-reading PowerPoint based activity where students have a chance to ask questions to answers based on the popular quiz show. Teachers can devise their own questions/answers (based on class discussions) and show the quiz program on a television or an LCD projector.
Materials Needed/Preparation
- Computer and LCD projector or interactive white board.
- Students have completed the novel.
- Questions and answers have been created and entered into the PowerPoint (see slide
1 for detailed instructions).
- It is highly suggested that a question and answer key be created and on hand during the game (see sample below). This will help when loading questions into the PowerPoint and will serve as a master copy for the teacher to use during the game.
- Quiz show buzzer system (optional, see links below for suggestions).
Estimated Time
1 class period
Procedures
- Depending on the class size, divide students into at least three groups.
- Display the game board.
- Read the categories to the class.
- Determine which group chooses first.
- Begin game play.
- Refer to slide 1 of the PowerPoint for details on how to move through the game board, answers, and questions.
- An electronic quiz show buzzer system would be ideal. However, students can “ring in” by raising a hand or with a noise maker; if using noise makers, use distinctly different ones for each group.
- In order to get as many students as possible involved, consider requiring every student to give an answer.
Post Activity/Takeaways/Follow-up
- Takeaways
- The main purpose of this activity is to help students review for a cumulative test on the novel. Students should come away from this activity better prepared for a test.
- Follow-up
- Follow-up with students who did not participate (or participated less than expected) to ensure that they are prepared for the test.
Assessment
- Take note of students who did not participate (or participated less than expected). This may be an indication that the student needs to prepare more thoroughly before the test.
- This activity is meant to prepare for an assessment.
Common Core State Standards Met
- Reading Standards for Literature 6-12
- Craft and Structure: 4
- Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12
- Craft and Structure: 4
- Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies
- Craft and Structure: 4
Additional Information
- If a budget is available, simple buzzer systems can be used. Find examples here and here.
- Sample Answer Key:
Vocabulary |
Quotes |
Characters |
Figurative Language |
Potpourri |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pugnacious
|
“That ranch we’re goin’ to is right down there about a quarter mile.”
George explaining to Lennie where they will be working. |
Like a father-son or a parent-child.
Lennie’s and George’s relationship |
“The silence came into the room.”
Personification (Tension created by waiting for the shooting of Candy’s dog) |
When an author gives clues to what may happen later in the story
|
Imperious
Domineering or demanding |
“An’ you won’t let the big guy talk, is that it?”
Curley to George asking why Lennie doesn’t speak |
This character felt George was cheating Lennie.
Boss of the ranch |
“(He) dabbled his big paw in the water.”
|
A repeating theme or event
Motif |
Complacent
|
“Seems to me like he’s worse lately.”
|
Because if Lennie does anything stupid, it won’t be a surprise |
“His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer.”
Simile (Describing Slim’s hands |
George’s confession to Slim about early treatment of Lennie
George told Lennie to jump in a river knowing he couldn’t swim. |
Bemused
|
Narration: “His ear heard more than was said to him…”
Slim |
The reason Candy is allowed to become part of Lennie’s and George’s dream
Candy’s cash savings |
“(He) drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.”
|
The theme symbolized by the card game solitaire.
|
Derision
|
Narration: “Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent.”
Candy upon hearing the gunshot that killed his dog |
Why this character so readily agrees to being told what to say
|
“The cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward.”
|
The character Whit is included for this reason.
|
Final Jeopardy: Long the home of Steinbeck and the setting for many of his books
Salinas Valley |