Wednesday, September 17, 2014

All Boys, All Blogged: September 17, 2014

Focus: Who has power on the ranch, and who doesn't?  What determines power?

1. Warming up: Trying out an AHS power hierarchy

2. Developing a ranch hierarchy: Which characters seem to have the most power, and which ones have the least?  What determines power on the ranch?

George, Lennie, the boss, Candy (the old swamper), Carlson, Slim, Curley (the boss's son), Curely's wife, the stable buck

Trying out today's thesis statement on the blog:

On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by _________________________, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by ___________________.

3. Staging and acting out the big fight scene in Chapter 3 with a focus on power and weakness

4. Finishing your journal entry/annotations for the second half of Chapter 3

HW:
1. Please finish reading Chapter 3 (if we did not finish in class) and complete your journal entry or annotations; remember that you need a complete page or five annotations for the second half of Chapter 3.

2. Use www.noredink.com to complete the assignment, "Subject-Verb Agreement, Part 1" before class tomorrow.  Come prepared with questions about anything that's confusing you.

3. Independent reading.

30 comments:

  1. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by working hard and showing off, but they demonstrate weakness by being soft or going against other ranch hands.

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  2. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, Characters demonstrate power by the men who have the most respect from the others, but they reveal weakness by not talking like Lennie when he encountered Curley.

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  3. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by being a little above each other and being able to get the fired (Curley being the bosses son) but they demonstrate weakness by trying to be above everybody when they know that they are not.

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  4. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by working at the ranch for a long time and for being an important part of the ranch to make it successful. If you are irreplaceable, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by being easily replaced.

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  5. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by not taking orders from anyone and by being good at their jobs, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by allowing themselves to be pushed around.

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  6. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by standing up for themselves and ordering others around, but they demonstrate weakness by following someone else's orders.

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  7. On the ranch in "Of Mice of Men", characters demonstrate/achieve power by establishing themselves as tough and skilled, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by being shown up or if someone wimps out of a challenge.

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  8. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by their experience on the ranch and the amount of respect they get from others, but they demonstrate weakness by the work they're willing to do and whether or not they have any respect from the other workers.

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  9. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by having it earned through experience and time on the ranch, but they demonstrate/achieve weakness by lying about what they are good at and trying too hard to get that power.

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  10. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by being good at what they do and leading others, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by messing up their work and making stupid decisions.

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  11. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate or achieve power by working their long and being a respectable person, but they demonstrate or reveal weakness by being a different race, new tot the ranch, or just a bully.

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  12. On the ranch Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by the amount of work and respect accomplished on the ranch but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by showing a limited amount of courage and strength to stand up for themselves as well as others.

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  13. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by showing they are hard workers, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by easy to replace.

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  14. On the ranch in "Of Mice and Men," characters demonstrate/achieve power by having the respect of men, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by generating oppression in the ranch.

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  15. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by only taking orders from themselves, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by struggling when other people give them orders.

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  16. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by the amount of people they know as well as how long they have been on the ranch but they reveal weakness by not having respect for there co-workers.

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  17. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by gaining respect and working hard, but they reveal weakness by thinking they have more power then they really have.

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  18. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by either having more money or showing more authority, but they demonstrate/reveal weakness by not working as hard as others and not standing up for themselves or have any respect from the others.

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  19. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, Candy achieves power through observation, but he reveal weakness by having a lower tier job, "the Janitor".

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  20. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/ achieve power by standing up for themselves, but they demonstrate/ achieve weakness when they do stupid things.

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  21. One the ranch in Of mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by having it earning it and showing you have power. You can not look like you have no power if you do you will get pushed around. But if you show you have power and respect they will respect you more.

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  22. On the ranch in Mice of Men, characters demonstrate power by how long they've been on the ranch and how much respect they have, but they demonstrate weakness by allowing themselves to be made fun of or pushed around.

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  23. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters achieve power by having other characters look up to them and having respect, but the revel weakness by not listening to others or not doing what they are told.

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  24. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by having been there for awhile, but they reveal weakness by those that are new to the ranch.

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  25. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by being strong, confident and somewhat showing off, but they demonstrate weakness by being replaceable.

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  26. on the ranch in of mice and men, character's achieve power by gaining respect from the other workers on the ranch for whatever reason, but they reveal weakness by striving for that respect too hard.

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  27. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate/achieve power by working at the ranch for a long time and for being an important part of the ranch but they demonstrate weakness by trying to be above everybody.

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  28. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by gaining respect or fear from the other workers, although they show weakness by backing down, lying, or getting pushed around.

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  29. On the ranch, characters show that they have power when others listen and obey them, but they reveal weakness by staying quiet and to themselves.

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  30. On the ranch in Of Mice and Men, characters demonstrate power by either working hard and gaining respect or having something to hold over the heads of the others. Just Curley can hold the fact that he's the bosses son over their heads. But the demonstrate weakness by being replaceable and not a big part of the ranch like Curley.

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