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G8 Mr C’s Class “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men”

‘Of Mice and Men’ review and personal response.

Write a short, analytical and opinionated review of the novel on your blog making a reference to the poem that the author took the title from.

Here is where the title comes from? Read the poem carefully. What is the connection? Make this a starting or ending point for your blog post. A quotation would be useful.

Questions to help you write a good post in bold.

What did you think of this novel? Feel free to criticize the novel but make sure you back up your opinions.

What issues or themes did it raise? What did make you think about?

What do you think of Steinbeck’s style? (good posts might refer to narrative style, description, use of motifs and symbols)

Do you think the themes of this novel are still relevant today?

You need to complete this before the Spring break, remember that you will need to choose one post to be assessed as part of your semester 2 work, this could be the one that you select……Mr c

G8 Mr C’s Class “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men”

‘Of Mice and Men’ review and personal response.

Write a short, analytical and opinionated review of the novel on your blog making a reference to the poem that the author took the title from.

Here is where the title comes from? Read the poem carefully. What is the connection? Make this a starting or ending point for your blog post. A quotation would be useful.

Questions to help you write a good post in bold.

What did you think of this novel? Feel free to criticize the novel but make sure you back up your opinions.

What issues or themes did it raise? What did make you think about?

What do you think of Steinbeck’s style? (good posts might refer to narrative style, description, use of motifs and symbols)

Do you think the themes of this novel are still relevant today?

You need to complete this before the Spring break, remember that you will need to choose one post to be assessed as part of your semester 2 work, this could be the one that you select……Mr c