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Anticipation Guide for Of Mice and Men Chapter 3

For Students 8th - 9th
Before reading chapter three in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, provide your class with this prereading activity. Readers study nine questions to determine how the events of chapters one and two will affect chapter three. Get your kids...
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La Jolla High School

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Sketching a Portrait--Character Traits

For Students 6th - 9th
Use this handout to focus on the character traits of George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Readers are given a set of specific traits to search for in the first chapter. They are required to list two textual examples of...
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Setting Details in Of Mice and Men

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
After completing John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, groups are assigned a chapter to reread. Members list major conflicts and events and quote setting details. They then make observations about how the setting prepares the reader for the...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
Quiz your class on basic comprehension of the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. This resource is made up of ten straightforward multiple choice questions about the characters, setting, and plot of the novel. Learners receive...
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Curated OER

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

For Students 9th - 10th
The touching story of friendship in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is the main topic of this quiz. Ten mostly multiple-choice questions focus on the main characters in the novel, comprehensively covering the plot.
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Of Mice and Men Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Friendship, encouragement, heartache, and pain are all prevalent in this quiz on Of Mice and Men. A tale of two friends chronicles their journey to Salinas and the tragic events that occur there. These mostly multiple-choice questions do...
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Curated OER

John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
Quiz your class for basic plot understanding, character recognition, and quote recall with this ten-question online quiz. After choosing their answers to the multiple choice questions about John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, learners can...
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Curated OER

Candy in Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 11th
Cover Candy from Of Mice and Men with this short online interactive quiz. Class members answer ten multiple choice and true/false questions about the character Candy. These are basic questions that you could use as a check for...
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Study Guide
Penguin Books

Teacher’s Guide: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
A 10-page guide to John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men includes a brief plot summary, information about preparing readers for the language in the novel, pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading questions, essay prompts, and project...
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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 3 Reading and Study Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Boost comprehension with an excellent reading guide for chapter 3 Of Mice and Men. Learners define four vocabulary words, note one allusion, define five literary terms, and respond to 31 short answer questions regarding the Steinbeck...
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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 2 Reading and Study Guide

For Students 8th - 9th
Provide your class with this reading guide for chapter two of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. They grapple with new vocabulary words like swamper, cesspool, and mollified before checking out literary terms and answering a list of questions...
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Reed Novel Studies

Of Mice and Men: Novel Study

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Why is personification such a popular literary device for many authors? Learners answer the question as they engage in activities from the novel study for the classic Of Mice and Men. They also scan the novel to find examples of the...
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Curated OER

Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
Fun Trivia quizzes can be made by anyone, so before you assign this short multiple choice test on Of Mice and Men, you will want to consider its educational merit as it requires little critical thinking and analysis.
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Chapter 3 Reading Check

For Students 6th - 9th
"I wisht somebody'd shoot me if I got old an' a cripple." Young readers examine one of the ways Steinbeck brings his characters to life by closely examining what characters say and imaging why Steinbeck choose these words. A great way to...
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Chapter 2 Reading Check

For Students 8th - 9th
"What is George upset about? Check all that apply." Here's a worksheet that asks readers to delve more deeply into character attitudes and motivations. In addition, Part II asks individuals to record passages from that text that capture...
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K20 LEARN

Of Mice and Men in the Great Depression: Background and Setting

For Teachers 9th Standards
What were living conditions like in the United States during The Great Depression, and how do those conditions compare with today? That's the question young scholars consider as they prepare to read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men....
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Curated OER

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Chapter 5 Reading Check

For Students 8th - 9th
A soft dress, a mouse, a puppy and now Curley's wife. Lennie's desire to pet soft things leads to tragedy in Chapter Five of Steinbeck's novel. Readers are asked to respond to what, where, why and how questions to indicated their...
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Curated OER

Of Mice and Men: Chapter 1 Reading and Study Guide

For Students 8th - 9th
As the story unfolds and your class is introduced to George and Lennie, provide them with this short reading guide for chapter one. It addresses challenging vocabulary and any literary terms used in the section before asking learners to...
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Interactive
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Of Mice and Men Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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A Common Core Approach to Teaching Of Mice and Men

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Whether or not your school/state has adopted the Common Core standards, you will want to add this resource to your Of Mice and Men curriculum materials. The chapter-by-chapter activities ask readers to provide evidence from the novella...
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Curated OER

Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
Plot-based questions assess comprehension of Steinbeck's classic book. Spans the entire story so could be a fun sponge activity for fast finishers or part of review activities for a summative assessment.
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Curated OER

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Chapter 1 Reading Check

For Students 6th - 9th
Good worksheets pinpoint key events and get readers thinking about the choices writers make when crafting a story. Here's a good worksheet. Designed to be used with the first chapter of Of Mice and Men, consider having your pupils...
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Of Mice and Men: Viewing Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this Of Mice and Men viewing guide worksheet, young scholars study movie terminology as they read brief descriptions and respond to 26 short answer questions as the watch the film based on Steinbeck's novel.