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Big Ideas
• relationships, balance, mutualism
Theme
• Relationships serve many purposes
Essential Questions
• What are the benefits of having relationships?
• Are all relationships equal?
• How do relationships support our lives?
• What are the trade-offs in relationships?
• What determines the relationships we have?
• How does class, religion, race, and culture determine our relationships?
• What place does a dream/ vision have in one's life/ relationships?
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Quotations
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to. With us it ain't like that. We got a future."
John Steinbeck,
Of Mice and Men pg 13
"At the heart of the modernist aesthetic lay the conviction that the previously sustaining structures of human life, whether social, political, religious, or artistic, had been either destroyed or shown up as falsehoods or fantasies…"
Baym et al. "Modernism". The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 2nd Ed. Vol. 2. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1979. Pg 867-872.
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Mon-Tues: Choose ONE of the following: (Day 16) Summary of Relationships
In a persuasive essay, explain whether you think the relationship between George and Lennie was a mutually beneficial, win-win relationship. Support your position with specific and relevant details and examples.
In a comparison essay, analyze the relationship between George and Lennie and compare it with another fictional relationship. This may be in either a book, a short story, or a film.
In a reflective essay, share what you have learned from unit texts concerning the impact of class, religion, race, disability, and culture on relationships.
Write a descriptive essay focusing on the importance of relationships in your life by detailing the mutual benefits.
In a personal essay, answer one or both of the following questions: How will you use knowledge of symbiosis to help you decide what relationships you will pursue? and/or How will knowing about kinds of relationships help you make good decisions about the relationships in your life?
Write an exploratory essay to analyze relationships. Using the descriptions of symbiosis, analyze the relations of two people, two companies, two states, or two countries. The paper would examine each kind of symbiosis.
Using Tuesdays with Morrie as a model, write a brief memoir about your relationship with a close friend or family member.
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Terms
Harlem Renaissance
Imagism
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
Loss of innocence
Alienation
Parody
Anti-hero
"Make it New!"
Slice of life
Stream of consciousness
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Artists
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
John Steinbeck
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