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Submission Requirements
1. Please title the file with your full name (i.e. Mary_Collie.docx or Mary_Collie.pdf)

2. Please submit either a word file of a pdf. Regardless, the file type must be visible.

3. Make sure you save a copy of the essay for yourself.

tGOW: It's over!

Final ESSAY!

SPA Structure

Intros, Titles, Conclusions

Small group work:

• What do the boxcars provide besides shelter?
• In hiding, what decision does Tom make? How does Ma feel about that? What conclusion does Ma reach about the family? And what keeps them from giving up?
• Ma articulates a big difference between men and women (see p. 423). Firstly, put her ideas into your own words and, secondly, what are your thoughts on her observations?
• p. 432: Opening paragraph -- lets collect some verbs & images
• Lots of talk about anger. What must be done with anger in order to overcome fear?
• Steinbeck said, "I've done my damndest to rip the reader's nerves to rages; I don't want him satisfied." Did he succeed in doing that to you? If so, how did he accomplish it? If not, why weren't you affected in that way?

Let's Make a Movie

The Grapes of Wrath movie fun.

We will spend two class periods on this mini project of fun.

Please fill out this form when cast is complete.

tGOW: Chpt. 22

Why we read: literary allusions

Free write: The Joad family shows ignorance to many modern conveniences (toilets, showers, etc) and ideas (unions). Reflect on a time when you were ignorant to either a modern convenience or product or idea. What did this ignorance teach you about yourself? Those around you? Who enlightened you? How could ignorance lead to struggles later on in life?

My example: After a water polo game a few years ago, our bus was late picking us up. I don't carry a cell phone with me, so I needed to borrow one of the student's phones to call the driver. A student handed me a phone (a brand new iPhone) on which I could call. There we no numbers, no buttons, no nothing. I pressed the screen a few times but still didn't recognize anything that looked like a touchpad, so I tossed the phone back to the student and asked for a phone with buttons and numbers. This moment still makes me laugh. I still don't carry a cell phone, but I do know how to work an iPhone and other touchscreen items. Who enlightened me? The students who endlessly mocked me for not knowing how to use the phone. As for struggles down the road, I think of my dad. He doesn't own a cell phone, and when he uses mine (a normal, blackberry style phone) he struggles. Of course, he has a iPad. Alas, I do think about the impact of technology or the lack of it in the lives of younger people. Will ignorance hurt people? Will an ver reliance on technology hurt people? There's got to be a happy medium.

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Discussion

1. What do the events in Chpt 22 say about religion, charity and hard work?

2. Who and what are the "reds"?

3. What role does order, dignity, and pleasure play in the lives of the migrants? Why are the locals trying to strip these things from the migrants' lives?

tGOW: Chpts 20 & 21

Free write:

Jim Casy sacrifices himself for the betterment of the Joad family. Think about a time when you had to sacrifice your own personal well-being for the well-being of someone else. How did you feel about making this sacrifice? How did the sacrifice change you? How did other people respond to your choice?

Discussion Questions:

1. Modern day Joad dilemma

2. What does Casy's attack on the deputy reveal about his character?

3. Why is Uncle John so upset? What does his response to his emotions tell us about his character?

4. What does Ma mean when she says, "Why, Tom — us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people — we go on" (280).

5. There's a lot of change talked about in Chapter 21. Taking an educated yet totally unsupported guess, in what way do you think the migrants and the Joads will be changed? (be as specific as possible)

Road Trip Information

1. Please have one partner fill out this form.

2. Library Guide

3. Project guidelines

4. Project rubric

5. Random Hardships

tGOW: 1/2 18 & 19

1. Quick Reading Quiz (5 mins)

2. Project Prep (40 mins)

Your first post: You each have one suitcase (think carry-on legal as the car is packed with so much other stuff). This is all you get to move from your home. Everything else will be left behind. What possessions will you put in it and why? Remember, this suitcase includes clothes and belongings.

I would suggest writing your reflection in a google doc first and then pasting it into a blog post. Take a photo of your belongings, you bag, the room you're leaving behind. Get creative and think about how this post will set the tone for the rest of the project.

You will complete this post for homework, so make sure this information is uploaded to your blog and ready to go before our next class begins. And, next class we'll be in the library seminar room.

3. Text Discussion (30 mins)

1. Plot review: what has happened?
2. How has the loss of Noah and Grandma affected the family? Have we seen any of the characters weaken from the loss? Strengthened?
3. In what way do the first glimpses of the Californian landscape fulfill the Joads' dream of the promised land?
4. Tone and language of first three pages of Chpt. 19. What is Steinbeck trying to illuminate about the struggle? About Okies? In what way does Steinbeck hint at the rising anger of the oppressed?