Of Mice and Men Curley's Wife Analysis

Great Of Mice and Men chapter 5 activity helping students analyze Curley's Wife through a variety of critical thinking questions focusing on her actions, personality, and how she is treated in the novel. Students are able to use that analysis to then create their own claim statement about how they view Curley's Wife.

Students will:

- Respond to an initial claim about Curley's Wife and if they feel she is a mean and selfish woman.
- Answer critical thinking questions to analyze how Curley's Wife is characterized in the novel.
- Use that analysis to revisit and revise their initial response to the original claim. This allows them to showcase how their view on Curley's Wife has developed after analyzing her character more deeply.
 

RESOURCE BREAKDOWN

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Lesson Pages:

1. Character Analysis Sheet

Students respond to a claim statement about Curley's Wife stating whether they agree or disagree with it.
 
Students answer a series of questions based on information revealed about Curley's Wife in chapter 5 and the rest of the book in order to analyze the personality of Curley's Wife, her own actions, as well as how she is treated in the novel.
 
2. Assessment

Using the information from chapter 5 as well as details revealed about Curley's Wife from the rest of the chapters, students create their own claim statement about the type of woman they believe Curley's Wife to be.
 

3. Answer Key

- One giving the answers to the critical thinking questions.

- One giving sample responses to the assessment.
 

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File Type: PDF & Google Slides
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Total Pages: 18
Content Pages: 9