Of Mice and Men Chapter 1 Constructed Response Standard: RL.1.3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Essential Question: How does Steinbeck develop the characters of Lennie and George in the first chapter of the text and how do their interactions advance the plot?
Direction: Us this document to create your constructed response to the essential question for Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men.
Things to remember:
1. Answer the entire question (A)
a. What is it asking you to explain? What are the important points you must make in order to completely answer the question?
2. Use direct evidence! (C)
a. Not just any direct evidence either. Ask yourself, what evidence from the text directly proves the answer I am providing for the question?
3. Explain your evidence (E)
a. What is the big idea from the evidence you chose your reader must know? Why and How does it prove your answer?
4. Summarize! (S)
a. Wrap up your response with a summary sentence that restates the answer and ideas you presented in your response.
5. Remember the response organization: ACEACES
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