Of Mice and Men: Chapter 6

A series of three lessons on the final chapter of Of Mice and Men, with the chapter being read in the first, and the following lessons looking at themes.
As the final chapter of the novel is the shortest, and the fastest-paced, I feel it makes sense to read it in its entirety in one lesson, which isn’t my usual style with this novel. The first of these lessons includes reading time, and then a chance to reflect on the use of foreshadowing within the novel.
The second lesson looks more closely at the imagery of light and dark in the novel, and asks pupils to look at a quotation about light and dark and consider what it means. You could make this easier or harder by choosing whether or not to tell them where in the novel this quotation can be found. To do this on paper, I’d just print the slides and ask pupils to write directly onto them; it can also work digitally by sharing the powerpoint with pupils.
The final lessons focuses on dreams and the characters’ different dreams, thinking specifically about why none of them work out. There are two different versions of the worksheet, one where the quotations have already been provided for a bit of support, and another where pupils are expected to find them themselves.