OMAM Chapter 4: Crooks' room

Learning objective:

Chapter 4: Crooks

Chapter 4

Keywords:

Possession Segregation

> To explore ways that Steinbeck presents the character of Crooks at the start of Chapter 4

Page 98-99

Can you guess today's keywords? P_ s _e_ s _ on S_gre_ a _ ion

Read Chapter 4 and think about:

1)Ways that Crooks is presented

2) What his possessions reveal about his character

3) The way that he is treated.

Context

What do the pictures below reveal about the treatment of black people, in parts of America, in the 1930s?

KKK

Segregation

The KKK were a terrorist group who terrorised black people in the years following the end of slavery.

Jim Crow laws- ‘Separate but equal’ -made segregation legal in the southern states of America.

Crooks' possessions

C-grade challenge question: How do you think this will affect Crooks in the novel?

Steinbeck uses the description of the harness room to reflect the character of Crooks, the ‘negro stable-buck’.

Plenary

What is your first impression of Crooks?

Starter

On the post-it note provided, write down three things that you have learnt about Crooks in today's lesson.

Can you link your ideas to the contextual information that we read earlier?

What 4 items in your room at home define you/ reveal something about your character?

Crooks' room

Task: Find a quotation to match each of the items below, that can be found in Crooks' room, and write them in your book.

C-Grade challenge: Select two of the items and explain what they reveal about Crooks' character