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Handout #1: Identifying Setting (Place)  WorksheetHandout #1: Identifying Setting (Place)  Worksheet
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Handout #1: Identifying Setting (Place)

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How does setting help shape a story? As your readers progress through Of Mice and Men, stop to have them focus on the setting. This sheet provides six quotations from the text and asks learners to decide if they contribute to the setting. Although there isn't a place dedicated to this, ask your class to explain why each quote does or does not contribute. 

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9th - 10th
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