Service Learning

I Shawanda Smith took time out of my day during my 6/7 class, I took it a pound my self and went to Dr.Davison office and asked him if we could put plants around the school and in side of class rooms. We set down and talked about what kind of plants we were going to pant around our school. I said that we were going to plant plants with out pollen. He said that this was a good idea because we have many people in our school that have alleges. We talked about how this could help out our school this is some ways
1. More oxygen
2. Make our school ore beautiful
3. Bright our school up a little
So yes we do have approval from Dr. Davison and you will be hearing from me with the Agreement of staff

Class Quiz

1. How would you describe Lennie and George friendship?
A.Lennie and George friendship could be described as brotherhood. “George you look after me and you look out for you” George is like the big brother between them because he looks out for Lennie, and he keeps him out of trouble. Lennie is the little brother of them to because he is always in trouble he always runs to George when he is in trouble or needs help.
2.True or False
When Lennie is fighting Curly, George jumps in and helps him.
A. False. When Lennie and Curly were fighting he called for George to help him but he didn’t he made him fight back and learn to stand up for his self.
3.When Lennie was fighting Curly, what was the lesson that George was teaching Lennie.
A. He was teaching him that he was not always going to be there for him that he needs to learn to stand up for his self and learn to fight back. That he should not let people beat on him.
4. Who is the head of the group that everyone looks for when there is a big decision?
A. Slim is like the head of the group because when Carlson wants to kill Candy’s dog before Candy say’s it’s ok he looks at Slim for support. Also when Lennie kill’s Curly’s wife Slim is the last
One to say something before they go out to kill Lennie.
5.Who killed Lennie and what was the last thing the person said to him.
A. George was the one that killed Lennie and his last words “were people will never mess with you and you will have all the rabbits you can tend.
6.Where did Lennie and George come from before they went to the ranch and what is the name of the ranch they are at.
A. Lennie and George came from Weed because they had to run away. They ran away because Lennie tore a women’s dress and she freaked out and ran away, then guy’s came after them and they ran away. The place that they came to was Tyler Ranch.
7. What were some handy caps the men had in the story?
A. Candy only had one hand and he also is alone. Lennie is a big guy but he does not have a big brain, he is not that smart. George is a small guy but he is smart. He is not as strong as the other men because he is not strong. Curly is a small man in a big man’s world. He is always around all these big men so he has to act big
8.True/False
They got their big house and Lennie got to tend the rabbits?
A. This question is not true or false because no Lennie really did not move out and go to there own home but he really did in some type of way. When Lennie died he can tend all the rabbits that he wants to even if he hurt them.
9.Who slept in the barn with the horses? And why
A. Lennie B. George
C. Crooks D. Candy
Crooks slept in the barn because he was black and they said that he stunk
10.How did you feel about the story? Did you like it yes or no why or why not?
A.I loved this book I would read this again with no problem. I did read this read this book before I read this book in the 5th. I was a good book then and now it’s a very good book in the 10th grade. I would recommend this book to everyone that enjoys reading.

Service Learning

Through service learning I have learned the following about myself: That I would not like to work in a garden when I grow up that some times it can be fun but other times it can be boring. I only like when we start planting I don’t like it when we have to work up to planting. I have learned that I am impasent. That I only went to do things before I hear how it is done.

Motifes ( grade this)

“We ride together we die together bad boy’s for life”(Bad Boys). These are words of brother hood. In Steinbeck book of Mice and Men has a strong focus of the power of brother hood. In the story guy’s play together, protect each other, and unite together to kill together.

Must in the morning, smoke in the evening, and anger at night this is the power of brother hood. From morning to night these men work to have the American Dream. Though out the book the main game that is played is cards. For example when Carlson wanted to kill Candy’s dog everyone was around the card table. When Carlson took Candy’s dog out to shoot him George asked the guy’s “Anybody like to play a little Euchre?”. When the guy’s just want time to fly past or have a talk they do it in a game of Euchre.


“Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it.” George was on his feet yelling. George put out his hand and grabbed Slim. “ Wait a minute,” “ Get I’m, Lennie...!” Curley’s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand. George ran down the room. “Let go of him, Lennie. Let go.” Lennie watched in terror the flopping little man whom he held. George slapped him in the face again and again, and still Lennie held on to the closed fist. George shouted over and over, “Let his hand go, Lennie. Let him go. Slim help me while the guy still has a hand….” Lennie let him go and fell to the floor. Slim and Carlson ran over to Curly, Slim put his head up and said “ he needs a doctor”. Slim knelt down beside Curley. “ You got your senses in your hand enough to listen?” Curley nodded. “Well you listen, “I think you got your hand caught in a machine. If you don’t tell anybody what happened, we ain’t going to. But you jus’ tell and try and get this guy canned and we’ll tell everybody, and then will you get the laugh.” “ I won’t tell”, said Curley. He avoided looking at Lennie.

Protect and defend, in this part of the story Slim (the leader of the band of brothers) play’s a two sided man, he is protecting Curly from Lennie, so Lennie wont kill Curly, and Lennie from Curly before Curly gets him caned. George is also showing protection for Lennie, because when Curly first started beating on Lennie he told Slim not to interfere in their fight. He was showing Lennie that he should not let people beat on him that he need to protect him self from the world. It was almost like he was showing him that he is not always going to be there to protect him so he needs to learn to protect him self from the world.

Death is the worst way to have to come together in a brotherhood. When Lennie killed Curly’s wife the men joined together to go find Lennie and kill him. George could not just stand there and let them kill Lennie. So he ran off into the woods to find Lennie and kill him before the other men found him. When George killed Lennie his heart broke. He sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away. The group burst into the clearing, and Curly was ahead. He saw Lennie lying on the sand. “ Got him, by God.” He went over and looked down at Lennie, and then he looked back at George. “ Right in the back of the head,” he said softly. Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. “ Never you mind,” said Slim. “ A guy got to sometimes.”


Brotherhood is one of the most powerful things you could have with friends. To know that they will always be there for you. Kill with you, play with you, and protect you. If you were to read Of Mice and Men you will learn what true friends are what they will do for you, how they should treat you. If your friends are like Candy and Slim they are true friends. If they are like Carlson and Curly they are not true friends because true friends would never hurt you. They would never went to pick on you because you are slower than others.

service Learning

1. What have I learned about our group’s topic? I have learned a lot like that my group needs to be broken up into garden group and beautification. I think this because our group is to big and if we break up into a smaller group then we can get more accomplished. I also learned that my group has lots of great idea’s
2. What have I learned about myself through service learning? I learned that I do not like working with people who don’t do anything in a group or don’t care about their grade. That when grades go in and they have an F and they run back to the teacher and ask why when they know that only thing they did all service learning is nothing. I also learned that service learning could be fun if you pay attention and do what your told.
3. If I were in charge of this group I would change? The group should be broken down and we should come to the computer lab and look up things and get or ideas together before we go out and try to start doing things. I say this because then we would be prepared to do our jobs as a garden group and beautification group.

Service Learning

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Of Mice and Men Symbolism

Stein Beck book of Mice and Men had lots of symbols. The best symbol is Lennie’s puppy. His puppy symbolizes dream, joy, and new begging.

Lennie’s puppy symbolizes dreams, Lennie and George had a dream of having a little house, and couple of acres. A cow, some pigs, and ‘live off the fattest lands’. They were going to have a big vegetable patch, rabbit hutch, and chickens. Lennie would tin the rabbit’s and feed them alfalfa.

Joy was also a symbol of Lennie’s puppy. A puppy is so fun to play with. You can spend time with it, a puppy can listen to all of your problems. A puppy is a great friend, you could never stay mad when you see one. The puppy also brings joy to Lennie and George because ‘George said if Lennie don’t hurt the puppy then he could tin the rabbits”, when they get there own farm. They would be on their own. Where they would live off the fattest lands. They would not have to sleep in no buck house. They would have there own room’s to there self’s. George would tell Lennie “If we don’t like a guy we could tell him to ‘Get the Hell out”. It’d be our own, and nobody could can us. If a friend comes over, why we’d have an extra bunk, and we’d say, “Why don’t you spend the night”? And by God he would.

New beginning is the last symbol of the puppy. When Carlson wants to shoot Candy’s old dog and say’s that he can replace it with one of Slims puppies. When Carlson kills Candy’s old dog it was like shattering his old dreams. The puppy is like building up to Candy’s new future with Lennie and George, and their new farm.

In conclusion the story of Mice and Men showed lots of symbolism. The one that stuck out the most was Lennie’s puppy, because it show’s dreams, joy, and new beginning.

May 1st

Yesterday the garden group want outside for a walk to the Constitution Center to see what were we could put our plants down and what was already there. We learned that some spots in the area had spots that could not grow things and we could not put it there because most likely or plants would not grow there. Our other problems were that they have pipes under the ground that would inter fear with the gardening. At the end of the trip we got together and shared our ideas for the garden.

What we need to improve: I think that we did not pay attention as much as we should have and that we should have been put into small groups and had area’s that we should have been looking at and before our time was up we should have got together at the park to talk about what our group came up with. I think that we would have done more work and got more things covered.

What I think we could do next week: We should get together and talk about what we got done and what we could do to improve the area. We can also talk about or jobs and what we should be doing so we can keep or group in order.

April 28- May 2

What was successful and useful about the meeting? I think that it was when we took a walk around the school and looked around to see what we need to improve in our school.

What challenges or problems did you encounter? When we were walking around we were not papered in any type of way I think that our work was all over the place.

What needs to be worked on for the coming weeks? We need to pick jobs so we can get everything together and be papered for our up coming meetings.

What role will you play in the group/ I would like to be the runner. I would like to run things to different places