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Nexus resource
Of Mice and Men: part 1
DARTs activities answers
Subject:
English
Age group:
15–16
Topic:
Of Mice and Men
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015
Source | This resource was originally developed by Ruth Wilson and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Character illustrations by Jude de Podesta.
Fact files
Complete a fact file for the two main characters, using the suggestions
in the box below:
Name:_George__
Name: __Lennie__
Job: __ranch hand_________
Job:
Country of origin: ___USA______
Country of origin: ____USA____
Appearance: ___small_____
Appearance: ___big and strong____
___ranch hand__________
after his friend
Personality: often gets into
trouble, has learning difficulties,
likes soft things
Situation: has run away from
Situation: has run away from his
his last ranch
last ranch
Ambition: wants his own house
Ambition: wants to look after
Personality: clever, looks
rabbits
George
clever
often gets into trouble
looks after his friend
has learning difficulties
small
Lennie
ranch hand
wants his own house
likes soft things
USA
wants to look after rabbits
has run away from his last ranch
big and strong
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Venn diagram of George and Lennie’s characters
Complete the Venn diagram for the two main characters, using information from the fact files that
you have produced.
looks after his friend
often gets into trouble
likes soft things
ranch hand
small
clever
has run away from
has learning difficulties
his last ranch
wants his own house
lives in USA
wants to look after rabbits
big and strong
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Comparing George and Lennie
Using the Fact Files and the Venn diagram you have made, write
six sentences comparing the characters of George and Lennie.
1. George is ____small_______ but Lennie is ____big and strong____.
2. George is _____clever_______ but Lennie has ___learning
difficulties_______.
3. George and Lennie are both _____ranch hands_________.
4. George and Lennie have both _run away from their last ranch_.
5. George and Lennie both ____live in the USA_________.
6. In the future, George wants ___his own house___________ and
Lennie wants _______to look after rabbits_________.
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Predicting what will happen in the story
Fill in the table putting happy endings in the happy column and
sad endings in the sad column, using the suggestions below:
Happy ending
Sad ending
 George and Lennie will have
 George and Lennie will have
their own house.
 Lennie will have rabbits to
to run away again.
 Lennie will get into trouble
look after.
again.
 George and Lennie will stop
being friends.
 George and Lennie will have their own house.
 Lennie will have rabbits to look after.
 George and Lennie will have to run away again.
 Lennie will get into trouble again.
 George and Lennie will stop being friends.
What do you think?
Fill in the gap to explain if you think the story will have a happy
ending or a sad ending.
I think ‘Of Mice and Men’ will have a __________________________
ending.
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