The document provides guidance and activities for students to analyze the character of Slim in Of Mice and Men. It instructs students to choose three quotations from the novel that characterize Slim and comment on how the quotations inform the reader about him. Students are also asked to consider Slim's importance or status by arranging character cards from least to most important. Finally, students work in groups to annotate a passage describing Slim and discuss the techniques used by the author to present Slim's character and the impression he makes on the reader.

1. Homework Choose your own quotations on the character of Slim from different passages in the novel. * You must choose at least three quotations. * Try to comment on what these quotations tell us about the character of Slim. * For a band 4 or 5 response, you should also comment on how the reader responds to Slim.

3. How will you arrange your character cards?