I directed Bobby's attention to our notes discussing characteristics of the realist genre and the naturalist genre, and then discussed that while some of the books we read this year represent the realist genre , Of Mice and Men, while realistic, represents the naturalist genre. Bobby discussed Lennie ,Curley's wife, and Candy as victims of their environment with little chance of altering their fate. We then worked on writing interpretations of the two quotes in the ch. 5 study guide. I directed Bobby's attention to the portion of the class notes addressing themes and then worked with him on incorporating themes into his quote interpretations. For homework, finish the novel and answer two assigned ch. 6 study guide questions.