Agenda Juniors - Catcher in the Rye Freshmen - Romeo & Juliet SHAKESPEARE

Catcher in the Rye Essential Questions ● What is truth? How do our truths compare to society’s? ● What rules must people follow? How our perceptions of ourselves differ from others’? ● What is an individual’s relationship to society? ● How does our environment (people and places) affect us? ● How are observations of our surroundings an important way to understand our place in the world? ● How does experience affect one’s observations?

Good Morning Step 1: Please grab your notebook, a copy of The Catcher in the Rye Step 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it Journal/Possible Quiz Questions 1. What type of people does Holden actually like? 2. Why does Holden visit places he doesn’t really like? 3. Why are we polite? Why do we adhere to social norms?

1.Get with the group you worked with last week. 2.Choose one of the themes from your chart. 3.Begin to write a group BEST PARAGRAPH EVER! 4.Get it approved by Mrs O. 5.Transcribe it on to butcher paper.

Catcher in the Rye Journal-4 Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. Explain Holden’s thoughts about religion and Jesus and the disciples and ministers. Then discuss what you think about his ideas. Maybe even compare your ideas to his.

Themes of Catcher in the Rye Loss of Innocence Fakes in the Adult World The Pain of Growing Up Isolation as a Form of Self-Protection Holden must face that fork in the road of adolescence when one realizes that maturity entails a loss of innocence—that greater knowledge of oneself and others and the circumstances all comes with a price.

Good Morning/Afternoon Step 1: Grab your notebook, Romeo & Juliet script, and Foldable Step 2: Start a fresh page or continue from where you last were date it and label it DO NOW: Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet From the beginning of the play, we are told that Romeo and Juliet are victims of fate, star-crossed lovers whose deaths are unavoidable. Do you agree? Use the situations of the play to prove or disprove this theory of doom. In the process, reveal your philosophy of life in terms of the idea of fate.

Comparing & Contrasting R&J to ORB ●Go back to your entry task from a couple days ago. ●Begin to organize your ideas for comparing and contrasting R&J to your ORB. ●Find one piece of TBE for each box.

Reading Romeo & Juliet In Class ●For this UNIT the reading in class will become your PARTICIPATION GRADE! ●So that makes up 10% of your grade ●I have a log to mark what you are doing during class. ●You want to participate roughly 5 times/week. ●BUT if you are distracting others or have your phone out while we are working then it will detract from the times when you volunteered.