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

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 Observation: -Counselor came and gave a presentation for registration.

Catcher in the Rye Journal Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. 1. Describe how you perceive yourself as a student. Are you a good student? Do you work hard? Is school relevant? 2. Describe your school. What does it look like, smell like, feel like, what do you hear? 3. Where do you “fit in” in your school? What clubs do you belong to? Where do you feel most comfortable in your school? Why?

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?

❖ READ TWO PEER ESSAYS ANSWER QUESTIONS ❖ Does the essay make sense? Can you, after reading the essay once, summarize its main point or points? The paper doesn't have to convince you of a particular viewpoint, but it should be a thoughtful, coherent piece of writing that you can readily understand? Peer Essay Conversations & Editing

The American Dream 1.Go to this website American DreamAmerican Dream 2.Read the piece. 3.Start writing your essay for the one pager. One-Pager Assignment on SWIFT

One Pager The Great Gatsby Simile: “ Boy your heart is like an open book,” (pg 210) This sentence is written to explain to us how open Richard Wright is with his feelings. Instead of talking literally, saying that his emotions are too openly expressed, the author substitutes the definition with a figurative sentence. This sentence accounts the reader to stop for a minute and fabricate in their head pages of pictures filled with the lonely yet adventurous life of Richard Wright. Question: I wonder how Mrs. Moss saw what a wonderful boy Richard was? How could you possibly see someone’s pain, someone's hidden knowledge, hidden love?

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 Make a prediction and write Juliet’s or Romeo’s diary entry after the balcony scene.

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.