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 Journal Explain how it is possible for Holden to hate Stradlater’s guts yet still think he’s a pretty nice guy. Justify your analysis with evidence from the story.

1.Get with the group you worked with yesterday. 2.Choose one of the themes from your chart. 3.Begin to write a group BEST PARAGRAPH EVER!

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.

Chapter 6 & 7 Questions 1. What does Holden’s altercation with Stradlater say about him? 2. Why does Holden attack him? 3. Who or what was Holden actually defending? 4. Why does Holden interact with these people whose values he despises?

Class Discussion Criteria for Participants… · Respect other participants. Exhibit open-mindedness; value others’ contributions. · Are active listeners. Build upon one another’s ideas by referring to them when it is your turn to talk. · Stay focused on the topic. · Make specific references to the text. Use examples from the text to explain your point.

Did the Participant Listen attentively without interruption? Use eye contact with peers? Exhibit preparation for the seminar? Reference the text to support response? Participate in the discussion? Ask clarifying and/or probing questions STUDENT NAME Did you do this action Consistently? Did you do it occasionally? Did you not do it at all? Extra comments from me.

Catcher in the Rye Journal-3 Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. -You will find out soon that Holden spends a lot of time describing his kid sister Phoebe in quite a bit of detail. So In your journal, write about one of your brothers or sisters in a lot of detail like Holden. Or if you are an only child, describe a friend like this. Take time to watch them and look at their behaviors and features and see if you do anything similar. Sometimes it is spooky how similar you are to your sibling….

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/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 Who is the truest friend in the play? Explain your answer.

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.