Catcher in the Rye Week 1: Word choice/effect: Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings;

Catcher in the Rye Week 1: Word choice/effect: Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. Week 2: Point of view (unreliable narrator): Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters and/or narrators. Week 3: Compare and contrast characters: Identify examples of characterization through comparing and contrasting characters. Week 4: Draw inferences from the text and use text based evidence to best support conclusions and inferences. Summary: Provide a concise but developed summary of the text. Week 5: Symbolism: Identify symbols in the text, their meaning, and purpose in development of major themes. Author’s purpose: Identify the theme most reflected or developed in the text. Final Week: Structure of the text: Identify the structure of the narrative (paragraphs, chapters, etc.) and its purpose in developing the themes.

Pre-reading What stereotypes have you heard about teenagers or your generation?

Pre-reading Read the articles together.
After reading, discuss the following: Do the articles agree or disagree with the stereotypes you listed? Do you think the articles are an accurate reflection of teenagers today? What was left out of the articles about teenagers?

Journal #1 Finish the following statement in _____ paragraphs (5-6 sentences each). If I could tell the world anything about teenagers, it would be that ______________. From a teacher’s perspective: Example: If I could tell the world anything about teenagers, it would be that teenagers are more disciplined, earnest, and hard-working that the stereotypes suggest. Example: If I could tell the world anything about teenagers, it would be that adults do a lot of the same things that they angrily complain about teenagers (spend too much time on their phones, are distracted, lose control of their emotions, post inappropriate things on social media).

Catcher in the Rye Prompts (related to adolescence)
Harold Bloom writes, “Faulkner remarked that Holden’s dilemma was his inability to find and accept an authentic mentor, a teacher or guide who could arouse his trust. Holden speaks for our skepticism, and for our need.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s problems as an adolescent and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Many scholars say that The Catcher in the Rye belongs to the literary tradition of the Quest— that the novel is a modernization of this mythic form where a character goes on a spiritual quest. Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s problems as an adolescent and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller Jr. write, “American literature seems fascinated with the outcast, the person who defies traditions in order to arrive at some pristine knowledge, some personal integrity.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden as a character, the outcast, and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Clinton Trowbridge observes that Catcher is the story of “a search for truth in a world that has been dominated by falsity.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s conflicts and whether it applies to adolescents in general. James Bryan notes that Holden “is poised between two worlds, one he cannot return to and one he fears to enter.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s conflicts and whether it applies to adolescents in general.

PDN: Jot it down on a blank sheet of paper.
List everything you associate with prep schools (private high schools with room and board).

Learning Target: Week 1: Diction/Effect: Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. Diction/Effect It is like the choices a painter or photographer makes for what to put in the painting (what colors, shapes, etc.) that makes up the whole for a specific effect. Effective voice is shaped by words that are clear, concrete and exact. When studying diction, students must understand both connotation (the meaning suggested by the word) and denotation (the word’s literal meaning). Interesting, eye-catching, or unusual word choice is usually from words with strong emotional meanings. Diction can impart freshness and originality to writing. Effective diction is shaped by words that are clear, concrete and exact. The words usually word with other words in the passage to develop a common idea. What are some emotions the author might elicit from a reader?

Shared Reading Pay close attention to the author’s diction in the first chapter of the novel. Share your example of clear, concise, concrete, or interesting word choice from the chapter we just read via Nearpod. Identify how it helps develop Holden’s tone in the text.

Draw out a scene in the first chapter
Draw out a scene in the first chapter. Include three details about Holdenn/setting.

Identify examples of Holden’s word choice that are unusual, interesting, or specific.
What does that tell us about Holden and his tone?

Exit Ticket Why would the author have Holden come across so strong in the first chapter of the novel (especially considering how different of a character he is)?

Chapter 2,3,4 Create a summary for chapter 2. Discuss in your groups. Be prepared to share. Summary for chapter 4: Stradlater asks Holden to write a composition for him. Stradlater shaves for his date with Jane Gallagher, an old friend of Holden’s. Holden thinks about going to say “hi” to her but decides against it.

Point of View First Person Active: Relatively straightforward, this is a story the protagonist narrates. He or she will narrate the same way he/she talks, but with more description and perhaps better grammar. The reader is privy to all his/her thoughts and opinions, which means the reader gets to know the hero faster, and often relates to him/her more easily. First Person Removed: Someone close to the protagonist, but not the main protagonist. The narrator can be close by physical proximity or by a different relation (Lovers, friends, boss, etc.). The same things in the above type apply to this type, but the focus of the story moves away from the narrator. First Person Unreliable: Usually first person, an unreliable narrator has a flawed point of view. That is, the writer intentionally made him/her biased, misinformed, insane, etc. First Person Reliable: Usually first person, a reliable narrator has a coherent point of view, meaning that the writer intentionally made the character level-headed, unbiased, and fair. Shared Reading: Read part of chapter 3 and all of chapter 5 of Catcher in the Rye.

Point of View Tangible Intangible

Point of View-Draw inferences about the type of point of view in the text and its effect on the reader.

Chapter 6 and 7 Create a summary on chapter 6. Discuss with your table what you read and thought about chapter 6. Add it to your notes. If you were to create a title for chapter 6, what would it be and why? Add this to your notes from this week. I will be checking the notes on Friday at the beginning of class. Don’t start a new PDN sheet for now.

Point of View First Person Active: Relatively straightforward, this is a story the protagonist narrates. He or she will narrate the same way he/she talks, but with more description and perhaps better grammar. The reader is privy to all his/her thoughts and opinions, which means the reader gets to know the hero faster, and often relates to him/her more easily. First Person Removed: Someone close to the protagonist, but not the main protagonist. The narrator can be close by physical proximity or by a different relation (Lovers, friends, boss, etc.). The same things in the above type apply to this type, but the focus of the story moves away from the narrator. First Person Unreliable: Usually first person, an unreliable narrator has a flawed point of view. That is, the writer intentionally made him/her biased, misinformed, insane, etc. First Person Reliable: Usually first person, a reliable narrator has a coherent point of view, meaning that the writer intentionally made the character level-headed, unbiased, and fair. Shared Reading: Chapter 7: Pay close attention to the type of first person we have and its effect on the reading. We are going to change the point of view of a short passage after reading.

Point of View Find an example in what we read today that shows how Holden is unreliable (although maybe not intentionally).

Point of View Application
Rewrite the example above from a different point of view that we have in the text. Each person in your group should do a different point of view from the following list: First person reliable narrator from Holden’s point of view. First person reliable narrator from Ackley’s point of view.

Exit Ticket: Journal #2 How do you relate to Holden and why? If you don’t relate to Holden, then why? I am a lot like Holden in that I am sometimes in denial of my feelings about the things that cause me the most pain. 5-6 sentences minimum.

Summarize Summarize Chapter 8 on the back board.
Holden walks to the train station since it is getting late on Saturday night and as he rides the train, he tells ridiculous lies to a mother of a kid at Pency Prep; Holden hides the fact that he got kicked out and that he doesn’t know her son that well.

Characterization Shared Reading: pages of chapter 9. Pay close attention to how Holden is developed compared to other characters. Key Terms: Complex Character: can’t be easily typed into one thing. Like real people (a mix of strengths and flaws). Usually have conflicting emotions, desires, or motivations, either explicitly stated or implied. Flat Character: known for one trait. Do not have a realistic mix of good and bad and their motivations are uncomplicated or underdeveloped. Comparing and Contrasting characters: by comparing characters, we can more easily see each character’s strengths, weakness, emotions, philosophical differences, motivations, etc. Look for adjectives, adverbs, and words with a heavy emotional meaning (connotation).

Characterization Holden
Compare and contrast Holden to the other characters he encounters in this chapter. Holden

Inferences: Based on what we know and the details from the text-- what is implied about Holden but never directly stated.

PDN Please get the agenda and loose leaf from up front.
Sientense con amigos.

PDN: Reading Check Chapter 10
Period 5: Identify who is speaking in the following quotation and what they are speaking about (provide specifics from the chapter that prove you read it). “Well– where I have my hand on your back. If I think there isn’t anything underneath my hand– no can, no legs, no feet, no anything– then the girl’s really a terrific dancer.”

Period 6: Identify who is speaking in the following quotation and what they are speaking about. (provide specifics from the chapter that prove you read it). “I can’t sit in a corny place like this cold sober. Can’tcha stick a little rum in it or something?”

Period 8: Identify who is speaking in the following quotation and what they are speaking about. (provide specifics from the chapter that prove you read it). “Where you girls from? Don’t answer if you don’t feel like it. I don’t want you to strain yourself.”

Holden’s willingness to discuss vs. what he prefers to avoid
Holden’s willingness to discuss vs. what he prefers to avoid. Start a new set of notes for this week (to be checked on Friday). What Holden talks about What he avoids talking about

What is this passage about?
“I can’t believe I have been sitting here among all these sick people for over an hour waiting for them to call my name. Why do they overschedule so many patients. I hope I am called next, for I don’t know how much longer I can tolerate this sore throat.”

What is this passage really about?
Rock a bye baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. Rock a bye baby, gently you swing, Over the cradle, Mother will sing, Sweet is the lullaby over your nest That tenderly sings my baby to rest. From the high rooftops, down to the sea No one's as dear as baby to me Wee little hands, eyes shiny and bright Now sound asleep until morning light

Origins of words to "Rock a bye baby" in American history The words and lyrics to the "Rock a bye baby" rhyme are reputed to reflect the observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native Indian mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the branches of a tree. Thus enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the child to sleep! This rhyme is also known as "Hush a bye baby" which is the correct title. The confusion regarding these lyrics occurred due to the popularity of the old Al Jolson classic song "Rock a bye my baby with a Dixie melody!" Origins of words to "Rock a bye baby" in English history dating back to the 1700's The story of the Nursery Rhyme relates to a family who lived in a tree house which was formed within a massive Yew tree. The Yew Tree concerned was believed to be nearly years old. The family were charcoal burners who lived in Shining Cliff Woods, Ambergate, Derbyshire in the 1700's. The ancient occupation of Charcoal Burning would be conducted by people who actually lived in the woods. Just like like this family. Their names were Kate and Luke Kennyon and they lived in what was locally called the 'Betty Kenny Tree' - a colloquialism for Kate Kenyon. The Kenyons had 8 children and a tree bough was hollowed out to act as a cradle for their children! Shining Cliff Woods was owned at the time by the Hurt family. The Kenyons were favoured by the Hurts who commissioned the artist James Ward of the Royal Academy to paint their portraits. The Yew tree still exists but was severely fire damaged by vandals in the 1930s.

Key Terms: Inferences A conclusion based on evidence from the text, prior knowledge, and reasoning Always implied (never explicitly stated) If Holden says he is lonesome, then that is not an inference because it is explicitly stated. Inferences will always require you to go beyond the text, but still be supported by the text. Inferences are not necessarily predictions. Authors always leave clues in the text that lead the reader to certain conclusions without ever stating them directly. They can be found in quotations that you know are important to the development of a character, most often the protagonist. We learn about some things by experiencing them first-hand, but we gain other knowledge by inference — the process of inferring things based on what is already known. When you make an inference, you’re reading between the lines or just looking carefully at the facts and coming to conclusions. Shared Reading: 76-85: Pay attention to what is never explicitly stated in the text.

Which of the following is the best inference?
Holden exhibited a number of behaviors that might indicate a troubled mind, although he comments often on the troubled nature of others. Holden’s frantic loneliness and constant lying further the implication that he is not well mentally or emotionally. Holden tends to lie to deflect attention from himself and what he is doing. Holden thinks that people should only have sex if they care deeply for one another, and yet crumby behavior such as in this scene seems disrespectful. Holden often seems angry but never goes into enough depth. He might say that he is lonesome or sad or that something was “depressing” but never directly or explicitly discusses his feelings because those feelings are too painful, even in retrospect.

Chapter 11 and 12 Shared Reading
What Holden talks about What he avoids talking about Draw three inferences based on the information above.

PDN: Please add this chart to your notes.
Make a prediction about what we will read in chapter 13 today. Green dress shrugged conversationalist Yellow recuperating funny Nervous prostitute throw Lap elevator hotel Cigarette introduce like fun Peculiar sexy anyway

Summary of Chapter 12 Holden asks about the ducks again as he takes a cab to Ernie’s a local bar. He goes to listen to Ernie playing the piano, but leaves early because he runs into an old acquaintance (D.B.’s ex) and wants to avoid socializing with her and her date.

Key Terms: Inferences A conclusion based on evidence from the text, prior knowledge, and reasoning Always implied (never explicitly stated) If Holden says he is lonesome, then that is not an inference because it is explicitly stated. Inferences will always require you to go beyond the text, but still be supported by the text. Inferences are not necessarily predictions. Authors always leave clues in the text that lead the reader to certain conclusions without ever stating them directly. They can be found in quotations that you know are important to the development of a character, most often the protagonist. We learn about some things by experiencing them first-hand, but we gain other knowledge by inference — the process of inferring things based on what is already known. When you make an inference, you’re reading between the lines or just looking carefully at the facts and coming to conclusions. Shared Reading: Chapter 13 Pay attention to what is never explicitly stated in the text.

Debate: Highest and Lowest
Draw a chart for Holden now and identify in the chapter only his highest and lowest point. Present your two points to the class and be prepared to defend them.

Inferences In each group, generate at least two inferences based on Holden’s high and low points in the graph. Do not state anything already explicitly stated in the text (anything already directly said). Think about what Holden is not telling us or himself.

PDN: Reading Check Generate two inferences from chapter (It should not be anything explicitly stated in the text or discussed in class already). Provide details from the chapter that support that inference.

Summarize chapter 14/15 together
Holden gets beat up by Maurice for the five extra dollars; Holden can’t stop them from coming in or prevent himself from calling Maurice names. By the end of the chapter, Holden is in pretty bad shape and is crying. Holden sets up a date with Sally Hayes after deciding not to call Jane. He gets about three hours of sleep and is up pretty early on Sunday morning. He decides to get some breakfast, so he goes to eat at a local café. He sees some nuns who are there eating, donates to their cause, and talks about literature with them.

Thematic titles, allusions, and symbols.
Key Terms: Allusions: references to texts, events, people outside of the story. Often writers include these to add meaning to their story (develop a character, compare a setting, etc.). If you don’t know an allusion (what it is referencing), then you should look it up as a reader. A brief summary of the event, text, etc. will provide you with enough information to draw the connection out. Symbols: an object that represents something else They move beyond the literal meaning (not just a flag, not just a hat, not just ducks). Are intended to add implied meaning to the text (never explicitly stated what they mean) Will require the reader to have some knowledge of the object to bring to the text Think about the American flag, a designer handbag, peace symbol, ying and yang, etc. Literary symbols: physical illness reflects an emotional illness Physical imperfections represent emotional imperfections Spring represents rebirth Summer represents youth Shared Reading: Chapter 16. Pay close attention to the title and other symbols.

Symbolism One the large piece of paper, select for your group
One quotation about the title One quotation about a symbol (object), One quotation about the museum. One quotation about an allusion Each person should write one quotation in large print on the poster board.

Relationships What common idea do all of the quotations have? What patterns do you notice? What relationships are there between them?

Inferences Draw at least two inferences about the meaning of two symbols developed in this chapter.

PDN: Journal #3- Add to your list of journals for this unit.
Write 5-6 sentences about what you miss about your childhood, which could include TV shows, activities, friends, etc. and why you miss those things. You might have something in common with what Holden misses (museum, marbles, the auditorium, candy/gum, etc.)

What are the literary terms we have discussed so far this year
What are the literary terms we have discussed so far this year? Make a list and add it to your notes.

Mystery Envelopes Each group will send a representative up to select a mystery envelope. Your group is responsible for answering the question. Each person in the group should add an answer to the question that is different from the prior person’s answer. Be prepared to read and share your answers with the class.

Summarize Chapter 17: The first part of the chapter, Holden and Sally go to see the show. Holden thinks he is in love with Sally and considers asking her to marry him. Sally runs into an acquaintance at the show, and Holden is not a fan of him. They decide to go ice skating and get something to eat. We are going to pick up at the end of their date (which has gone reasonably well until now). Read pages Chapter 18: Holden calls up Jane but she doesn’t answer. He calls Carl Luce instead, a friend from the Whooton School. They decide to meet up for drinks at 10pm, so in the meantime Holden thinks about times he spent with Allie seeing movies and his brother D.B. Shared Reading: chapter 19. Pay attention to the literary element your group is responsible for.

Reading Check Chapter 20 What is the most significant word in the chapter? Provide details to justify why it’s the most significant.

Journal #5 Write 5-6 sentences about a time when you needed to confide in a friend, sibling, etc. and if that experience helped solve your dilemma or not and why.

Plot and Narrative Structure
Narrative structure consists of the traditional parts of a story and the order in which the reader encounters them; these provide a framework for the unfolding of the story. Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution Narrative structure can take a variety of forms, often depending on the genre of the story. Shared Reading: Chapter 21

Significant Words Smell up all night light Kids
Look at the significant words I choose from the chapter. How do these words fit into the narrative as a whole? What part of the plot are we on in this chapter? Smell up all night light Kids Name letter affectionate hand Cripple record broke kicked out Emotional Colorado relax saving

Before we move on the next chapter:
How do all of these words fit into the part of the plot we are in (rising action)? Finish identifying the meanings of the words from the last chapter before we move on. Add to your notes.

Theme Themes come together at the end of a novel, when the reader can see the resolution to the primary conflict. Pay attention to whether Holden shifts his beliefs, values, and emotions as we approach the climax of the novel. Pay attention to whether Holden sticks to his beliefs, values, and emotions as we approach the climax of the novel. Pay attention to the symbols being developed (there are some major symbols that develop the themes). Chapter 22: Shared Reading.

Key Quotations How does these quotations develop the major themes of the novel? “No, he won’t. The worst he’ll do, he’ll give me hell again, and then he’ll send me to that goddamn military school. That’s all he’ll do to me…I’ll be– I’ll probably be in Colorado on this ranch” (216). “A million reasons why. It was one of the worst schools I ever went to. It was full of phonies. And mean guys” (217). “There was this one pimply, boring guy, Robert Ackley, they wanted to get in. He kept trying to join and they wouldn’t let him” (217). “Because you don’t… Name on thing” (220). “I like Allie… And I like doing what I’m doing right now. Sitting here with you, and talking, and thinking about stuff” (222). “Name something else. Name something you’d like to be. Like a scientist. Or a lawyer of something” (223). “Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around– nobody big, I mean– except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff– I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all” (225).

Exit Ticket: Add to your poetry journal: What does the poem we watched today have to do with the reading of the chapter?

Chapter 23 Summarize chapter 23. Shared reading chapter 24.
Key terms plot: Narrative structure consists of the traditional parts of a story and the order in which the reader encounters them; these provide a framework for the unfolding of the story. Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution Narrative structure can take a variety of forms, often depending on the genre of the story. Narrative structure is part of what defines fiction.

Dividing up the Plot Please add this to your notes.
Create a pie chart that divides up the plot. Decide what parts of the plot get the most attention and time. Decide what parts of the plot get the least attention and time. Consider when the story starts, when most of the story takes place, etc. Look at how many chapters we have left- what can you expect in those last two chapters? Justify each section of the plot with reasons why it is that size of the chart.

Add a quotation to your tracker from this chapter.
Since you decided on the prompt, add a quotation from this chapter to your tracker.

Exit Ticket Add to your notes please:
What is the relationship between the length of the rising action and the themes of the novel?

Get paper for your reading check!

Reading Check Half of Chapter 25
What assumptions does Holden make about the foul language written in the school his sister attends? How does the foul language represent Holden’s primary conflict?

Chapter 25 and 26- What is the main issue Holden deals with in the first part of chapter 25?
Summarize the first part of chapter 25. Themes come together at the end of a novel, when the reader can see the resolution to the primary conflict. Pay attention to whether Holden shifts his beliefs, values, and emotions as we approach the climax of the novel. Pay attention to whether Holden sticks to his beliefs, values, and emotions as we approach the climax of the novel. Pay attention to the symbols being developed (there are some major symbols that develop the themes). Themes deal with an individual issue and say something about that issue. The rest of the plot happens quickly so pay close attention.

Pie Chart for Plot Group Discussion: Be prepared to share your discussion with the class. Add a summary of your discussion to your notes. Now that we are finished the novel, what is the climax? Were you right about it? Did Holden change his belief system or not? Why did the author start the book on Saturday afternoon and take it until Monday afternoon for 26 chapters? Why are most of those chapters the rising action?

Prompt Tracker- Using the resolution of the story, look for key quotations that support the prompt you selected for this unit. You should add at least two quotations to the prompt you want to write about. (three total with the one we already found). Harold Bloom writes, “Faulkner remarked that Holden’s dilemma was his inability to find and accept an authentic mentor, a teacher or guide who could arouse his trust. Holden speaks for our skepticism, and for our need.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s problems as an adolescent and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Many scholars say that The Catcher in the Rye belongs to the literary tradition of the Quest— that the novel is a modernization of this mythic form where a character goes on a spiritual quest. Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s problems as an adolescent and whether it applies to adolescents in general. James Bryan notes that Holden “is poised between two worlds, one he cannot return to and one he fears to enter.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s conflicts and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Clinton Trowbridge observes that Catcher is the story of “a search for truth in a world that has been dominated by falsity.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden’s conflicts and whether it applies to adolescents in general. Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller Jr. write, “American literature seems fascinated with the outcast, the person who defies traditions in order to arrive at some pristine knowledge, some personal integrity.” Explain whether this is an accurate portrayal of Holden as a character, the outcast, and whether it applies to adolescents in general.

Where in your life do you need to let go what you can’t control?
(like Holden can’t control adults being fake, untrustworthy, or kids being exposed to foul language, etc.) Or What do you think is the hardest thing about being between childhood and adulthood? (for Holden it’s a lack of purpose, direction or mentor)

Exit Ticket Why did I select one poem about night and one about day for chapter 24 and chapter 25 and 26 of Catcher in the Rye? How are they related?

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