1. AP Literature and Composition September 20, 2013 Mr. Houghteling “It’s a Phoebe Figures it Out Friday, and because it’s Friday, you know what that means…”

2. It’s great to be alive!

3. The Week(s) Ahead… Monday: Oral reading and gender criticism beginning.  Tuesday: Writing conferences and silent reading.  Wednesday: Short essay on gender criticism due. Oral Reading!  Thursday: Robert Burns and oral reading. Friday: Finish the book! Note the change  Monday, September 23: Journal Entries (13 in total) are due. Literary Criticism circles on The Catcher in the Rye. Tuesday, September 24: The multiple choice assessment on The Catcher in the Rye.

4. AGENDA “Comin Thro the Rye” ◦ Audio / Paraphrase / Interpretation Oral reading: ◦ 157: Holden and Phoebe and “The Catcher in the Rye.”

5. “Comin Thro’ the Rye” – Robert Burns First step: listen and paraphrase the text. http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandss ongs/secondary/genericcontent_tcm4555472.a sp Second step: Interpret the poem. Third step: Review and “how did we do?” Fourth step: Read a modern translation of the poem. Fifth step: Re-interpret. Seventh step: Connect to the text…

6. The Sixth Step—one man’s opinion. The poem "Comin Thro’ the Rye" by Robert Burns may be best- known today because of Holden Caulfield's misinterpretation of it in The Catcher in the Rye. In the book, Caulfield relates his fantasy to his sister, Phoebe: he's the "catcher in the rye," rescuing children from falling from a cliff.

7. The Sixth Step—one man’s opinion. Phoebe corrects him, pointing out that poem is not about a "catcher" in the rye, but about a girl who has met someone in the rye for a kiss (or more), got her underclothes wet (not for the first time), and is dragging her way back to a polite (i.e., Puritanical) society that despises girls who are "easy." Robert Burns, an honest man, was exhibiting empathy for girls who were castigated for doing what all the boys and men longed to do themselves.

8. HOMEWORK Finish reading the novel. Complete journal entries through the end of the book. Prepare yourself for the Literary Criticism on Monday and the multiple choice test on the novel on Tuesday.