1. Agenda 4-16-2015 Juniors - Catcher in the Rye Freshmen - Fahrenheit 451

2. 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?

3. Good Morning 4-16 -2015 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 Holden has gone to his brothers' grave a couple of times to bring flowers, but it rained twice and made him all depressed. In what ways are flowers on a gravestone depressing, or rain on a cemetery? Discuss how your thoughts compare to Holden's?

4. 1.Get Laptop 2.Got to My Swift Site 3.Go to the Calendar 4.Click on Today 5.Go to the story 6.Open Word Doc 7.Copy Questions onto Word Doc 8.Read Story 9.Answer Questions in Word Doc and Email to me when finished The Jacket

5. Catcher in the Rye Journal-8 Entry 8: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. HOME: Why do you think Holden goes home to talk with Phoebe? What does Holden think about his sister? What does talking with her do for his emotions? Justify your thoughts with evidence from the story.

6. Good Morning/Afternoon 4-16-2015 Step 1: Grab your notebook! Step 2: Start a fresh page or continue from where you last were date it and label it DO NOW: Fahrenheit 451 Czar Putin: In many parts of the world, including the U.S., Putin is seen as an authoritarian ruler. In Russia, he enjoys an 87 percent approval rating. In contrast Obama sits around 40% approval rating. How might you explain this contrast?

7. 1.Get Laptop 2.Got to My Swift Site 3.Go to the Calendar 4.Click on Today 5.Go to the story 6.Open Word Doc 7.Copy Questions onto Word Doc 8.Read Story 9.Answer Questions in Word Doc and email to me. The Veldt

8. Define in Context Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Not the dictionary With a Partner choose 4 of these words to define in context: stratagems, ceased, compliance, depravity, indispensable, brute, sustained, mere, chattel, injurious, pious, divest, disposition, precepts, apt, incompatible, bestow, prudence, unpardonable, unabated, lashed, utterance, denunciation, vindication, utter, abhor, discontentment, unutterable, writhed, roused, treacherous, tedious

9. With the Same Partner Task 1: Divide the text into four sections, where each section introduces a new idea. Task 2: Reread the text and summarize each section Task 3: For each section find a sentence with a piece of figurative language to represent it.

10. How does Douglass learn to read and write? Do you consider his actions dangerous? Why or why not? How do the language Douglass uses throughout the text, the examples he provides, and the way he structures the text convey a central idea? Choose One with Partner