1. Agenda 4-23-2015 Juniors - Catcher in the Rye Freshmen - Fahrenheit 451

2. ● 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? Catcher in the Rye Essential Questions

3. 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 "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by JD Salinger – published in 1948 in The New Yorker The character Seymour suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from WW2. Q – How does his wife talk about him? Q – What does her mother think? Q – Explain the interaction between Seymour and the little girl. How is it strange? QUIZ TOMORROW CHAPTERS 20 - 26 Good Morning 4-23 -2015

4. You be the Shrink  You will be analyzing Holden, as if they were the “one psychoanalyst guy” who is working with Holden.

5. Recall a person you saw today on your way to school. Describe this person and invent a story about them: Who is he/she? Where is that person going? Invent a distinct characteristic or hobby you think this person would have based on what you observed about him/her this morning. Relay Writing

6. Entry 10: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight.  Mr. Antolini says, "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." Explain what this means. Then analyze whether or not you think it's true. Discuss why. Catcher in the Rye Journal-10

7. Step 1: Please grab your notebook, and Fahrenheit 451 book Step 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it VOCAB Please define these words and then write down the sentence where they come from in the book. Venomous (p.1) Marionette (p.9) Pulverized (p.11) Good Morning/Afternoon 4-23-2015

9. (1) identify the main claims made throughout the essay and the order in which they appear; (2) identify specific phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that develop the claim of each section; and (3) identify the connections made between the claims of each section Superman and Me

10. NOW: reread the text and highlight words and phrases that reveal Alexie’s attitude toward life on the reservation, treatment of American Indians, and reading and writing. Use a different color highlighter for each subject (e.g., green for reservation life, yellow for treatment of American Indians, pink for reading and writing) Superman and Me

11. 1.How does Alexie learn to read? What is the significance of the text he used to learn to read and his process? 2.What is the importance of the title and the image of “Superman”? 3.How do the language Alexie uses throughout the text, the examples he provides, and the way he structures the text convey a central idea? END Q’s Superman and Me

12. Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander – Each person at your tables take two of these. 1.What is the significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes? 2.What two observations does Clarisse make about Montag’s conversational mannerisms? 3.What things do the McClellans do which cause them to be classified as peculiar? 4.What final question does Clarisse ask Montag on the night of their first encounter? Why is the question important to the plot? 5.Find two further similes Montag uses to describe Clarisse. Do the similes serve any purpose other than to characterize Clarisse? 6.Describe the bedroom which Montag enters. Whom does the setting characterize? 7.At this point of realization, what happens to the smile on Montag’s face, and what is his answer to Clarisse’s question? 8.What event occurs that night which provides Montag with an impression of the state of society? What is that impression? Fahrenheit 451 Possible Quiz Q’s

13. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. So look across the table at your interview partner for today - ●Say HI! ●Then you will take turns with the questions and go slowly. ●One person will read the question and give their answer and then the other will comment and either add or suggest a different answer. ●Then you will switch. The Veldt - Interview