Thursday, Sept. 3

•Bell Ringer: ACT Prep

•Collect 3 Paragraphs

•Binder Division

•Reading Time (make sure you like the book you have chosen, bring library books to Ms. Stewart to check out)

•Paragraph Organizing Pre-Test- hand in review when complete

•Writing Craft Lesson- notes in that section of writer’s notebook

•Paragraph structure

•“Fix” pre-test

•Discussion: What does it mean to be a teenager (literal and deeper meaning)?  How does loneliness feel and what can it make a person do or think? How is loneliness tied to the teenage ideas?

•Catcher in the Rye

•Intro to Salinger (article and response –due tomorrow)

•Response: Basic thoughts plus how do you predict his life experiences will influence Catcher in the Rye?

•One paragraph the basic response (thoughts about the article)

•One paragraph the predictions of what life experiences will influence the book and how.