Wednesday, Sept. 30 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Museum WN entry

•In Writer’s Notebook, respond to the following question with at least a paragraph:

•As he remembers his visits to the Museum of Natural History, Holden indicates that he wants life to be like the canoe scene he loves: frozen, unchanging, simple, and easily comprehensible. Do you think Holden is afraid of change? Is he afraid to grow up? Why? Is this something people today worry about? Is it something you’ve ever thought? (Not specifically the canoe part, but the frozen, unchanging part)

•When you finish, leave your entry out for me to check and read your book while we wait for all to be done.

•Read 17

•Study guide, quote tracing

•**In writer’s notebook: What books have you read (or been exposed to) that you feel should not be accessible to children or teens? Why or why not?  What books have you read that you think ‘adults’ may have issues with? Why would they?

•Discuss

•Discuss the following question with your partner, then in WN, write about the controversy of Catcher in the Rye –is it ‘bad’, should it be challenged or banned? Why do you think people have had problems with it in the past and still do today?

•Bring this paragraph up when you are finished, then read your book

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Poem Presentation (Found Poems)

•Finish 10-14

•Organize slips: pass out your slips to the authors

•Share with class: what were the mood and theme you were aiming for, did most people end up identifying those

•Read 16

•Comment on another comment

•Go to my blog, read all of the comments. Find one you agree with and one you disagree with and then comment on each of them why you agree/disagree

•Once you have posted at least two comments (one on two different comments), read your book while we wait for all to catch up.

•Reading time for OWN BOOK –need to finish in about a month!!

Monday, Sept. 28 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Read 15

•S.G. questions, quote tracing

•Response as comment online

•Poem Presentation (Found Poems)

     What is the theme/topic?

     What is the mood?

Catcher in the Rye and Today's Teens

Last week we read both adults' and teens' opinions on Catcher being relevant (the packet).

Now construct a comment to this question that is modeled off of what you read and is based on your opinions about the articles and the book (what you were supposed to have written by today;)).

Read through the paragraph you wrote, checking that it fits these two requirements:

• Is Catcher in the Rye a book that connects with teens today, is it something that should be read by teens today?  Support your answer/thoughts with details from your reading that illustrates your opinion.
• You need at least one quote from the packet and one from the book.

If you need to add to your paragraph or modify it, please do.  Remember, when quoting other people's words, use their last names in parenthesis after the quote as a citation.

Ex. "The trouble with me is, I stop" (Salinger 92).

Friday, Sept. 25 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: ACT Prep (slide 7)

•Take out your packet on Catcher from yesterday (relevant or not)

•Underline things you agree with in one color, things you disagree with in another

•Point of View of each section (yes or no on relevant)

•Bring the packet to me to check when you are done

•Relevancy Discussion

•Think about the thoughts you were brainstorming yesterday when you discussed with a partner and the close read of the packet

•Where do your thoughts fit with the reading?

•Can what you read help you make your point more clearly?

•Construct your own response to one of the sections of the packet, or the packet overall, commenting on whether or not you feel Catcher in the Rye is a book that connects with teens today/is something that should be read by teens –In WN or on Google Drive, due on Monday!

•Read own book (you need at least one book completion sheet done by beginning of November, but more than one equals EXTRA CREDIT)

Found Poem shared with me by the start of class on Monday!

Thursday, Sept. 24 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: WN Entry: Phonies

•Read own book

•Read 14

•Questions

•Quote Tracing

•Poem Work Time

•Type up poem and send to me on Google Docs by class time Monday

•Brainstorm: Is Catcher in the Rye relevant? Discuss your thoughts on this with your neighbor

•closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.

•Read the packet on Catcher’s Relevance (need one of the first three sections read and highlighted by tomorrow)

•Underline things you agree with in one color, things you disagree with in another

•Point of View of each section (yes or no on relevant)

Wednesday, Sept. 23 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Reading own book (if your paper is done), if you have one last thing to do on the paper, use this 20-25 minutes to finish as much as you can.

Paper with Rubric paper clipped to it due at lunch time!!!

•Discuss Chapter 11 Quiz

•Read 12-13

•study guide questions

•Quote tracing

•Craft Lesson

•Poetry

•Found Poem—due Monday

•Type up poem and send to me on Google Docs by class time Monday