Agenda 3-17-2015

Juniors - Catcher in the RyeFreshmen - Romeo & Juliet

SHAKESPEARE

Good Morning 3-17-2015

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

What do you think about Holden’s favorite kind of book: “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it”? What kind of book “really knocks you out”?

Class Discussion Criteria for Participants…

Respect other participants. Exhibit open-mindedness; value others’ contributions. Are active listeners. Build upon one another’s ideas by referring to them when it is your turn to talk. Stay focused on the topic. Make specific references to the text. Use examples from the text to explain your point.

Did the Participant Listen attentively without

interruption?

Listen attentively without

interruption?

Use eye contact with

peers?

Exhibit preparation for the seminar?

Reference the text to

support response?

Participate in the discussion?

Ask clarifying and/or probing

questions

STUDENT NAME  

Did you do this action Consistently?Did you do it occasionally?

Did you not do it at all?

Extra comments from me.

Catcher in the Rye Journal-2Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. - In your journal, write about something you keep that is very

special to you. From memory, describe that object to the best of your ability using as much detail as you can. You may compose a sketch of that object if you’d like. Explain why you keep this object and what it means to you.

Great Gatsby One-PagerDid you proofread? Did you edit? Did someone other than yourself look at your essay at all?Questions in intro?First sentence with thesis?Not including all the necessary elements?

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?

Good Morning/Afternoon 3-17-2015•Step 1: Grab your notebook, Romeo & Juliet script, and Foldable

•Step 2: Start a fresh page or continue from where you last were date it and label it DO NOW:

Shakespeare: Romeo & JulietThinking about your ORB and the Romance or Tragedy. Write a paragraph comparing R&J to your ORB. Who are the characters? What is their relationship like? What is the general plot?

Reading Romeo & Juliet In Class

● For this UNIT the reading in class will become your PARTICIPATION GRADE!

● So that makes up 10% of your grade● I have a log to mark what you are doing during class.● You want to participate roughly 5 times/week.

● BUT if you are distracting others or have your phone out while we are working then it will detract from the times when you volunteered.