Agenda 3-31-2015

Juniors - Catcher in the RyeFreshmen - Romeo & Juliet

SHAKESPEARE

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?

Good Morning 3-31-2015

Step 1: Please grab your notebook, a copy of The Catcher in the RyeStep 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it JOURNALWhy do you think Holden is so antagonistic toward movies and people who watch movies all the time? Justify your thoughts with evidence from the story.

RESPONDING TO PEERSStep 1: Grab a blank piece of notebook paper and put your name on itStep 2: Read Your Peers TextStep 3: Ask yourself How closely do your views about their paragraph regarding a character from Catcher in the Rye and how it connects with a theme match?

This is your chance to voice your opinion in response to a text. You can use the “I” pronoun and use your opinion. It should be in equal length to our Best Paragraph Ever

1. Get with the group you worked with last week.

2. Choose one of the themes from your chart.

3. Begin to write a group BEST PARAGRAPH EVER!

4. Get it approved by Mrs O.5. Transcribe it on to

butcher paper.

Catcher in the Rye Journal-5Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight.

Analyze Holden's conversation with the nuns and decide what it "was about." What did "it mean"?

What larger themes or ideas is their conversation really trying to get readers to think about or feel?

Shootings Catcher in the Rye• The most well-known event associated with The Catcher in the Rye is arguably

Mark David Chapman's shooting of John Lennon.[14] Chapman identified with the novel's narrator to the extent that he wanted to change his name to Holden Caulfield. On the night he shot Lennon, Chapman was found with a copy of the book in which he had written "This is my statement" and signed Holden's name.[15] Later, he read a passage from the novel to address the court during his sentencing.[16] Daniel Stashower speculated that Chapman had wanted Lennon's innocence to be preserved by death, inspired by Holden's wish to preserve children's innocence despite Holden's later realization that children should be left alone. [16]

• After John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981, police found The Catcher in the Rye among half a dozen other books in his hotel room. [17]

• Robert John Bardo, who murdered Rebecca Schaeffer, was carrying the book when he visited Schaeffer's apartment in Hollywood on July 18, 1989. [18]

• As numerous murders have been speculated to be connected to the novel, the film Conspiracy Theory depicts assassins brainwashed with an urge to purchase it. [15]

Good Morning/Afternoon 3-31-2015•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 & JulietGRAB A PUZZLE MATCH!

TAKE OUT BUBBLE SHEET

Comparing & Contrasting R&J to ORB

● Which one did it better?

● Cut out the bubbles and organize your bubbles into three categories.

● Although both stories have romantic elements or are both tragedies you need to separate the ideas.

Compare and Contrast Break Down

Thesis = areas to be covered in this essay: Both cats and dogs make excellent pets, but an appropriate choice depends on the pet owner’s lifestyle, finances, and household accommodations.

TS 1 - Cats are easier and less expensive to care for

TS 2 - Dogs are active and loyally engaging pets.

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.