Agenda 4-24-2015

Juniors - Catcher in the RyeFreshmen - Fahrenheit 451

● 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

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 JournalThis about your Special Occasion journals. Tell me briefly where is

this spot that you chose. Why do you think that it is your spot? Why do you use this spot for a “break” or a “time-out”? How does it serve its purpose? Make a prediction could the person sitting next to you enjoy the same spot?

QUIZ CHAPTERS 20 - 26

Good Morning 4-24-2015

You be the Shrink

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

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

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

Step 1: Please grab your notebook, and Fahrenheit 451 bookStep 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it Questions

So take the questions that you made up for the first 15 pages and have the person (to the left of you) write down the questions and answer them.

Good Morning/Afternoon 4-23-2015

(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

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

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

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

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