Catcher 3.4

Catcher 3.4

DO NOW:  In groups, please create FIVE multiple choice questions for chapters 17-20. Include FOUR possible multiple choice answers!

Objective: Students will be able to analyze Holden experiencing adolescence through depicting a scene in the form of a comic strip.

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Create a reading quiz!
2. Catcher Comic Assignment (Download into Notability)
3. Summarizer

HW:  Read chapters 17-24; complete assigned role for the “Lit Circle” according to the schedule for chapters 23-24.

Catcher 3.3

Catcher 3.3

DO NOW:  Study for vocab for 5 minutes

LEARNING TARGET:

• I will understand Holden’s difficult search for identity

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Study
2. Vocab Quiz
3. ORB
4. In-class: read chapters 17-19
5. Complete Lit Circle worksheets
6. Summarizer

HW: Please read chapters 18-20; Answer the guided questions for 17-19 (separate worksheet found HERE)

Catcher 3.2

Catcher 3.2

DO NOW:  Please take the reading quiz.  When done, please read Catcher in the Rye silently.

LEARNING TARGET: I will understand that Holden glass cases

LOOK FORS: I will know that I have hit the learning target when:

• I can give an example

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Reading quiz
2. Literature Circles (6 minutes)
3. Group Discussion: assign roles
1. Group discussion: Glass Cases: (15 minutes)

Holden says, “Certain things they should stay the way they are.  You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone” (122).  Please consider this passage as you work together to answer the following:

• Explain the context of the quotation. What’s happening in the book when Holden says this? Where is he? How does his location and recent actions help you to understand this quote?
• What are the “certain things” that Holden is talking about here?  What “things” might Holden wish he could stick in “big glass cases”? Make a list.
• What does Holden think is the advantage of sticking things in “big glass cases and just leav[ing] them alone”?  (Why does he think this a good idea—try to expand upon your answer here with examples.)
• Are there any disadvantages that come with sticking things in “glass cases”?  What are these disadvantages?  Why do you think Holden doesn’t recognize these disadvantages right now?

6. Begin reading Chapter 17 if time allows

HW:  Vocab quiz on weeks 13, 14, 15

Catcher 3.1

DO NOW:  Reading Quiz.  When done, please read your ORB silently.

LEARNING TARGET: I will understand that Allie’s death is still affecting Holden, even though he doesn’t say so.

LOOK FORS: I will know that I have hit the learning target when:

• I can find quotations that imply or suggest something about Holden’s feelings about Allie’s death.
• I can make an inference about the quotation that explicitly (directly) states my ideas.

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Reading quiz
2. VOCAB CHECK- weeks 13, 14, 15
3. Literature Circle (6 minutes)
4. Group discussion:
• Choose roles for today: Fearless leader, timekeeper, secretary  
• Journal Prompt: Allie (15 minutes):
• Find a quotation from chapters 1-14 that helps you make an inference about how Allie's death has affected Holden. Remember that we need to read between the lines because Holden is an unreliable narrator. Work together to write a quotation sandwich.
• If you finish one quotation sandwich, please repeat the process by finding a new quotation on the same topic. Continue working until the time is up.

4. Begin reading Chapter 15 if time allows

HW:  Please read chapters 15-16; complete assigned role for the “Lit Circle” according to the schedule. Vocab quiz on THURSDAY.

Catcher 2.4

Catcher 2.4

DO NOW:  Please take a copy of the reading quiz and begin working silently.  When done, please read Catcher in the Rye silently.

LEARNING TARGET: I will understand that Holden’s actions and words don’t always match his feelings.

LOOK FORS: I will know that I have hit the learning target when:

I can identify the difference between Holden’s feelings and actions.

I can give Holden advice.

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Reading quiz (10min) – read silently when done
2. Lit Circle
3. Group discussion:

Choose roles for today

Journal Prompt: Advice about Jane:

• How does Holden FEEL about Jane? How do you know?
• How does Holden ACT toward Jane? Do his actions match his feelings?
• Give Holden some advice about his relationship with Jane. Think of as many tips as you can.

3. Begin reading Chapter 13 if time allows

HW: Please read chapters 13-14; complete assigned role for the “Lit Circle” according to the schedule.

Catcher 2.3

Catcher 2.3

DO NOW:  Take the reading quiz in socrative. When done, please read Catcher in the Rye silently.

LEARNING TARGET: I will understand Holden’s struggles with adolescence.

LOOK FORS: I will know that I have hit the learning target when:

• I can relate some of Holden’s actions and behaviors with our notes on adolescent development.
• I can identify which areas of Holden’s behavior seems developmentally appropriate, and which ones are not.
• I can make an inference about Holden’s development.

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Reading quiz (10 min) – read silently when done
2. Lit Circle
3. Group discussion
• Finish quotes/explanation
• Choose roles for today
• Adolescence: What evidence do we have that shows that Holden is in the adolescent stage of development?
• Cognitive development:
• Reasoning (thinking about thinking; spotting problems with the thinking of adults/society)
• Morality (right vs. wrong; controlling impulses)
• Social development:
• Identity (who am I? who do I want to be?)
• Intimacy (close relationships w/ peers)
• Autonomy from parents
4. Summarizer: self-evaluation
5. Begin reading Chapter 11 if time allows

HW: Please read chapters 11-12; complete assigned role for the “Lit Circle” according to the schedule.

Catcher 2.2

Catcher 2.2

DO NOW:  Take the reading quiz in socrative.  When done, please read Catcher in the Rye silently.

LEARNING TARGET: I will understand Holden’s concerns about “phonies.”

LOOK FORS: I will know that I have hit the learning target when:

• I can find examples from chapters 1-8 when Holden is bothered by phonies.
• I can find examples from chapters 1-8 where Holden is phony himself.
• I can make an inference about why Holden is so concerned about phonies.

AGENDA:

1. DO NOW: Reading quiz (10 min) – read silently when done
2. Lit Circles
3. Group discussion:
• Choose roles for today
• Phony:
• Record at least one example from chapters 1-8 where Holden criticizes other people for being phony. Include citations.
• Record at least one example from chapters 1-8 where Holden is phony himself. Include citations.
• Write an explanation about why Holden seems so irritated by phoniness, when he himself is sometimes phony. (At least two complete sentences.)
4. Summarizer
5. Begin reading Chapter 9 if time allows

HW: Please read chapters 9-10; complete assigned role for the “Lit Circle” according to the schedule.