Agenda 3-30-2015

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 3-30-2015

Step 1: Please grab your notebook, a copy of The Catcher in the RyeStep 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it VOCABPlease define the words and write down the three sentences where they come from in the book. SUAVE (pg.65, ch.9)BURLESQUE (pg. 63, ch 9)Recuperating (pg. 97, ch13)

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-4Entry 1: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. Explain Holden’s thoughts about religion and Jesus and the disciples and ministers. Then discuss what

you think about his ideas. Maybe even compare your ideas to his.

Themes of Catcher in the RyeLoss of InnocenceFakes in the Adult WorldThe Pain of Growing UpIsolation as a Form of Self-Protection

Holden must face that fork in the road of adolescence when one realizes that maturity entails a loss of innocence—that greater knowledge of oneself and others and the circumstances all comes with a price.

Good Morning/Afternoon 3-30-2015•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 & JulietTell me what you learned about from Act 4 Scene 2 & 3 from friday? Give me a three sentence summary of those Acts.

Comparing & Contrasting R&J to ORB

● Go back to your entry task from a couple days ago.

● Begin to organize your ideas for comparing and contrasting R&J to your ORB.

● Find one piece of TBE for each box.

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.