Agenda 4-16-2015

Juniors - Catcher in the RyeFreshmen - Fahrenheit 451

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 4-16-2015

Step 1: Please grab your notebook, a copy of The Catcher in the RyeStep 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title it JournalHolden has gone to his brothers' grave a couple of times to bring flowers, but it rained twice and made him all depressed. In what ways are flowers on a gravestone depressing, or rain on a cemetery? Discuss how your thoughts compare to Holden's?

1. Get Laptop2. Got to My Swift Site3. Go to the Calendar4. Click on Today5. Go to the story6. Open Word Doc7. Copy Questions onto Word Doc8. Read Story 9. Answer Questions in Word Doc and Email to me when finished

The Jacket

Catcher in the Rye Journal-8

Entry 8: Begin your “Personal Observations/Reflection” portion of the journal project by answering the following questions in your journal tonight. HOME: Why do you think Holden goes home to talk

with Phoebe? What does Holden think about his sister? What does talking with her do for his

emotions? Justify your thoughts with evidence from the story.

Good Morning/Afternoon 4-16-2015

•Step 1: Grab your notebook!

•Step 2: Start a fresh page or continue from where you last were date it and label it DO NOW: Fahrenheit 451

Czar Putin: In many parts of the world, including the U.S.,

Putin is seen as an authoritarian ruler. In Russia, he enjoys an 87 percent approval rating. In contrast Obama sits around 40% approval rating. How might you explain this contrast?

1. Get Laptop2. Got to My Swift Site3. Go to the Calendar4. Click on Today5. Go to the story6. Open Word Doc7. Copy Questions onto Word Doc8. Read Story 9. Answer Questions in Word Doc and email to me.

The Veldt

Define in ContextUse context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Not the dictionary

With a Partner choose 4 of these words to define in context:stratagems, ceased, compliance, depravity, indispensable, brute, sustained, mere, chattel, injurious, pious, divest, disposition, precepts, apt, incompatible, bestow, prudence, unpardonable, unabated, lashed, utterance, denunciation, vindication, utter, abhor, discontentment, unutterable, writhed, roused, treacherous, tedious

With the Same Partner

Task 1: Divide the text into four sections, where each section introduces a new idea.Task 2: Reread the text and summarize each sectionTask 3: For each section find a sentence with a piece of figurative language to represent it.

How does Douglass learn to read and write? Do you consider his actions dangerous? Why or why not?

How do the language Douglass uses throughout the text, the examples he provides, and the way he structures the text convey a central idea?

Choose One with Partner