I Am - Film/Documentary

Hello Juniors!

Let's continue to Prep for our Socratic.
Be ready to tie together all the ideas and themes that we have explored during our Catcher Unit!

1.  Finish Film - I Am
* Take Notes - 5 Quotes, 3 speakers, 5 ideas you like, What do you think so far? (3 entries)
* You will use these notes for discussion

3.  Read/Annotate - "A Formula for Happiness"
* Read and annotate/highlight FIVE ideas, passages, quotes that you want to discuss in class
* You will use these notes for discussion

Here is our schedule for the week:
TMRW - Socratic (TWO GROUPS)
Friday - Author's Chair- sharing Catcher Activities! Earn additional credit!

I Am - Film/Documentary

Hello Juniors!

We are going to have a great week.  Be ready to tie together all the ideas and themes that we have explored during our Catcher Unit!

1.  Watch Film - I Am
* Take Notes - 5 Quotes, 3 speakers, 5 ideas you like, What do you think so far? (3 entries)
* You will use these notes for discussion

3.  Handout on Tuesday - "A Formula for Happiness"
* Read and annotate/highlight FIVE ideas, passages, quotes that you want to discuss in class
* You will use these notes for discussion

Here is our schedule for the week:
Mon/Tues - Film
Weds/Thurs - Socratic Seminar
Friday - Author's Chair- sharing Catcher Activities! Earn additional credit!

Catcher Questions for Socratic Seminar and Short Answer Essay Test

Hello Juniors!

Here are the Level 2 and Level 3 questions that you wrote in class.  They are wonderful topics of discussion and analyzing.  Please use your book, your dialectic journals, and your activities to discuss these ideas in depth. 

Please make sure to cite specific text and page numbers in both discussion and when written.  There are no right and wrong answers - so what makes your answer correct is that you answer with evidence, insight, and textual examples. Not all of these questions will appear on the Short Answer Essay Test - but all topics and questions are open for discussion.

Your test will be Open Note - so please make sure to take notes during Socratic Seminar.
Good Luck to you.  (Holden wouldn't like a send off like "good luck" - he would say it is phony.Why?) - this should be your first question!  ; )

Samakosky

LEVEL TWO

1.       Why does Holden have such an obsession with the ducks at the pond?  What is the symbolism?

2.       Why does Holden feel the need to act in a way that isolates him from the rest of his peers?

3.       What does Holden’s red hat represent throughout the novel?

4.       What is the meaning of “The Catcher in the Rye”?

5.       Why did Holden go to his house? Allie’s grave?

6.        What does the phrase “If a body catch a body coming through the rye” (P.115) symbolize?

7.       At the museum, Holden reflects on his childhood?  What is the importance of this reflection?

8.       How does Holden describe the world and the people he knows?  Provide examples?

9.       Why dos Holden feel like it is necessary for him to cover/conceal himself when he dies?

10.   Why does Holden feel the need to pray to God if he says “I’m sort of an antheist.”

LEVEL THREE

1.        Is depression and isolation a common cultural theme of the teenager? Is this true to life?

2.       How do Holden’s actions/emotions relate to Salinger and his own story?

3.       Is the relationship between Phoebe and Holden an accurate representation of modern day sibling relations?

4.       Does Holden’s life in the 1950’s still affect teenagers in 2015?

5.       Is it okay for Salinger to express how he feels through Holden or is he just a phony as well?

6.       Can movies/books/media influence one’s decisions and thought process?

7.       Do you think that kids/teens have a good morals and values at heart?

Socratic Prep and Quiz

Hello Juniors!

1) Work Check
* Dialectic Journal (random)
* Four Activities - Stapled, nice, neat, organized
2) Get ready for Quiz - find answers, talk to classmates
3) Questions for Socratic/Short answer Test

Homework
Socratic - Tuesday/Wednesday
Friday - Catcher - Short Answer test - same Q's as today/Socratic/etc...

Work Day

Hello Juniors!

1) Work Day!
* Readings and Journals and Activities
* Keep to your schedule and talk w/your partner.
3) Quiz - Chapters 20,21,22 on Monday

Homework
Chapters 15-26 by Monday
Journals - Odds or Evens - due Monday -
Four Activities - your choice - due Monday!  Neatness and Effort Count!
Socratic - Tuesday/Wednesday

Work Day!

Hello Juniors!

Here we go - time to catch up with Catcher and go!

1) Finish Film - Take Notes
2) Work Day!
* Readings and Journals and Activities
* Plan/Outline a schedule w/your partner.
3) Quiz - Chapters 20,21,222 on Friday

Homework
Chapters 15-26 by Monday
Journals - Odds or Evens - due Monday -
Four Activities - your choice - due Monday!  Neatness and Effort Count!
Socratic Soon - No Points. Just good discussion

Finish Film/Work Day

Hello Juniors!

Here we go - time to catch up with Catcher and go!

1) Prompt Response
2) Finish Film - Take Notes
3) Readings and Journals and Activities
*Plan/Outline a schedule w/your partner.
4) Quiz - Chapters 20,21,222 on Friday

Homework
Chapters 15-26 by Monday
Journals - Odds or Evens - due Monday
Four Activities - your choice - due Monday
Socratic Soon - No Points. Just good discussion

Catch Up - Catcher Week

Hello Juniors!

Welcome back.  I hope you all had a great week.  Here we go - time to catch up with Catcher and go!

1) Prompt Response
2) Readings and Journals and Activities - Odds and Evens
3) Get going!

Homework
Chapters 15-26
Journals - Odds or Evens
Four Activities - your choice
Socratic Soon - No Points. Just good discussion

Salinger Film and Chapter 14

Hello Juniors!

1) Salinger Film - Continue to take notes
2) Independent Work Time

HW

* Possible Quiz - Chapters 12,13,14

* Read Chapter 12,13,14 - complete dialectical journals

* Creative Assignment Choice - All four due on TMRW. Neatness and Effort is what it is all about!

* Be ready to share one of your pieces!

Catcher - Chapter 12, 13 - Journals and Creative Assignment Time

Hello Juniors!

1) Prompt -
2) Work Time - Independent and Quiet
3) Work Check 

4) Continue Salinger - Take Notes

HW

* Read Chapter 13 - complete dialectical journal

* Creative Assignment Choice - All four due on Friday. Neatness and Effort is what it is all about!

* Be ready to share one of your pieces!

What do our thought or behavior patterns reveal about who we are?

Catcher - Chapters 7-10 discussions

Hello Juniors!

1)Review Chapters 7,8,9
2) Chapter 10 discussion
3) Work Check - continued

4) Continue Salinger - Take Notes

HW

* Read Chapter 11 - complete dialectical journal

* Creative Assignment Choice - All four due on Friday.

*

Salinger Film

Hello Juniors!

1) Respond to one of the prompts below.  Write a full page!

2) Salinger - Take Notes

3) Read "Catcher" and Dialectical Journals for chapters 2-9

HW

* Read Chapters 2-9 w/dialectical journals - WORK CHECK (I will randomly read/grade one)

* Creative Assignment Choice - Show TWO. Poem/Shrink Lit MUST be typed

* Catch up on your Catcher prompts (I will randomly read/check one)

* Socratic Seminar - Begin Preparing WEDS/THURS

 

1. What does it mean to be alienated or separated from others? Describe a time when you or someone you know has been alienated. Why did this occur? What did the person do?

2. What is the difference between adulthood and childhood? When do you move from one to the other? Are you looking forward to becoming an adult? Why or why not?

3. Explain two struggles you or others face as you/they move from childhood to adulthood.

4. Why do teenagers feel the need to rebel against the rules or against other people?

5. How do we as citizens of America and/or individuals deal with others who do not share our perspective of truth?

6. Is life a game? If so, what are the rules? What happens if one does not play by the rules?

Film -"Salinger" and Chapter Four Discussion

Hello Juniors!

1) Respond to one of the prompts below.  Write a full page!

2) Salinger - Take Notes

3) Dialectical Journal - Chapter 4

HW

* Finish Chapter 5

* Dialectical Journal - Chapter 5 for Friday and ONE creative activity.  

* Catch up on your Catcher prompts (all six will need to be completed)

1. What does it mean to be alienated or separated from others? Describe a time when you or someone you know has been alienated. Why did this occur? What did the person do?

2. What is the difference between adulthood and childhood? When do you move from one to the other? Are you looking forward to becoming an adult? Why or why not?

3. Explain two struggles you or others face as you/they move from childhood to adulthood.

4. Why do teenagers feel the need to rebel against the rules or against other people?

5. How do we as citizens of America and/or individuals deal with others who do not share our perspective of truth?

6. Is life a game? If so, what are the rules? What happens if one does not play by the rules?

Catcher - Chapters Two/Three

Hello Juniors!

1) Respond to one of the prompts below.  Write a full page!

2) Catcher - Chapter 2, 3

3) Dialectical Journal - Handout (we will discuss tomorrow

HW

* Preview Dialectical Journal and Activities

* Catch up on your Catcher prompts (all six will need to be completed)

1. What does it mean to be alienated or separated from others? Describe a time when you or someone you know has been alienated. Why did this occur? What did the person do?

2. What is the difference between adulthood and childhood? When do you move from one to the other? Are you looking forward to becoming an adult? Why or why not?

3. Explain two struggles you or others face as you/they move from childhood to adulthood.

4. Why do teenagers feel the need to rebel against the rules or against other people?

5. How do we as citizens of America and/or individuals deal with others who do not share our perspective of truth?

6. Is life a game? If so, what are the rules? What happens if one does not play by the rules?

Catcher in the Rye - Chapter Two

Hello Juniors!

1) Respond to one of the prompts below.  Write a full page!

2) Teenage Brain - Finish

3) Catcher - Chapter 1,2

HW

* Finish Chapter TWO - Reading Quiz.

Bring Questions!

1. What does it mean to be alienated or separated from others? Describe a time when you or someone you know has been alienated. Why did this occur? What did the person do?

2. What is the difference between adulthood and childhood? When do you move from one to the other? Are you looking forward to becoming an adult? Why or why not?

3. Explain two struggles you or others face as you/they move from childhood to adulthood.

4. Why do teenagers feel the need to rebel against the rules or against other people?

5. How do we as citizens of America and/or individuals deal with others who do not share our perspective of truth?

6. Is life a game? If so, what are the rules? What happens if one does not play by the rules?

Catcher - Anticipation Guide, Chapter One

Hello Juniors!

Write for a few minutes - see prompts below.
Choose a different prompt.  This may make for good for future Socratic Seminar/Essay material.


Anticipation Guide - Small Group Talk/Big Group Talk
Chapter One - Read together (We will start didactic journals on Monday - just enjoy Chapter One!)

Homework:
Teenage Brain Activity Due Tomorrow - We will present them! Be ready to talk and discuss yours!
Halloween Potluck - Friday! Candy, Cookies, Birthday Celebrations, Oh My!

Prompts:

1. What are the things you most dislike about adults?
2. What is your biggest insecurity?
3. Who has disappointed you the most so far in your life? Why ?
4. What do you look for in friends- what’s important to you?
5.  If you had three days to yourself in New York City - what would you do?
6. What do you like/hate about knowing that the world expects you to "grow up"?

Catcher Q's and Finishing Perks

Hello Juniors!

Write for a few - see prompts below.

Prompts:

1. What are the things you most dislike about adults?
2. What is your biggest insecurity?
3. Who has disappointed you the most so far in your life? Why ?
4. What do you look for in friends- what’s important to you?
5.  If you had three days to yourself in New York City - what would you do?
6. What do you like/hate about knowing that the world expects you to "grow up"?

Next Book - Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.  Bring your ID. Book checkout TMRW.
We will begin reading in class.  We will use Post Its! We will have reading check Quizzes!