Key Term

1. Name Mr. RoaEnglish 10 October 1, 2012 Do Now: Copy, interpret, and explain whether you or agree or disagree with the following quote: “Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.” – Potter Stewart

2. Key Term • Censor- to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable

3. Quick Write • What shouldn’t be taught in schools? Why? • What is one thing you wouldn’t want to see banned from school? Why?

4. Read Aloud • Scholars will use context clues to define the following words while reading: • Emerged • Objected • Profane • Relented • Misanthropy- pessimism • Scholars will answer the following questions while reading the text: • What does it mean to be a “lightning rod of controversy”? • What is revealed about society in the 1976 decision to ban the book? • Out of all of the arguments that people presented for banning the book, which, in your opinion, was the best one? Explain.

5. Discussion Questions • The class will discuss the following questions: • In today’s society, would Catcher in the Rye be banned from schools? Explain. • Should censorship exist in society? Explain. • As a parent, what wouldn’t you want your children exposed to while in school? Explain.

6. Exit Question What was the author’s purpose for writing this article? Explain.

7. Name Mr. RoaEnglish 10 October 2, 2012 Do Now: Copy, interpret, and explain whether you or agree or disagree with the following quote: “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” – Flannery O’Connor

8. Review • What is characterization? • What is indirect characterization? • What is direct characterization?

9. Unit 2 Essential Questions • How does one’s memory affect one’s perspective? • How does one’s environment affect one’s memory and legacy?

10. Read Aloud Pages 1-3 • Scholars will use context clues to define the following words while reading: • Ostracized • Scholars will discuss the following pivotal questions: • Why does the author capitalize the first three words of the text? • How does Holden feel about his current environment? • What does the narrator mean when he says, “it killed me”? • How does Holden feel about his brother’s job? • What is revealed about Holden when he is standing on Thomsen Hill to watch the game?

11. Closing Question • Make two inferences about Holden’s character thus far. What in the text helps you make these inferences? • Based on what you can infer from the text, where is the narrator located when telling his story?

12. Name Mr. RoaEnglish 10 October 3, 2012 Do Now: Write your name and class period on the slip of paper. Once the class is quiet, the DYRI quiz will begin.

13. DYRI Quiz Who does the narrator visit at the end of the chapter? Why is the narrator saying goodbye?

14. Close Reading “What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of good-by. I mean I’ve left schools and places I didn’t even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don’t care if it’s a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I’m leaving a place I like to know I’m leaving it. If you don’t, you feel even worse (7).” In this excerpt, what is revealed about Holden’s character?

15. Review Chapter 1 • What are the most important things from chapter 1?

16. Read Aloud Pages 6-8 A. Teacher will have the students define the following words using context clues: • Grippe B. While reading, stop and underline things that make the character upset. What is revealed about the character’s personality?

17. Silent Reading and Independent Work • Read silently from page 9 • Underline and identify examples of indirect and direct characterization. • Underline examples of things that have a negative effect on the character and what is revealed about his personality. • Complete the following chart while reading:

18. Name Mr. RoaEnglish 10 October 4, 2012 Do Now: Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1.What did Mr. Spencer do that upset Holden the most? 2.What happened to Holden at his other schools? 3.What is revealed about Holden’s character in chapter 2?

19. Chapter 2 • Summarize chapter two in three to four bullet points.

20. Who is Holden? • Work with the person next to you to come up with one adjective to describe Holden thus far. • After you come up with an adjective, find the strongest quote in the first two chapters to support your opinion. • Write everything on the sentence strip provided to you. • Adjective on top • Quote of support under

21. Read Aloud Pages 16-17 • Underline examples of indirect characterization and explain what is revealed about the character. • Continue to underline examples of things that have a negative effect on Holden. • Complete the guided reading handout.

22. Silent Reading 17- • Underline examples of indirect characterization and explain what is revealed about the character. • Continue to underline examples of things that have a negative effect on Holden. • Complete the guided reading handout.

23. Homework • Finish chapter 3 • Prepare for a DYRI Quiz and Discussion • Complete the guided reading handout

24. Name Mr. RoaEnglish 10 October 5, 2012 Do Now: Write your name and class period on the slip of paper. Once the class is quiet, the DYRI quiz will begin.

25. DYRI Quiz • How does Holden feel about Ackley? • How does Holden affect Ackley?

26. Close Reading #1 “The funny thing is, though, I was sort of thinking of something else while I shot the bull. I live in New York and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen.” (13). What do you notice in this quote?

27. Close Reading #2 “I didn’t like hearing him say that. It made me sound dead or something. It was very depressing” (14). What do you notice about this quote?

28. Close Reading #3 “[Ackley] took another look at my hat . . . ‘Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake,’ he said. ‘That’s a deer shooting hat.’ ‘Like hell it is.’ I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. ‘This is a people shooting hat,’ I said. ‘I shoot people in this hat’” (21). Reflecting on what we know about Holden, why is this hat important to Holden?

29. Discussion (Copy the Question) How does Holden feel about life? - Take 3 minutes to write a two to three bullet point notes in response to this question.

30. Read Aloud“Life is Fine” By Langston Hughes • I will read the poem once without stopping. • We will then read and annotate the poem as a class. • You should be identifying examples of how the speaker feels about life.

31. Exit Summary Answer the following question in one complete sentence. Make sure to write the titles and authors of the texts you are using. What is the controlling idea (common message) about life in The Catcher in the Rye and “Life is Fine”?

32. Homework • The Catcher in the Rye Quiz (Chapters 1 to 3) on Tuesday • Use today’s handout to guide you while writing a controlling idea paragraph. • This paragraph will count as two homework grades.