Tuesday, 28 September

Surprise, surprise, surprise -- NOT -- there was a quiz.

In class we discussed the color white in Chapter 5. Snow is white. White can mean pure, innocent, untouched. We figured this out because of the "connotations" of the word white (what we think about as opposed to the definition). We noticed that Holden DIDN'T throw a snowball at a car covered in fresh snow.

This led us to see evidence for psychologist questions around innocence and purity.

We looked at Chapter 6 and realized that Holden was incredibly concerned about whether Stradlater was able to make out/ have sex with Jane. Therefore Holden must be very concerned with her innocence!

Every psychologist had multiple pieces of textual evidence to answer their questions.

Homework:

Chapter 7 is due for Friday. The journal entries for chapter 6 & 7 are due for Friday:

1) Holden says he is a "pacifist." What does that mean, and do you agree the he is? Are you a pacifist?

2)What is Holden's final goodbye to Pency Prep?

3)Why do you think Holden was crying when he left?

Ms. Margolis will be the guest instructor Wednesday and Friday.

Monday, Septemeber 27th

Are you checking the blog? Prove to me you are by emailing me at jzartler@pps.k12.or.us and I will give you extra credit.

There was a discussion today about the importance of showing up on time, and of being prepared and ready to go.

We discussed how the Psychologists Assignment is designed to provide help for individuals, groups, and the whole class.

Chapter 5 and 6 of The Catcher in the Rye is due for tomorrow. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ!

During class students worked on finding evidence for their psychologists questions in chapters 1-4.

Journal entries for Chapter 5 & 6 are not due tomorrow. They will due on Wednesday.

We covered a lot of different parts of Catcher in the Rye today. We also covered some important topics about the class in general.

1) We shared quotes and notes about Holden's attitude. We Identified evidence that shows he is

A) Negative

B) Sarcastic

C) Immature

If you don't have this handout, click here to get it.

ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE TWO QUOTES ABOUT ATTITUDE

FROM CHAPTER 3 ON FRIDAY!

Also students were shown this blog !!!! BOOKMARK IT!!!!!

Students were assigned a role in a group. See Mr. Zartler for your group role. You may download the assignment that these roles apply to here.

Due for Friday

Read through to the end of Chapter 4 and write the journal entry for Catcher in the Rye Chapters 3/4: Without giving their name, describe some qualities of one of your good friends. Include some of their most memorable physical and personality based traits.

Then provide the same description for someone you don't get along with so well.

Which was easier to write and why?

Ms. Margolis will be the teacher in class on Friday.

Tuesday, 21 September

Today in class we discussed Holden's attitude and quotes from the first three chapters that helped to show what his attitude is.

Each student should have at least two quotes from each of the first three chapters (six total) that provide evidence for Holden's attitude. This is due on Wednesday.