Schedule for Week of 31 March You are required to bring your copy of Death of a Salesman to class everyday-do NOT ask my permission to go to your locker to retrieve it-permission to do so will be denied. SAT Vocabulary QUIZ List 16: Thursday, 3 April. Soon, you will be assigned questions related to Miller's Death of a Salesman. Just in case you neglect to bring this text home with you, I have posted a link for the text:
ATTENTION: I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH JOY READING YOUR CITR ESSAY RESPONSES. Admittedly, I was rather surprised by the outcome since so many of the "quiet" students who do not participate that often did so well expressing their thoughts in writing. Please, in the future, do not remain "quiet" during our class discussions. I would like to think that our collaboratively group activities for the text contributed to your success on this writing task.
SAT Vocabulary QUIZ List 16: Thursday, 27 March.
Please remember to bring your copy of Death of a Salesman to class EVERYDAY...Do not ask me for permission to go to your locker to retrieve it...your request to do so will be denied.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Schedule for Week of 10 March: Read Chapters 18, 19, and 20 for Tuesday's class. You may OR may not have a quiz on these Chapters... (If you did not bring your novel home with you, I have provided the text on an earlier posting-even though I informed you about the reading for the weekend.) SAT Vocabulary Quiz List 16 on Thursday, 13 March. Reading Journal Schedule for Submission to turnitin.com: (NOTE: You must continue to focus on the "Theme and Essential" Questions you previously used for Chapters 1-7.) You were given a handout with this information. Chapters 8-14 due 03/10 no later than 11:59 PM Chapters 15-19 due no later than 03/13 11:59 PM Chapters 20-26 due no later than 03/16 11:59 PM You must also read Chapters 21-23 for Thursday, 13 March. You may OR may not have a quiz. By now, everyone should have read ahead and completed this novel. Regretably, some of you have NOT been doing any reading at all...
Here are a couple images of the literal meaning of “The Catcher in the Rye” (p.173).
As a "whole-class" we will discuss:
The figurative meaning of “The Catcher in the Rye.”
How has Holden already been acting as “The Catcher in the Rye.” Give specific examples from the book. This will actually be part of our Socratic Seminar beginning on Tuesday, 4 March...
