11/7 FINISH Book and FINISH Journals
11/8 Review
Novel Unit:
Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to create a multi-part
literary project that details the following items:
The Literature Project
Rationale: The purpose of this project is to assess your
ability to read, summarize, analyze, and connect pieces of literature as well
as assess your writing skills. This is your chance to show me
everything you know and have learned. This is your chance to dazzle,
shine, dance, sing, shout (during your presentation).
Assignment: You will read A Catcher in the Rye .
This final project will consist of five parts.
1) A reading log revealing your engagement
with the literature. This part should be very thorough and should
contain all the things listed below.
2) A creative connection
3) A book summary/personal response paper
4) An analysis focusing primarily on the
development of one striking element in the novel: symbolism, characterization,
figurative language, theme, plot and how that element contributes to the
development of the novel’s overall meaning.
5) A connection—a one page paper connecting
the book to a short story or novel read last year by either symbolism or
theme.
6) A presentation (this could be creative—and
has to be 3 minutes with visual aids): this is an overview of your project and
your understanding of the novel.
POINT VALUES: The analysis is worth 100 points each. The log,
creative connection, personal response, presentation, and connections are worth
50 points each. Therefore, the total point value is 350
points. This is nearly your entire project grade for the semester.
EXPECTATIONS:
THE READING LOG: The reading log reveals your
engagement with literature. Furthermore, a detailed reading log will
significantly aid you in the development of the rest of the
project. After reading each chapter, you should write in your log:
n A short synopsis of the action and character
development
n Your interpretation of the significant
events occurring in the chapter
n Noteworthy figurative language and other
literary elements
n Vocabulary—unfamiliar words
Please note that the copying of Cliff Notes or Internet
Sites is plagiarism. I want only your thoughts, don’t
steal. Cheating will equal a ZERO.
THE CREATIVE PART: Choose one of the three options below:
Take a minor character and write a 1-2 page monologue /
journal entry about what they think of the situation / action / motivations in
the book so far.
Make a newspaper story about one of the major events of
the novel. How
would a journalist take on those events and how would that story be
different than Holden's perspective.
Draw a picture (or some sort of visual
representation) drawing from the reading. Be sure to include a written
component explaining why you chose to create your visual representation.
Book Review/ Personal Response: Give a
detailed summary of the book. What did you like? What did
you not like? Would you recommend this book to a
friend? Why or why not?
THE LITERARY ANALYSIS: Choose one literary element of the book and develop a
thesis around it. Back up your thesis statements with proof from the
text. This paper should be at least 3 pages.
THE CONNECTION: 1-2 pages connecting the novel to a short story read in
class. You may focus on theme, characterization (think dynamic), or
figurative language.
THE PRESENTATION: 3 minutes—this should be an overview of your
project and what you learned. It should include a visual
aid.
Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can create A Catcher in the Rye project
that relates the novel the real world citing both textual evidence and examples
from contemporary society.
3 – The student can create A Catcher in the Rye project
that incorporates all sections of the project.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student
is able to create A Catcher in the Rye project that incorporates
all sections of the project.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable
to create A Catcher in the Rye project that incorporates all sections of
the project. The student may be able to do some sections, but not
all of them.
Catcher in the Rye is a story about a young teenage named
Holden Caulfield. Holden has a conflict with himself – he feels that
everyone around him is a phony. He seems to hate everyone and
everything. The only thoughts of innocence and childhood bring him
joy. Perhaps he struggles to accept the hypocrisy of the adult world.
Holden is the narrator and anti-hero. The novel is a coming of age story
or a bildungsroman novel. You will need to look at the following themes,
symbols and conflicts while reading:
MAJOR
THEMES:
SYMBOLS:
Loss of Innocence
Alle’s Baseball Glove
Rebellion From
Society
Holden’s Red Hunting Cap
Mental
Instability
The Duck Pond
Death
The Carrousel
Hypocrisy
Holden Caulfield’s name
Sexual Confusion
Kings in the back row
Prep School Life
Major Conflict: Person vs. Self. Holden has a hard
time dealing with the people around him believing that they are all phonies and
either pretending to be something that they are not, or selling themselves for
some reason. Everyone is untruthful.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the unit students will be able to
1) Define character development, irony,
metaphor, personification, subplot, atmosphere, tone, allusion, symbol,
bildungsroman. Antihero.
2) List all the characters that appear
in the novel and describe their physical appearance, motivations, social class.
3) List various allusions and
foreshadows and discuss what they mean in relation to plot.
4) List the various types of conflict
that occur throughout the novel and discuss who the conflicts are between.
5) Keep a journal that outlines the
novel – and the plot
6) List three themes and in a paragraph
or more discuss how these themes work in the novel.
7) In an essay of a page or more
discuss how Salinger uses particular images or characters as symbols and
discuss how these symbols reflect larger themes or ideas in the novel.
8) Outline the character development
(inward change) of various characters (to be mentioned later).
9) List and outline the central plot.
10) In a paragraph or more discuss how the title and the
images of innocence or childhood
11) Pick out two or three examples of similes and/or metaphors
and in a paragraph discuss how they are used.
12) Given a quotation identify the speaker.
13) Write an essay on Catcher in the Rye.
Catcher in the Rye: Study Guide
Be able to explain the following themes and give examples of
three scenes that fit each theme:
Loss of Innocence
Rebellion From Society
Mental Instability
Death
Hypocrisy
Sexual Confusion
Be able to explain the following symbols – what they
represent and why they are important:
Allie’s Baseball Glove
Holden’s Red Hunting Cap
The Duck Pond
The Carrousel
Holden Caulfield’s name
Kings in the back row
Prep School Life
The title
List and explain five allusions.
Explain the major conflict.
List the point of view.
Discuss how Holden is an unreliable narrator.
Discuss how Holden in an anti-hero.
Discuss how Catcher in the Rye is a Bildungsroman novel.
Pick out and explain three ironies.
Discuss Holden’s character development.
Outline the plot.
Briefly discuss Holden’s relationship with girls (Jane,
Sally, Sunny, Bernice, Marty, Larverne, Faith Cavendish, Mrs. Morrow)
Discuss the importance of the following characters:
Achey
Stradlater
Horwitz
Ernie
D.B.
Phoebe
Allie
Maurice
Carl Luce
Lillian Simmons
Mr. Antolini
Mr. Spencer
List some schools that Holden got kicked out or (or left).
Given a quotation be able to identify the speaker
Compare Holden Caulfield to Scout Finch.
