Catcher in the Rye
1. Well-Answered Question Quiz:
Describe, using textual evidence, how Holden's conflicting views of childhood and adulthood affect his interactions with women.
*Paragraph 1: Theme + Thesis + Transitional sentence
*Paragraph 2: Topic sentence + Transitional sentence + Quotations (introduced, integrated, explained, cited) + Transitions + Transitional sentence
*Paragraph 3: Topic sentence + restate thesis & theme statement + concluding sentences
**Due at the end of class**
2. Homework: Read Chapters 16-18.
English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Review theme statements, work on examples together (for fear, evil, mankind's essential illness).
2. Read/discuss chapter 5.
3. Homework: Finish reading chapter 5, rough draft of chapter 5 response:
Describe the significance of the following quotations:
"What I mean is...maybe it's only us."
"Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness."
English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 5/6 quiz.
2. Theme statements (identity, rivalry, enemy, insecurity).
3. Homework: Chapter 5/6 Prompt:
Describe the evolution of Gene and Finny's relationship following the fall.
*Theme statement + thesis statement + 5 quotations (introduced, integrated, explained, cited) + transitions + concluding sentences*
- Bring completed rough draft Tuesday.*
Have a great long weekend!
