Why Read Catcher?

This article in The New Republic describes one take on why The Catcher in the Rye is such a widely read text.  What, in your opinion, is the value in reading this book.  Is there one?  Justify your response.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/why-do-people-love-catcher-the-rye#

Respond to at least one person.  Please post by Sunday, 2/17.

Vocabulary Lesson 14

Answer the following questions to help you understand the meaning of these vocabulary words.

What is a pervasive attitude in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, or the U.S.?

What are two things that seem correlated?

Create a newspaper headline using some form of coalesce or amalgamate.

Use the word permeate to describe a cooking smell.

Use disseminate in a sentence to describe information getting out.

What is the difference between disseminate and diffuse?

Catcher Response 3

Is Holden a typical teenager?  Does his voice ring true?  Do his words reveal a keen eye for humanity's foibles, or does his voice simply illustrate a cynical, depressed complainer?  Select a quote from Chapter 15 up until the end of the book that you feel is a strong illustration of your take on Holden.  Use this quote as a jumping off point to illustrate your take on Holden as a character.  Explain how this quote illustrates your point.

Respond to at least one other person's quote.

This post is due by Tuesday at 11:00 p.m.

Vocabulary Lesson 13 In Context

Examine the following excerpts from the New York Times using vocabulary words from lesson 13.

https://docs.google.com/a/capeelizabethschools.org/document/d/1wYX-LHYRazQErn90pA_ffQ2gMMwQOAzBKp_pK928lpU/edit

Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Please examine the following link on pronoun antecedent agreement and pronoun usage:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm

Period 7, Catcher Quote Response 2: Chapters 5-8

Select one quote that stood out to you the most in your reading of chapters 5-8.  Post the quote you selected, and in a paragraph or so, respond to this quote.  Your response might focus on: what the quote reveals to you about a character or a relationship, a personal connection you have to the quote, the language or craft of the writing and the impact that has on the quote, questions that arise from the quote, what the quote helps you visualize, words or phrases that stand out, inferences you are able to make, etc.

You also will respond to one other person's quote or response.

Period 2, Catcher Quote Response 2: Chapters 5-8

Select one quote that stood out to you the most in your reading of chapters 5-8.  Post the quote you selected, and in a paragraph or so, respond to this quote.  Your response might focus on: what the quote reveals to you about a character or a relationship, a personal connection you have to the quote, the language or craft of the writing and the impact that has on the quote, questions that arise from the quote, what the quote helps you visualize, words or phrases that stand out, inferences you are able to make, etc.


You also will respond to one other person's quote or response.

Chapters 5-8 Study Questions

Use the following questions to help guide your reading of these chapters.

Chapters 5 – 8

12. Why does Holden enjoy the snowball fight?

13. What is the importance of his composition about Allie?

14. What is the significance of Holden breaking his hand?

15. Why does Holden fight Stradlater?

16. Why is Holden so lonely at Pencey?

17. In what condition does Holden leave Pencey?  What are his final words to his school?  What do these words indicate?

18. Why does Holden give a false name to Mrs. Morrow?

19. Why does he lie about Ernest Morrow?  Why does he like Mrs. Morrow?

20. What is the significance of the brain surgery story?

In these chapters, we get a glimpse of some of the people Holden does like in his life.  Consider what qualities these individuals have that Holden likes so much.