March+15+-+19

Monday, March 15

 * English Dept. Project Day
 * no English classes!

Tuesday, March 16
Hunting Hat – · Holden puts it on when he’s upset · Red (like Allie’s and Phoebe’s hair?) o Allie and Phoebe are both children Museum of Natural History · exhibits stay the same every visit · you’re different every time you visit o He can’t bring himself to go in Ducks in Central Park · where do they go in winter? · Holden worries about it! · ducks go when change happens Allie’s baseball glove · Allie was smart and nice, not a phony · died as a child, never grew up o couldn’t grow up The “Catcher in the Rye” · boy walking along the curb singing o parents aren’t paying attention o curb is near traffic § border between safe/not safe · Holden gets the song wrong o he imagines someone “catching” in the Rye o for him, it’s catching children falling off a cliff § preventing children from “falling” into adulthood, or phoniness
 * quiz on Ch. 15 - 19
 * notes
 * Holden’s Issues and Symbols**

Wednesday, March 17

 * vocab word pictures - 10 pts.
 * time to read

Thursday, March 18
Mr. Antolini – · tells Holden he’s “heading for a terrible fall” · he cares about Holden’s future · pets Holden’s head; Holden flees Holden can’t handle issues of sexuality · can’t call Jane · can’t act sensibly with Sally · doesn’t stop to think, at the time, what Mr. Antolini is really doing · homophobic, nervous about “flits” Falls · Holden talks about “catcher in the rye” catching children so they don’t fall off a cliff. o falling into adulthood · Mr. Antolini worries about Holden falling o something bad will happen to him if he doesn’t change his ways o picked up kid who jumped out of window.
 * Reading quiz on Ch. 23, 24, 25, 26
 * discuss end of book - author's themes

· Holden watches Phoebe on the carousel o she might fall reaching for the brass ring o it’s okay to fall; it’s okay to grow up Framing – · starts in California, at some institute · book ends in California, o mental institution o health inst.

Themes- o Growing up is terrible. o Allie was perfect; he didn’t have to grow up o Adults are all phonies; o We all affect other people o You can’t be a child forever

Friday, March 19

 * Big Catcher Test
 * Vocabulary
 * Salinger notes
 * plot
 * characters
 * themes, Holden's issues
 * turn in vocab list and sentences - 25 pts.
 * turn in Salinger notes - 5 pts.
 * turn in Holden's Issues notes - 5 pts.