LAST WEEK we broke for Thanksgiving celebration, and I am indeed thankful for the break. We all needed one. To date we have read up through and including chapter 19 of The Catcher in the Rye. We've also read the short story, "The Silence" for a course-wide writing assessment that we will conduct this week.

Monda

Discussing the short story, 'The Silence" by Haruki Murakami. We will start with the question, "What is the cause of 'the silence' in the story?" We will close with, "What is the lesson of 'the silence' in the story?" I will NOT collect notes or annotations on this story until AFTER students write the essay in class on Wednesday.
HW: Review and complete any journal entries not finished, up through chapter 19 in CITR.

Tuesday

Discussing chapters 17, 18 and 19 in CITR. What is Holden's world view? What does he say about a life well lived, about war, about love? We will use a google sheet to share observations about these chapters prior to a brief discussion of the chapters.
HW: Review your annotations and notes on the story, "The Silence" for the in-class essay tomorrow. Read chapter twenty and work on CITR journal.

Wednesday

In class essay on the story, "The Silence."
HW: Review the definition of subjects and predicates using the following handout. No need to print this out; merely read through it online.

Thursday

Meeting in Lab 377-N (across catwalk, on other side of Atrium) to type the in-class essays.
HW: Read chapter twenty-one and work on your journal.

Friday

Discussion of chapters 20 and 21.
HW: Journals will be due one week from this coming Monday, Dec. 11.