English III Homework - 3 February 2011

Juniors -

Today's presentations provided a lot of fodder for thinking, especially as we open up our study of The Catcher in the Rye.  You should have particularly noted the culture of the 1950's - this is something that we will continue to discuss in the first few chapters of the novel.  For tonight, you should read to the end of chapter three.  As you read, keep track of your vocabulary and annotation assignment.  If annotating as you read doesn't work for you, then read first - then go back and annotate.  I think that it's a good idea to pause after every paragraph and then go back to reexamine what you just read.  As you do this more, you'll get into the hang of it.

Tomorrow I'll be handing back your essays and we'll do a bit of talking about where I've found some general strengths and areas for improvement in what I read.  I will also give you a lot of guidelines for improving your writing.  After that, we will get into a discussion of Catcher.  If you have any questions about the reading, we will begin with those.  Raising questions is a great way to earn participation points.