Friday, March 28, 2014

Chapters 25-26

HW: read chapters twenty-five and twenty-six and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Chapter 24

"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." -Wilhelm Stekel
HW: read chapter twenty-four and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Chapters 22-23

HW: read chapters twenty-two and twenty-three and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Chapters 20-21


HW: read chapters twenty and twenty-one and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Chapters 18-19

HW: read chapters eighteen to nineteen and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Chapters 16-17

Children viewing diorama
HW: read chapters sixteen and seventeen and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Chapters 14-15

HW: read chapters fourteen and fifteen and locate a line that relates to one of the essential questions. Create your quotation sandwich and post it here. Make sure to include the essential question to which you are responding and the page number of your quotation. Feel free to add a question to your post or to comment on a classmate's post.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
  • Why does Holden fear or resist change?
  • Why does Holden struggle to develop meaningful relationships with his family and peers?


SAMPLE POST:
Why does Holden seem so ambivalent about the adult world?
When describing the difference between what ads at Pencey promise and what the school is really like, Holden reveals how suspicious he is of the adult world . He doubts that "they do any more molding at Pencey than they do at any other school." (Salinger 2) Holden implies that schools do not make us who we are and might even give us a false impression of who we could or should become.