All courses:

• pen
• pencil
• 3-ring binder
• dividers (at least 5; 10 recommended)
• journal (blank book or notebook)
• calender/planner
• dictionary (recommended, not required)

Due Friday May 23.

Inlude the following:

In-class entries:

 1. Opening lesson for The Catcher in the Rye: Make a list of the following:

• 2-3 objects that are important to you or say something about who you are
• What motto do you live by?
• 3-4 words or expressions you use a lot (e.g. "hella," etc.)
• 2-3 values
• 2-3 key events in your life.

Now, choose at least one from each category, and describe 1-2 of the key events you wrote about, including the other details: an object, the motto, words or expressions, and it should show your values.  Write until 15 minutes left of class.

2. Choose an object that you own that shows something important about your and describe it.  As Stradlater says, it should be "descriptive as hell."   (You can use the object you listed the other day.) OR Write Holden's composition about Allie's mitt.  What do you think he wrote?

6 outside entries

Due Friday May 30

Inlude the following:

In-class entries:

1.   Think about your cultural identity.  In what ways do you feel American?  In what ways do you feel part of another culture?  How are these cultural identifcations similar to or different from how your parents or grandparents identify?  Are there any ways that pieces of your cultural identity clash or contradict one another?

2. Respond to The Woman Warrior as a whole.  What are key themes?  How does it relate to your life?  What questions does it raise?  Did you like it?  Why or why not?

6 outside entries

"Big Ideas" handout, pre-writing for Grapes of Wrath essay. This is located in "My Files."

Handout in "My Files":

• Big ideas pre-writing due Thursday 4/17
• Thesis due at the end of the period Friday 4/18
• Rough draft due Friday April 25.  Bring two copies for peer-editing, and make sure rough drafts are double-spaced.
• Final draft due Tuesday 5/6.  Include grading sheet, all drafts, peer-editing, and all pre-writing.

On The Woman Warrior vocabulary: Thursday April 24. Words are in "my files."

Read "At the Western Palace," the next chapter of The Woman Warrior. Write a log.

Read the last chapter in The Woman Warrior, "A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe." Write a log.

Read The Catcher in the Rye chapters 2-6; write a log.

Point of View assignment: assignment in "my files"

Mon 5/12: Vocabulary for The Catcher in the Rye--in my files.

Friday 5/16: Vocabulary quiz

Finish the story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger. When finished, do a modified reader response log: a quote and why it’s important, discussion question, reaction. Review what makes a good discussion question: thematic, more than one answer, lends itself to deeper thinking and analysis. Due tomorrow.

Read The Catcher in the Rye chapters 7-10; write a reader response log.

Read The Catcher in the Rye chapters 11-4; write a log.

Due Tuesday May 27. Please include grading sheet.

TheCatcher in the Rye Point of View Creative Writing Assignment

Read The Color of Water, chapters 2 to 6; write a reader response log.

Read The Catcher in the Rye, chapters 15-17; write a reader response log.

By Friday, define each word, including part of speech, and use each in an original sentence. 1. infallible 2. nonchalance 3. divulge 4. impending 5. implicitly 6. convoluted 7. connoisseur 8. commiserate 9. admonish 10. terse 11. vehement 12. ruse 13. nostalgia 14. gawk 15. emulate

Tenets collage assignment: in my files

"What is Race?" assignment, in "My files."

Read The Catcher in the Rye, chapters 18-24; write a log.

Finish The Catcher in the Rye; write a reaction and discussion question on your 18-24 log.

On The Color of Water vocabulary; Thursday 5/29

Read The Color of Water 14-17; write a log.

Read The Color of Water 18-22; write a log.

Essay assignments are available in "My Files." Final drafts due Monday June 9. American Literature rough drafts due Wednesday 6/4 10th Grade English rough drafts due Thursday 6/5