11.W.1.2 Students can write a document analyzing how a work of literature mirrors the themes and issues of its historical period.
11.R.2.2 Students can read fluently to comprehend grade-level text
For this Cycle I have selected to read a novel by J.D. Salinger titled The Catcher In The Rye. It's one of the most popular book in the 20th century that introduced teen rebellion and emotions. It reveals the life of Holden Caulfield, showing his teen angst and his moving emotions. In this classic novel the main character, Caulfield, struggles in the real world and shows the readers for the first time how to not care and be a free teen.
In this cycle I didn’t achieve what I have wanted. I desired to get the book done during this cycle but unfortunately there was not enough time. Currently I’m in the middle of the book. I would have wanted to take more time to read the novel and get it done quicker. So I could have started my next project but unfortunately that will have to get pushed back. Hopefully at the end of this week I will get done with the novel. For my writing project I have decided to do a file folder book project. I will also add the journal that the file folder book project requires. I will write from the character’s point of view using first person narrative.
Journal Entry 1
Holden Caulfield
Dear Journal,
My mom and dad are going to be really mad at me for failing out of school. Boy, I hope they won’t get too mad at me. I says the word boy a lot, I really do my grammar aint very good either but that was the only class that I didn’t fail. All of my other classes though I failed. My history teacher Dr. Thurmer invited me today to his house to talk to me about my classes and school and other useless things. I really hate when adults have to tell you things over and over and over. It drives me insane especially when they think they want to say an “emotional speech” when really they just want to waste my time with their words. Well Dr. Thurmer is really a great teacher he really is. He has a good soul. Well I have to leave journal my roommate Ackley is in my room again. I swear he always comes in here just to touch my stuff and his teeth are really disturbing. He says he brushes them but the whole goddam school knows he don’t. He also thinks he is better than me because he is 18 when really he acts childish –Goodbye
Good first entry-- you capture his voice nicely. Have you found out much about the 50s yet?
ReplyDeleteThanks! and yeah I have like a huge paragraph about how like J.D. made society open their eyes through literature and the theme of the 50s. So next time when we blogg do I just copy and paste what I wrote. Also how are people going to see my File folder book project?
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