WEEK 18: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
COURSE BASICS
Three Platforms
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Weekly agenda, general information, and materials
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Writing Center
English Tutoring: Monday-Thursday 2:00-3:00 (A204)
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MONDAY
Quiz: Part One
Read and Annotate: Chapters 15-16
TUESDAY
Read and Annotate: Chapters 17-18
WEDNESDAY
Quiz: Annotations
Read and Annotate: Chapters 19-20
THURSDAY
Read and Annotate: Chapters 21-22
FRIDAY
Read and Annotate: Chapters 23-24
WEEKEND
Relax
COURSE OVERVIEW
Syllabus
Class Policies
Mock Final: Semester 1
Mock Final: Semester 2
WORKSHEETS
Lit Terms
Observation vs. Insight
Annotative Bookmark
Indirect Characterization
Indexed Notes
Distilled Notes
Poetry Explication
LECTURES AND SELECTIONS
Unit 1: Colonialism
Lecture
Walum Olum
“Walam Olum Hokum”
Of Plymouth Plantation
Anne Bradstreet Poems
Crucible: Full Text
Crucible: Guided Questions
Unit 2: Enlightenment
Unit 3: Romanticism
Unit 4: New England Renaissance
Research
Lecture: Scarlet Letter
Novel: Scarlet Letter
Step 1: Guidelines
Step 2: Bibliography
Step 3: Cornell Notes
Step 4: Working Thesis
Step 5: Formal Outline
Step 6: Rough Draft
Research Resources
Purdue Writing Lab
Department Guidelines
Research Samples
Formal Outline
Formal Paper
Unit 5: Division
Unit 6: Realism
Lecture
“Occurrence at Owl Creek”
“Outcasts of Poker Flat”
“Notorious Jumping Frog”
“Yellow Wall-Paper”
Up from Slavery
Souls of Black Folk
"Booker T. & W.E.B." (Poem)
The Jungle
SAT PREP
Unit 7: Modernism
Lecture: Modernism
Lecture: Great Gatsby
Full Text: The Great Gatsby
1925 Book Review: Gatsby
Annotative Bookmarks
Vocabulary: Gatsby
Guided Reading: Gatsby
Lecture: Modern Poetry
Modern Poetry Selections
Modern Poetry Explication
Pen Your Own Poem
Lecture: Harlem Renaissance
Crash Course: Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance Poetry
Crash Course: Hughes
Unit 8: Postmodernism
Lecture: Catcher
Study Guide: Catcher
Essay: Catcher
Crash Course: Part 1
Crash Course: Part 2
Lecture: Salesman
Study Guide: Salesman
Full Text: Salesman
Unit 9: Contemporary
“Recitatif”
Lecture: Fences
Full Text: Fences