Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Wednesday

Vocal Quiz
 Vocabulary for Final Exam
Catcher Her in the Oatmeal
Make a creative rewrite of a fairy tale in the voice of Holden.
Work in groups. One person writes; other people jot down specific page references (5) that show your writing is similar to Salinger's.
(or just tell me what part of the book you are plagiarizing;)
Three Little Pigs, etc. 



Extra Credit:

Film or novel that is similar to Catcher in the Rye
+4-7 points, depending on the quality of your work. Due Thur/Fri
This will raise your grade approximately 3% (87% becomes 90%, an "A")
Watch one of the following movies or read one of the following books and type two pages, double-spaced, discussing parallels between the movie/book and The Catcher in the Rye. To do this, you will need to cite at least three examples from Catcher in the Rye (the more the better, of course).
Novels: 
Franny and Zooey
Fight Club
Other
Movies:
Finding Forrester
Field of Dreams
Harold and Maude
Moonrise Kingdom
The Royal Tenenbaums
Igby Goes Down
(Note: a couple of these movies are R-rated and I can't really recommend them, if you know what I mean. At your own discretion!)



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