Reading closely is a skill. Inferring is a skill. Practice.
Not to infer means not thinking. Someone who does not think loses their edge. Their humanity.
Homework: Read chapter 17, closely. When you get to page 131 (in the small version of the novel), the confrontation between Sally and Holden, post-it note that section and write your insights down on the post-it. Tomorrow, during class you will be writing a paragraph on that section, using the quotes, and ideas that you discover tonight.
If you missed today, you missed a lot!!
GET all the notes from a friend.
We reviewed what you need to do to succeed on the poetry section of the exam. Get those notes.
I passed out the two-page list of literary terms that could be on the provincial exam and we went over the ones which are usually on the exam. Make sure to get a copy of that sheet and to circle the key ones. Study the ones you don't know on quizlet.com. Create an account. Search for sstenson and copy my English 12 list onto your page. You can organize the terms by genre: poetry, drama, short stories, novels, and personal essays so they are easier to remember. All of the definitions are on my quizlet page.
We had two questions on the board that we answered with post-it notes as I read chapter 16 aloud so read chapter 16 and borrow a friend's book to post-it note the key passages. Discuss the significance of the museum, tying the girl's skate, and the child singing the hymn "when a body catch a body comin' through the rye".
We started reading chapter 17.
NOTE: Memorize quotes from the novel to use on your provincial exam. Imagine starting your synthesis essay with this hook: Holden Caulfield believes that nothing should change. Time must stop. However, the character, Hal, in the story, "Hal's Day Off" is the anti-thesis to the innocent boy from New York.
Good readers make connections. Good writers remember them. Great English 12 students do both because THEY read the blog.
Lucky you.
