Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

Unit Plan

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Catcher in the Rye

UNIT PLAN

CITR Unit Schedule

This unit will consist of the following elements/activities:

  1. Read and discuss "The Truth About Teen Angst"

  2. Weekly Book Discussions (I will post the questions on Moodle)

  3. Quizzes on Moodle

  4. Watch and respond to DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)

  5. Watch and respond to Forrest Gump (1994)

  6. The Psychoanalysis of Holden Caulfield

  7. Final Exam

  8. Catcher in the Rye Response Paper

  9. Catcher in the Rye Creative Response (FINAL)

Written Assignments:

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”