S+Bertino,+Jennifer

**Office: 11** **Office Phone: 207-778-xxxx** **Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30- 12, Tues, Thurs 1:40-3,** ** E-mail: jennifer.bertino@maine.edu **
 * Teacher: Ms. Bertino**

=Summary of Unit= In this unit, students will understand the essential ideas present in The Catcher in the Rye, the writing style of J.D. Salinger and how that affects the reader's understanding, and how various literary devices are used and play a significant role in the book. In the first lesson, students will make a Smilebox as a scrapbook and illustrate essential ideas present in the novel. The second lesson they will be making an Xtranormal video creating a new interpratation of the story written by another character. Lesson three will be a Capzle where students illustrate their understanding of the literary devices and their significance in the book by using illustrations and hyperlinks. The fourth lesson students will create a Webspiration/Inspiration using illustrations to show key essential ideas and incorporate a key words that show an understanding as well. The fifth lesson students will produce a podcast either as a radio show, an interview or some other form of audio product that illustrates the students understanding of the author's writing style and point of view. In the sixth lesson students will make a Glogster where they will have both a written and visual component that emphasizes their understanding of the literary devices used in novel.

=Establish Goals= Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts- A. Reading A2 Literary Texts Grades 9-Diploma //The Catcher in the Rye// Students read text, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity and present analyses of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, using excerpts from the text to defend their assertions.

= = =Students will understand that= •essential idea's are present in The Catcher in the Rye. •the writing style affects a reader's understanding of The Catcher in the Rye. •how various literary elements play a significant role in The Catcher in the Rye.

= = =Essential Questions= •How does the author present essential idea's in The Catcher in the Rye? •Why does the author's writing style affect the reader's understanding of The Catcher in the Rye? •How do the various literary elements play a significant role in The Catcher in the Rye?

= = =Students will know= •Terminology: Themes, Illusions, Personification, Foreshadowing, Metaphors, Motifs, Symbolism, Tone, Imagery,First Person/Third Person Narrative •Critical Details: Characters, Setting, Conflict, Plot, Author's Point of View, First/Third Person Narrative •Sequence and Timelines: Span of time book takes, Climax, Order of Events

= = =Students will be able to= • explain: Demonstrate how various literary elements play a significant role in The Catcher in the Rye. • interpret: Interpret how the writing style affects your understanding of The Catcher in the Rye. • apply: Produce a list of essential idea's that are both present and significant in The Catcher in the Rye. • perspective: Argue the significance of the various literary elements in The Catcher in the Rye. • empathy: Relate to essential idea's that are present in The Catcher in the Rye. •self knowledge: Reflect on why the author chose that particular writing style and how it impacts the readers understanding.

**Performance Task Overview** The New York Times is looking for a publishing company to produce a alternate book cover and analysis of the novel __The Catcher in the Rye__ by J.D. Salinger. Your analysis will include essential idea's that run through the novel and how the literary devices that were in __The Catcher in the Rye__ were significant.Your creative design team has decided that you want to create a new book cover that goes with the analysis and enter the contest. You are going to have to submit this to the New York Times publishing company and then present it to them at a conference meeting. You will have between 3-5 minutes to convince the company as to why your product should be chosen and what sets it apart from the others. New York Times will be choosing the best product and each person on the winning design team will receive $500 each and you will present your product at a nation wide conference and have a chance to meet the author.

=Expectations=
 * Absence/Late policy-**Students must attend class. If you have an excused absence from class you are able to get the work and complete it within two days after you return to school. If you have an unexcused absence you are able to make up the work but you will not receive any credit for it. You are expected to be in class on time. It is the student's responsibility to contact me and receive the work when he/she is absent. Homework must be turned in on time. Late homework will lose five points every day it is late and after two weeks you can no longer hand it in. Exceptions will only be granted if there are extenuating circumstances.


 * Assignment expectations-**All of your written assignments must be typed in double space, size 12 font, Times New Roman. Work must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. Students homework must show a solid effort and be turned in on time.


 * Classroom Expectations-** This classroom is going to be a very friendly environment with a lot of positive discussion about many novels, assignments, etc. Students will be frequently working in groups and peer editing. This environment is intended for everyone to feel safe to share their thoughts and feel comfortable with one another. It is essential to the classroom for students to show respect for one another's ideas and the teachers ideas. Students are expected to be prepared and bring a pencil, pen, notebook, and binder specific for English class.


 * Plagarism-** The school policy does not tolerate plagarism, it is important for students to cite their work using MLA citation. All work that is not cited will receive an automatic zero.

=Benchmarks (310 points)=
 * •Capzle:** Students will be analyzing literary devices present in The Catcher in the Rye by using Capzle to create a magazine article illustrating these themes. There will be pictures evident illustrating these literary elements in the novel and students will must include at least two hyperlinks. (25 points)


 * •Xtranormal:** Students will produce a movie using Xtranormal that will illustrate what the story would be like if it were told by a different character in the book. This video must represent that the students have an accurate understanding of the author's writing style and Holden Caufield's narrative was essential to the story. (20 points)


 * Glogster:** Students will create a poster that contains both a written and visual component that conveys they understand the literary devices used in the book and the importance they have in the story. Students will be presenting this in front of the class and the presentation must be between 3-5 minutes long. (50 points)


 * •Webspiration/Inspiration:** Students must make a Webspiration or Inspiration that includes four essential idea's from the book in their product. This must use a variety of illlustrations that pertain to the novel and show symbolic meaning as well as a written component that uses terminology that emphasizes the students understanding of the essential ideas. (20 points)


 * •Smilebox:** Students will make a scrapbook using Smilebox to illustrate essential ideas that are present in __The Catcher in the Rye.__ The essential idea's that must be present conflict, setting, analysis of character up to chapter six, and plot. (30 points)


 * •Garageband/Podcast:** The students will analyze the writing style of the author and reflect on the narrative chosen by making a podcast and having a discussion either in a form of a radio show, a interview, etc. that emphasizes the students deeper thinking of the writing style and significance of the main characters point of view versus other characters present in the book. This will be a presentation to the class. Students will either be working partners or in groups of 3 or 4. (25 points)


 * Class Participation:**Students must participate in class discussions and group projects in order to receive the full points. (10 points)


 * Essays:**Students will be assigned two essays in this unit. One will be an analytical essay incorporating literary devices within the story. A second essay will be an analaysis of J.D. Salinger's life and how this relates to the novel. (60 points, 30 points each).


 * Quizzes:**There will be a two quizzes throughout the unit regarding important information present in the novel and maybe some ideas that were relevant to class discussions. (30 points, 15 points each)


 * Test-** There will be a test covering all the material in the unit and this will be given before the final project is due. (40 points)

=Grading Scale= **A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76), **C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59).