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Class Notes for the Week of November 17 - 21

__November 17__ - completed vocab HW Completed Reading Quiz Ch. 1 & 2 Main Character of Novel - Holden Caufield, 16 yrs old, going to be kicked out of his prep school, Pencey for failing 4 of his 5 classes. Speaks to his History Teacher "Old Spencer" about his response to the midterm essay question

Presented Motifs from The Crucible

__November 18__ - completed first Lit Circle, discussing the similarities and differences between Ackley and Stradlater: As two small groups completed the chart below, finding evidence "quotes" to support the interpretation of the characters through Salinger's words:

The class completed the first Lit Circle of the novel, completing a comparison journal for Ackley and Stradlader. As a class, completed the below chart to best highlight the similarities and differences of the two boys and the impact they had on Holden's Life

Literature Circle #1        Pency People In Ch. 3 – 5 we meet Ackley and Stradlater, two of Holden’s dorm mates. Both have a significant impact on Holden, although neither has anything in common with each other. Using the chart below detail the significance of each boy, pulling from the text key aspects, both physically as well as intellectually, and the impact they have on Holden. Physical Appearance              ||  “already told you what a sexy bastard Stradlater was.” (34) “He was a pretty handsome guy.” (27) “He always walked around with his bare torso showing.” (26)  || Age/Grade in School              ||  “My roommate is a senior”  || Personal Hygiene      ||  “secret slob” – looks good and well groomed but toiletries are a mess and razor is filthy “it was always rusty as hell and full of lather and hairs and crap” (27). || “He hates Stradladers guts and never come into the room” (19). ||          Personal Background     &     Opinion of one another       || “He is one son of a bitch” (said by Ackley – pg 23) || Sexual Experience? || “A very sexy bastard” (32). “Only very sexy stuff interested him” (32) || Social Experience              ||  “Down at the game he got a date” (23)  || Personality              ||  “He couldn’t rile too easy he was too conceited” (34)  || Relationship with Holden              ||  Friendly relationship – wrestling in the bathroom: Holden is writing his English paper for him; loans him his jacket. ||  November 21, 2008
 * // Ackley  // ||     || //  Stradlater  // ||
 * Teeth :”they always looked mossy..” “he was one of those very rounded shoulder very tall guys. He was about 6’4” with lousy teeth” (19) ||
 * 18 & Senior (21) ||
 * Slob – smells bad, does not brush teeth “they always looked mossy and awful and he damn near made you sick if you saw him in the dining room” (19)., cuts nails over rug, picks nails with matchstick, pops pimples ||
 * “He’s a virgin if I ever saw one”. (37). ||
 * // Ackley  // ||     || //  Stradlater  // ||
 * “He never did anything on Saturday nights but stay in his room and squeeze his pimples” (36) “He hardly went anywhere” (19). ||
 * “He never did anything on Saturday nights but stay in his room and squeeze his pimples” (36) “He hardly went anywhere” (19). ||
 * “He damn near hated everybody” “and not only that he had a terrible personality, he was a nasty guy” (19). ||
 * “next door neighbors” – “he always picked up your personal stuff and looked at it” (20). Barges into Holden’s room ||

Vocab HW Review & Character Review

As a class we compiled the table of charateristics of the characters we have met thus far in the novel :