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January 29 — folder and parent signature due
Did you show the teacher your two-pocket folder with three-ring center? (5 pts.) YES

Did you show the teacher your Parent Signature? (5 pts.) YES

January 30 — note cards due
Did you show the teacher your one pack of 3x5 notecards? (5 pts.) YES

Did you buy your own copy of The Catcher in the Rye to mark up? (optional) YES

January 31 — select a topic
View a list of potential paper topics: Choose a topic for your paper and type it here: (5 points) Holden is a normal adolescent in many ways.

February 4 — thesis due
Your thesis tells your readers what point you will be making and defending about the novel. For a guide to writing your thesis (and some examples) click here. __Write your thesis here__: In the novel //The Catcher in the Rye//, by J.D Salinger. Holden is a normal adolescent in many ways. He may be viewed as an abnormal teenager but, he is actually just an average one. Throughout the book, Holden's actions toward his mistakes and society is taken like an adolescent. Although he is looked upon as a strange teenager at some points, he makes the same mistakes compared to the many teens and learn from it. Holden learns what is the right thing to do and what wrong doings he would regret throughout the novel. This essay will prove how Holden is like many teens in the world and reacts the same way to many adolescent because his actions toward many situations are similar, which shows his personality to be similar to many teens, and reflects his personal likes. (5 points)

Your three main body topics are the main topics you will use to defend your thesis. You should use at least three different subtopics (main bodies) to defend your thesis in the paper. Many students use 4, 5, or even more main body topics to organize their papers. THREE IS JUST A MINIMUM.

__Please enter (at least) three main body topics here__: (5 points)

1) his actions toward many situations are similar to many adolescents 2) his personality is similar to many teens 3) his personal likes are similar to many teenagers

February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragrpah tells your readers the thesis of your paper, and briefly outlines the main body paragraph topics you will use to prove and defend your thesis. __Type **(or link to)** your Introductory Paragraph here__: Are the reactions of many teens towards many situations contrast from one another? Believe it or not, there are some that are different but many that are alike. In the novel, // The Catcher in the Rye //, by J.D Salinger. Holden is a normal adolescent in many ways. In the book, Holden captures a life of many teenagers. For example, many teens tend to argue back with their parents when they’re getting yelled back. It is not an unusual reaction but typically to many young adults. Holden may be viewed as an abnormal teenager but, he is actually just an average one. Throughout the book, Holden's actions toward his mistakes and society are taken like an adolescent. He is like some people say old enough to know better and young enough to not care. Although he is looked upon as a strange teenager at some points, he makes the same mistakes compared to the many teens and learns from it. Holden learns what the right thing to do is and what wrong doings he would regret throughout the novel. This essay will prove how Holden is like many teens in the world and reacts the same way as many adolescent because his actions toward many situations are similar, which shows his personality to be similar to many teens, and reflects his personal likes.

(10 points)

February 7 — critical articles (secondary sources) due
You need at least three secondary sources (essays or articles about the novel written by professional critics) from which you will quote the words of the author/critic to help defend your thesis. __List the titles and authors of your three secondary sources here__: (5 points)

1) Bloom's Major Literary Caulfield Characters Holden Caulfield. Author: Harold Bloom 2) Major Literary Characters Holden Caulfield. Edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom 3) The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield. Author: Peter J. Seng ( http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=lans23427&ADVST2=TX&srchtp=adv&c=4&stab=512&ASB2=AND&ADVSF2=catcher+in+the+rye&docNum=H1100000724&ADVSF1=salinger&ADVST1=NA&bConts=2363043&vrsn=3&ASB1=AND&ste=74&tab=2&tbst=asrch&ADVST3=NA ) 4)"Holden at Sixteen" Author: Bruce Brooks ( http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=lans23427&ADVST2=TX&srchtp=adv&c=35&stab=512&ASB2=AND&ADVSF2=catcher+in+the+rye&docNum=H1100079003&ADVSF1=salinger&ADVST1=NA&bConts=2363043&vrsn=3&ASB1=AND&ste=74&tab=2&tbst=asrch&ADVST3=NA ) 5) "Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in The Catcher in the Rye" Author: Karen R. Tolchin (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=lans23427&ADVST2=TX&srchtp=adv&c=37&stab=512&ASB2=AND&DT=Criticism_select&ADVSF2=the+catcher+in+the+rye&docNum=H1100079005&ADVSF1=salinger&ADVST1=NA&bConts=514&vrsn=3&ASB1=AND&ste=74&tbst=asrch&tab=2&ADVST3=NA ) 6) http://life.familyeducation.com/teen/behavioral-problems/39350.html 7) http://www.scripps.org/News.asp?ID=7


 * NOTE**: It is a good idea to find more than three articles in case you change your mind about using one of them. Remember, your final paper must have a total of 8-15 quotes from these secondary sources to help you make your point and defend your thesis. These eight quotes must come from at least three different secondary sources.

February 8 — secondary source quotes
Using each of your three articles at least once, select at least 8 details or quotes from your articles to defend thesis. YOU MUST LIST THE QUOTE, THE SOURCE OF THE QUOTE, AND THE MAIN BODY TOPIC OF YOUR PAPER WHERE YOU WILL USE THE QUOTE. __List at least eight quotes from secondary sources here__: (5 points)

1) QUOTE: "He gets lectured with such frequency and to such little avail that he actually generates sympathy for the teachers charged with his improvement." TITLE & PAGE:"Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in //The Catcher in the Rye//" page 2 of 15 AUTHOR:Karen R. Tolchin SUBTOPIC:his actions toward many situations are similar to many adolescents

2) QUOTE:"Holden retains his virginity throughout the novel, despite at least one opportunity to lose it. He concocts a lie about having had an operation to avoid sex with a prostitute so as to conceal a profound lack of interest in her body." TITLE & PAGE:"Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in //The Catcher in the Rye//" page 3 of 15 AUTHOR:Karen R. Tolchin SUBTOPIC:his actions toward many situations are similar to many adolescents

3) QUOTE:"Holden pretends not to believe in perfection but he seeks it out continually and bitterly regrets that he cannot find it." TITLE & PAGE:"Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in //The Catcher in the Rye//" page 4 of 15 AUTHOR:Karen R. Tolchin SUBTOPIC:his personality is similar to many teens

4) QUOTE:"Holden channels his grief into altrustic fantasies of protecting those whose existence remains unmarred by grattiti, phoniness, certainty, and death." TITLE & PAGE:"Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in //The Catcher in the Rye//" page 4 of 15 AUTHOR:Karen R. Tolchin SUBTOPIC:his actions toward many situations are similar to many adolescents

5) QUOTE:"Holden seems to rely upon several illusions himself." TITLE & PAGE:Optimism, Innocence, and Angst in //The Catcher in the Rye//" page 5 of 15 AUTHOR:Karen R. Tolchin SUBTOPIC:his personality is similar to many teens

6) QUOTE:"Sensitive and perceptive as Holden is, he is still an adolescent and so an immature judge of adult life." TITLE & PAGE:The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield page 1 of 7 AUTHOR:Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC:his personality is similar to many teens

7) QUOTE:"Like many young people Holde is intolerant of sickness and the debility of old age." TITLE & PAGE:The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield page 2 of 7 AUTHOR:Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC:his personality is similar to many teens

8) QUOTE:"While Holden is quick to pass severe judgments on others he is not so quick to see the faults in himself." TITLE & PAGE:The Fallen Idol: The Immature World of Holden Caulfield page 2 of 7 AUTHOR:Peter J. Seng SUBTOPIC:his personality is similar to many teens

(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)

February 11 — primary source quotes
Please select at least 10 details from the novel to defend thesis Feb 11 __List them here__: (5 points)

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(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above) ON NOTE CARDS

February 12 — outline your main body
Please arrange your 10 primary source quotes and your 8 secondary source quotes into an outline of the body of your critical paper. In other words, list the quotes in the order you will use them under each main body topic.

If you use a word document to do this, this could become the framework for your actual paper (because you could type your own writing in between the quotes after you've arranged them in order in this outline, thus creating a draft of your actual paper).

__Please post **(or link to)** a word document containing the outline of your main body (everything but your intro and conclusion) here:__ I. Introduction and Thesis: Are the reactions of many teens towards many situations contrast from one another? Believe it or not, there are some that are different but many that are alike. In the novel, // The Catcher in the Rye //, by J.D Salinger, Holden is a normal adolescent in many ways. In the book, Holden captures a life of many teenagers. For example, many teens tend to argue back with their parents when they’re getting yelled back. It is not an unusual reaction but typically to many young adults. Holden may be viewed as an abnormal teenager but, he is actually just an average one. Throughout the book, Holden's actions toward his mistakes and society are taken like an adolescent. He is like some people say old enough to know better and young enough to not care. Although he is looked upon as a strange teenager at some points, he makes the same mistakes compared to the many teens and learns from it. Holden learns what the right thing to do is and what wrong doings he would regret throughout the novel. This essay will prove how Holden is like many teens in the world and reacts the same way as many adolescent because his actions toward many situations are similar, which shows his personality to be similar to many teens, and reflects his personal likes. II. his actions toward many situations are similar to many adolescents A. Secondary Source Quote #1 B. Secondary Source Quote #2 C. Secondary Source Quote #4 D. Primary Source Quote #1 E. Primary Source Quote #2 F. Primary Source Quote #2 III. his personality is similar to many teens A. Secondary Source Quote #3 B. Secondary Source Quote #5 C. Secondary Source Quote #6 D. Primary Source Quote #4 E. Primary Source Quote #5 F. Primary Source Quote #6 IV. his personal likes are similar to many teenagers A. Secondary Source Quote #7 B. Secondary Source Quote #8 C. Primary Source Quote #7 D. Primary Source Quote #8 E.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Primary Source Quote #9 F.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> Primary Source Quote #10 V. Conclusion

(5 points)

February 13 — first draft of main body
Write a draft of the body of your paper for peer review.

Please create a link to this first draft, calling it (YOURNAME)'S FIRST DRAFT, as a __new__ wiki page. Ask __at least three__ of your classmates to __read__ your draft (you might need to tell them where to find it by emailing them a link). Students will be expected to read each other's drafts __and leave comments__ in the discussion board. TheresaTran's First Draft (10 points)

February 14 — peer review
__List the names of at least three of your classmates whose first drafts you read and commented upon:__ (5 points)

1) Phong Hoang 2) Ben Revitsky 3) Caitlyn Conaway

At this point, begin revising your draft and come up with a second rough draft.

February 19 — final rough draft
Submit a paper copy of your final draft of the body to the teacher. (20 points) Theresa Tran Final Draft

February 21 — rough draft of conclusion paragraph
__Please type **(or link to)** the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here__: (5 points) Overall, Holden is like a regular adolescent in the society. He faces the same situations, has a similar personality, and has interest towards certain things are like many young adults. His actions and ways he views the world is connected to many teens which, make Holden & teens alike. Holden’s actions towards his mistakes lead him into many consequences but, many teens turn to certain actions for their solutions. The teenagers actions doesn’t change their ability of being a young adult but, to grow to be a mature adult and to be ready for the real world just like Holden is learning throughout the novel. Also his personality is like many adolescents in the world; little parts by parts match up to many teens around the world. Throughout the book, all Holden appears to be a simply young adult struggling through everyday situations in life that passes by him, which in turns; he learns & uses the knowledge as he is growing up.

February 22 — final draft of conclusion paragraph
Revise your conclusion paragraph and present a copy to your teacher today. __Also, please type **(or link to)** the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here__: (10 points) Overall, Holden is like a regular adolescent in the society. He faces the same situations, has a similar personality, and has interest towards certain things are like many young adults. His actions and ways he views the world is connected to many teens which, make Holden & teens alike. Holden’s actions towards his mistakes lead him into many consequences but, many teens turn to certain actions for their solutions. The teenagers actions doesn’t change their ability of being a young adult but, to grow to be a mature adult and to be ready for the real world just like Holden is learning throughout the novel. Also his personality is like many adolescents in the world; little parts by parts match up to many teens around the world. Throughout the book, all Holden appears to be a simply young adult struggling through everyday situations in life that passes by him, which in turns; he learns & uses the knowledge as he is growing up.

February 25 — Works Cited Page due
Turn in a paper copy of your works cited page to your teacher today! __Link to the Word document of your works cited page here__: Theresa Tran Works Cited (20 points)

February 27 — CRITICAL PAPER DUE!!!
Turn in the final draft of critical paper TODAY, including: a) note cards b) outline of body c) all rough drafts d) completed checklist, signed e) final draft of paper, typed, double spaced (5-7 pgs.) f) final works cited / references page

(100 points)

March 5 — TURN IT IN (dot com)
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 * __FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON YOUR PAPER!__**

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