The Catcher in the Rye
Assignment Tracker
 Study Guide: To be completed to help you with your understanding of key characters,
symbols, and the events in the novel. This will be for your benefit, but if you earn below a
75% on a quiz, you will be required to complete the study guide until the next quiz that
you score a B or A on.
 Prompts: Respond thoughtfully, on your own, with evidence from the text. Be ready to
discuss during class. 
 Reader Response Journal: You will be asked, at times, to write a short reader’s response
journal. This requires you to be thoughtful and unique in your response and embed at least
two quotations from the text. At no point may an open response be less than 250 words.
(i.e. ¾ of a page) You may (but you do not have to) write your reader response journals
on topics related to your Wiki specialty!
 Prezi: You have a group that will be assigned one-two elements in the novel to trace and
keep track of. Your job is to be experts on your topic and create an attractive and
informative page for your peers! As a class, we will have a fully-developed page resource
on Catcher that will be linked on our class webpage.
Reading Schedule:
Chapter 10,11,12,13,14 (p.67-105) Due: ____________________
- 1. Reader Response: (250 words any topic, with at least 2 quotations from the text)
Post to Turnitin.com and print for class that day (WRITING GRADE- 25 points)
- 2. Wiki: Wiki- Continue notes; make sure you are building on information you’ve included and
tracking new info.
- 3. Assignment: Study guide (only if you earned below a C on your most recent quiz, although you
can complete this to review and prep yourself for quizzes)
Reader Response: How to approach
Basic Requirements:
□ Each journal must directly reference the text (this means you must include at
least 2 direct citations with page numbers and correct MLA formatting)
□ Journal entries must be Times New Roman, size-12 typed, double-spaced ¾ of a
page minimum (minimum 250 words)
□ For each typed entry, include:
o Date you wrote your response
What to write (a.k.a. inspiration):
□ Choose a couple significant quotations from the reading and explain their significance.
Discuss more than just the one paragraph where you found the quotation. How does it
RELATE? What greater insight does this give the reader?
□ Respond to a discussion we have had in class. Please reference the discussion. (Date).
Perhaps note a line or a statement that sparked your response. Agree with a point, disagree
but connect your response back to your own interpretation of the text.
□ Respond to the text by completing one or a few of the following statements:
o I am surprised by…
o I do not understand why…
o This character seems…
o I anticipate…
o I expected...but...
o This reminds me of
o As I read about…. I feel …..
o I wonder ….. because …..
o I identify with the protagonist because….
□ Relate to text themes/ essential questions:
o What causes individuals to change?
o How is symbolism used to portray characters' desires and restrictions?
o How, if at all, can an individual thrive in a society in which he/she does not fit?
o What are the effects of the loss of innocence or personal awakening?
o What is the role of reflection in personal growth?
Group Project Responsibility
Contract
I, ____________________________________, promise to:
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come prepared with my reading completed on every due date
have my book in class
post comments and respond to my peers’ posts when required
respond thoughtfully and thoroughly in my posts and in response to others.
As of Dec ___, I have agreed to maintain and facilitate the
_______________________ page on the class Prezi page.
I know that to do so, I must:
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be responsible for ensuring the information is accurate,
include direct, quoted evidence wherever possible,
contribute professionally and respectfully,
work productively with others and be willing to accept others’ ideas, and
include ONLY MY BEST writing as a representation of myself, my class, and my school.
Project Expectations and Guidelines
 We’ll be reading a few chapters a week
 We will have a Prezi update days once a week.
 During class days, if an individual is off task, s/he will lose credit
 Those who don’t read/don’t do the homework will have to sit apart and read individually
 All work on the Prezi will be original (except images/ graphics- you can cut and paste
these) no outside sources are to be used in creating your write-ups.
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Team #1
Settings & Location
a. This will have full descriptions, even as it changes, and EDQs to
support
Team #2
Holden & his Peers
a. This is an ongoing piece that will require you to update the
character descriptions.
b. Make sure you always have EDQs to support
Team #3
Holden & his Family
a. Any mention of his family should be included here. Make
inferences (and you can change these later as your understanding of
Holden increases!)
Team #4
Holden’s Pet Peeves and Complaints
a. as you read, keep track of what Holden dislikes about the world
around him
b. What does this reflect about him? Which do you believe?
Team #5
Holden’s feelings about himself
a. Make sure you always have EDQs to support
Team #6
Conflict/Resolution (and all the stuff in between) –
a. This is an ongoing piece that will require you to update the
information.
b. Remember, there will likely be multiple conflicts operating at the
same time.
c. This will include EDQs for support
Team #7
Holden & Adults
a. Any interactions with someone who is older than he is
Holden & Children
b. Any interactions or responses to children outside of Holden’s
family
Team #8
Themes
c. Innocence (loss of/ preservation of)
d. Mortality
e. Phoniness/ lies/ deceit
f. Rebellion from society/adult world
g. Alienation/loneliness
*Miss P-C’s most important rule of long-term, in-depth projects: There is no such thing as “done”
when you are working in class. You can always dig deeper, add detail, enhance with images. 