Description
Get your learners thinking with these catcher in the rye lesson plans! Our PRINT AND DIGITAL The Catcher in the Rye Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 6-week novel study. You get pre-reading activities, character work, and vocabulary lessons. You’ll love the “print-and-go” activities in slideshow and .pdf, AND the same fun activities converted and optimized for digital learning (517+ pages, slides, and forms for all your print and digital teaching needs).
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ And don’t forget the easy-grade Google Forms!
Get your learners enjoying the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices and great for American Literature courses. These activities help engage students in critical thinking and build a stronger understanding of the novel. We want to make your lesson plan journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This literature guide includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of fun activities.
Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns the lesson plan to language standards. We’ve filmed some training videos on (1) how to assemble a Novel Analysis Packet that is unique to the academic needs of your learners and (2) how to effectively use our Quickwrite writing prompts.
To make your digital experience smooth, we include instructions (w/ screenshots!) of how to download and organize your activities in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. We’ve added easy-grade Google Forms versions of each activity that auto-corrects their responses using a suggested answer key (which you can adjust afterward or modify your answer key) and compiles grades into a spreadsheet with learners’ names and class periods to make things easier for you to grade all in one place (some types of questions aren’t able to auto-grade, though, because of the short-answer format).
TEXT: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
LEVEL: 10th – 12th
TOTAL: 517+ combined slides/pages/forms in novel study unit
→ Based o the 1989 Bantam Books Edition [ISBN: 0553250256].
→ Our activities easily integrate w/ Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
→ Pacing Guide and Suggested Answer Keys included
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The Catcher in the Rye – Novel Study Contents
- Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the book study
- Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities
- Meets Common Core Standards (CCSS novel unit). Easy TEKS conversion.
- Easy to differentiate the lesson plan for different learning levels: Honors, 2nd language learners, and Sped
Before Reading
★ Pre-reading Bias Intro Activity
- answer essential questions to get learners thinking about the novel
- 11-page + 14-slide activity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1
★ Google Earth Introduction Tour Activity
- Pencey Prep, New York City, Central Park, and Holden’s Apartment . . . they even get to see some of it in 3D zoomed in to the street view. It’s rockin awesome.
- 36-location 3D tour across New York City
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9
During Reading
★ Plot Chart Analyzer Diagram Arc Activity
- analyze the 6 parts of the plot and key events
- 1-page + 8-slide analyzer (answer key included)
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
- Suggested answer key provided
★ Conflict Graphic Analyzer – 6 Types of Conflict Activity
- analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 2-page + 5-slide analyzer (answer key included)
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
- Suggested answer key provided
★ Characters Analyzer Activity
- analyze Holden Caulfield and the other main characters using textual evidence from the novel
- 5-page + 5-slide analyzer
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3
★ Settings Analyzer Activity
- analyze 9 different settings in the story
- 1 page + 2-slide bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
★ Symbols Analyzer Activity
- analyze the 6 different symbols in the story
- 8-page + 8-slide bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2
★ Figurative Language Instructional Slideshow
- We set out to make the most helpful, most compelling, most graphically attractive teaching resource for you to introduce your learners to all the various figurative language. This 70+ slides and 70+ Google slides slideshow will help you introduce how ever many you need to teach your level of learners.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
★ Figurative Language Activity
- Learners analyze the 45 different quotes from the story
- 6-page + 20-slide analyzer & answer keys
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
★ Journal Questions – Quickwrite Writing Prompts
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper class discussion and personal connections
- 52 writing prompt slideshow
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1
★ 5 Comprehension Question Pop Quizzes
- A 5 comprehension question pop quiz per couple of chapters
- 22-page/slide + 22-Google slides
- The purpose of these is so learners who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and learners who didn’t read recently would not show comprehension.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2,10
★ Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment
- 150 vocabulary words from the novel
- Five 30-question lists & quizzes
- 20-page + 22-slide bundle includes list of words, quiz, & answer keys
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4
After Reading
★ Essay Writing and Speech Project
- 3 response to literature essay options for learners to choose from. Each option builds critical thinking through textual evidence. Optional delivery of essay as a speech.
- Includes essay topics and speech grading rubrics
- 6-page + 11-slide bundle
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1,2,3
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1,9
- CCSS.ELA-SpeakingListening.SL.1,4,6
Enjoy! And don’t be a phony.
What Is Created for Digital?
★ Our Created for Digital resources take all the trusted, quality instructional tools you know and love and convert them into the digital format you need for your online learners.
Why go Digital?
- Paperless. No printing.
- Instant saving … students work in the file.
- 1:1
- Technology Proficiency
- Easy integration w/ these Learning Management Systems (as of 9/24/2020): Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Canvas, Schoology, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, Showbie, Remind, & more.
- Works on Chromebooks, Android Tablets, and other devices
- Engaged students
- Easy group work
- Paper trail of revisions for teacher to see
Includes:
- Teacher Tutorial – access link and how to use this digital novel study with your learners
- Microsoft OneDrive user instructions – a step-by-step visual tutorial. This will only take minutes!
- All slides can be used over and over again.
