Moby Dick Reading

Here is a link to Chapter 1 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

https://drive.google.com/a/capeelizabethschools.org/?tab=mo#recent


Consider the following questions and/or do the following:
1.  What do we learn about the narrator from the opening?  What specific lines provide you with significant information and character details?
2.  What is he suggesting about the sea?  How does he suggest this?
3.  What do you notice about his sentence structure?  Identify at least three sentences that you find compelling, interestingly worded, or particularly striking for some reason.
4.  Look up one allusion that is made in the passage.



http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/visualizations/moby-dick-opening-sea

Catcher in the Rye Inspired Narrative Assignment


https://docs.google.com/a/capeelizabethschools.org/document/d/1pVsBMhtJT2u2kCRe-OzgcZZj9D5q5gVWX-DPut2vPAE/edit

Points for Socratic Seminar

In preparation for the Socratic Seminar, please consider the following points:

1.  Consider the following statement:  We see the truth about people and the world through Holden's eyes.
Do you agree with this statement or not?  Point to specific places in the text to back up your opinion.

2.  In what ways is Holden a typical teenager?  In what ways is he atypical?

3.  What aspects of people/life/the world does Holden find particularly enjoyable?  What does he find particularly abhorrent?  Is he justified in his views?

4.  From what you've read so far, in what ways does/doesn't Holden fit with the hero archetype?

5.  Consider how family and the past impact Holden's views and decisions.

Vocabulary Lesson 6: Practice

https://docs.google.com/a/capeelizabethschools.org/document/d/1UACvx9zdGxiGcB6Th6FihT3q8oKi5SwiFiMWkDOz3r8/edit