Name:                                                                                                                 Due: The first day your class meets

MHS Summer Reading Assignment incoming 11^th grade

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

*** Corresponding With the Patient ***

 

Assignment: You will write five (5) letters to Holden Caulfield. 

·         You will pick 5 characters from the novel and write a letter to Holden Caufield from each of these characters. 

·         The language should be authentic and full of advice. 

·         Your letters can be full of if I was you, and I told you so. 

·         Also, each letter should include some kind of reference to a specific detail that can be connected to a literary element. (Some examples: recurring image=ducks, red hunting cap, theme=phoniness, setting= New York, etc.)

Rubric

	100-92	91-90	89-87	86-82	81-80	79-77	76-72	71-70	69-65	64-K
Meaning v 5 letters v 5 different characters v Authentic voice (be real) v Pertinent v Advice v Literary connections (characters should mention things from the book specific to the character)
Development v Ideas were expanded v Each letter is 200 words or more v Realistic advice was expanded upon v References/ allusion to literary elements (such as theme, setting, tone, and more)
Organization v Flow v Sequence
Language v Appropriate  for task (use character’s voice) v Authentic
Conventions v obvious editing (spelling, paragraphing, punctuation, capitalization, etc) v no ducks were harmed in the process

 

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Be sure to include this rubric when you turn in your project.

Also, don’t forget to bring the book back.