Is Holden Caulfield a trustworthy narrator? Groups work together to find evidence in The Catcher in the Rye to support a yes or no stance.

Concepts

the catcher in the rye

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create groups of those who feel Holden is and those who believe Holden is not a reliable narrator and have each group post their best evidence in support of their stance

Classroom Considerations

• The exercise does encourage readers to use evidence from the text to support their opinion; however, Google lists over 14,000 websites that address this question so make this an in-class activity

Pros

• The exercise encourages readers to return to the text to find support for their argument

Cons

• The mentioned handout is not included

Common Core

L.9-10.1.a L.11-12.1.a