Write a stream-of-consciousness piece similar to the "Catch Her in the Oatmeal" handout. Your writing can be about your day/ week, OR you can turn your favorite fairy tale/ myth/ short story into a stream-of consciousness piece. Stream-of-consciousness is a type of storytelling where the writer reveals inner thoughts, feelings, etc., without censoring his/her work; therefore, you shouldn't take your fingers off the keyboard! Don't worry about typos/ punctuation/ grammar until the end!

This morning i ate breakfast. it tasted bad the bagel was dry and the milk was warm. i didnt feel like putting my sweatshirt on because i didnt feel like carrying it in school because its cold in morning but gets warmer in the day. so i went to school and had a blast we did nothing and i got alot of homework. I didnt feel like doing my homework so i didnt and just watched tv.

Then i went to Vision gym to lift. i love lifting i do it all day everyday its a addictie hobby i cant stop. There is always hot girls at the gym anyway. i love getting the pump after doing back and biceps. i feel like im jacked after lifting and it makes me happy. i get confidence after it and feel like i can kick anyones ass.

the next day at i school i was dredding french class. it boring as nuts and i sleep in it. after french i go to photo i just sat and watch paranormal activity the whole period, which is the most terrible moive i ever saw its a waste of time and makes you wana puntch your self in the face its so bad. Then the photo teacher yelled at me but i stilled watched it and if tomorow i do it again i lose a point on my average.

After reading the article, "Holden Caulfield's lasting voice," react to the article. Are you looking forward to reading Catcher in the Rye? Why/ why not?

The final line of the newspaper clipping shares the impression of a sixteen-year-old girl. Do you agree/ disagree with her opinion on individuals and certain pieces of literature? Can you think of another book from last year's reading selection where students were as divided?

No im not looking forward to the book because its about a person recovering from a mental problem. The book is just about flashbacks of his life and i think that is boring. It seems like any other book about a guy with a mental problem life of mice and men. He will probably end up killing himself because of his illness just like every other book. Holden probably hates everyone too and does have any friends.

Read three selections of student work from the PVRHS Gallery:http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/223497 . Choose your favorite written work by either a Pascack Hills or Pascack Valley student, and comment on your favorite part about the piece [include the title and author].

What are your thoughts about the writer's tone/ voice? Is he/ she aware of an intended audience? If you could conference with the writer, what advice would you give to improve the selection?

I read up up and away by Alex Brinker. It is about him feeling like a lion in the zoo and the bats flying over him. My favorite part of the poem is the ending because i think it comes to end and it sounds good. The tone of this poem is sad because its about a lion being alone during the night. It says how he is watching the bats fly over him as he feels lonely. If i conferenced with this kid i tell him to make the middle of the poem make more sense. The middle he takes about being a poet when the beginning was about being a lion.

David's father shares his insight on page 156: "...I believe that in this world people must pay for their crimes. It doesn't matter who you are or who your relations are; if you do wrong, you pay. I believe that. I have to."

What do you think about these convictions? What other story does Wes share with David about himself? How does this story complicate his belief system

I think what David says is true and hes talking about Uncle Frank. Since Franks a loser and rapes indian girls he deserves to be in jail. This quote means that since Franks brother is the sheriff it doesn't mean he can do what ever he wants to do. Wes shares when Frank and his friends saved Wes from getting jumped by indians. Frank saved Wes but wes still needs to put him in jail.

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Pick one character from your reading/ class activity, and describe what the character wants in Larry Watson's Montana 1948. What prevents that character from achieving what he/she wants? How does this compare to what you want?


Frank Hayden wants to be rape and molest Indian girls. Frank is Wes Hayden's brother and Wes is the sheriff of the town. So this makes it hard for Wes to arrest him and Frank thinks he can do it because Wes wont do anything. Wes eventually prevents Frank from doing this by locking him in the basement instead of public humility by putting him a real jail.
Frank does not compare to what i want at all. Frank is a pedophile and a loser. I would never do the things he does.