Illustration Sample Use

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Tip: It will help the kids understand their chosen passage even better if you are able to walk around and question the kids on what they are

EXAMPLE POSTS

The Catcher in the Rye

Excerpt:

“You know that song 'If a body catch a body comin' through the rye'? I'd like — ""It's 'If a body meet a body coming through the rye'!" old Phoebe said. "It's a poem. By Robert Burns.”"I know it's a poem by Robert Burns."She was right, though. It is "If a body meet a body coming through the rye." I didn't know it then, though."I thought it was 'If a body catch a body,'" I said. "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around — nobody big, I mean — except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff — I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy."

Tip: If you are able to walk around and question the kids on their illustrations, it will help them think critically. For the example above, you might want to ask questions like, “What do you think Holden means when he says he wants to be ‘the catcher in the rye’? Does he literally want to catch the kids are maybe he is hinting at something more figurative? Do you think maybe he means to be the protector of the kids’ innocence?”

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