Brittnee Ward [email protected] AP English Literature and Composition (Grade 12) How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Catch 22 by

The books can be purchased from iBooks, Amazon, Books-A-Million, etc. Any version is acceptable, electronic or hard copy, however, I prefer hard copy to take notes in the margin. Make sure the version you purchase for Catch 22 has a blue cover. My version’s ISBN: 9781451626650

Summer Reading Requirements

1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Notebook: 100-pt. quiz grade turned in at the beginning of class on the first day of school (Aug 12). (Instructions attached below)

Objective: Reading and annotating this work will allow students to easily recognize patterns in literature to use with each novel, play, or poem. Symbols, themes, stereotypical characters, etc., will become familiar and aid in analyzing the deeper meaning of literature as it relates to a particular culture or society. The notebook will serve as a guide for all future works of literature read in class.

2. Reading Guide for Catch 22 (questions will be divided equally among students): 150-pt. daily grade emailed to Mrs. Ward by 8 a.m. on first day of school (Aug 12). You must answer in complete sentences to get credit. No Bullet Points! (Instructions attached below) (Once school starts, you will copy and paste your answers into a Google document shared for class discussion/review before the test.)

Objective: Analysis of this novel will help students become familiar with the use of satire and third person point of view. It will also serve as an acceptable option for Q3 free response essays on the AP English Literature and Composition Exam covering a broad range of themes and literary elements.

How we will apply the assignments the first week of school:

1. Thursday August 13th:Quiz—Know all plot events, place names, and characters. (Key elements or points from How to Read).

Format: Multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short answer--100- pt. quiz grade on first full day of school 2. Friday, August 21st:Book Card--You will contribute to the class book card on the novel-- due the day of the test; directions to follow the first week of school--100-pt. daily grade (we will do a card for each novel, play, etc.)

3. Friday August 21st:Test—Know all plot events, place names, and characters; analyze themes or deeper meanings of novel in essay. Locate concepts or “tricks” learned from How To Read for analysis in passages of Catch 22. (August 21 - tentative)

Format: Multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short answer essay--100-pt. test grade (end of first full week of school or beginning of second) Instructions for How to Read Literature Like a Professor Notebook

Materials

• 1/2-inch binder with clear pocket cover • Enough folder dividers for 26 sections (Office Depot brand has a 31-tab set w/ multicolored numbered tabs)

**And, if you’re writing by hand,

• Reinforced notebook paper (Please write legibly)

Directions

1. Read a chapter. (Please don’t read this book in one or two sittings. If you read a chapter a day for 26 days, you will enjoy the process and get more from it.)

2. As you read, annotate with highlighter, notes in the margin, and Post-It arrow flags. If reading electronically, highlight digitally or bookmark pages so they can be easily found).

3. On top line of paper, write chapter number and title. For example:

1. Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)

4. On the page(s), write the key points from the chapter.

You may not write the same amount of info for each chapter; some chapters are packed and some aren’t. But be sure to get the important information; you need, for example, to list all the characteristics of a Christ figure (17 in all) in Chapter 14.

Some people like to outline, listing main points and subpoints. Others like to use bullets or graphic organizers. Keep the structure simple so you can access information quickly.

Do not write paragraph(s). However, be sure to include any info that would jog your memory if you had to answer a test question or write an essay on the spot.

5. File the sheet behind the appropriate tab. If tabs are plain, number them. (If you’re typing, hole-punch your paper or put it into clear plastic sheet covers.)

6. Complete process for first 26 chapters (not Chapter 27).

7. Create a table of contents to go in front of tab 1. On this, you may list only the chapter numbers and their titles, or you may add brief comments to indicate what’s in a chapter.

8. On a separate sheet of paper, type the following: How to Read Lit Like a Prof Your name Your period

9. Insert this sheet into the front cover pocket.

10. Turn this notebook in at the beginning of class on the first day of school, August 12th, for a quiz grade.

Grading Rubric

Every required element 48 points Adequate info from each chapter 52 points Catch 22 Reading Guide

Answer the questions with originality and intelligent insight. To get credit, you must answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

1. A-L: Odd Numbers M-Z: Even Numbers (We might revisit this once the class number is finalized).

2. Type your answers in a different color (bright blue or red is good) onto this document and email to me by 8:00 a.m. on the first day of school. I will not accept work after August 12th. Work turned in after 8 a.m. on the first day of school will receive a 50% late penalty.

3. Save document as follows:Your Last Name Catch 22 RG > WARD Catch 22 RG

WARNING: All students with the same answers get zeroes. A word change here or there still constitutes cheating. Don’t work together on these answers, and don’t share your answers with anyone else. You will be held responsible for cheating if you share your answers.

*The page numbers below come from the original published in 1961 (with the blue cover) and the 50th anniversary edition (with the blue cover). Chapter 1: The Texan 1. Why does "fall in love" (Pg. 15/7) with the chaplain? 2. What reaction do the soldiers in the ward have to the Texan? 3. What words express the lifelessness of the soldier in white on page 18/9-10? 4. What details suggest the balance of power in the relationship between Yossarian and the chaplain? Chapter 2: Clevinger 5. Is it a paradox when the narrator says that the Texan is "really very sick"? (Pg. 25/16) Why or why not? 6. Pages 25-26/16-17 contain the dispute between Yossarian and Clevinger about whether Yossarian is insane. Is Yossarian paranoid, or are his fears justified?

Chapter 3: Havermeyer 7. What is ironic about the initial battles for turf between General Dreedle and General Peckem? 8. Explain the comparison between the pilots who have finished fifty missions and "useless young men in a depression."(Pg. 36/27) 9. Explain how you know that General Peckem chose the wrong person to generate enthusiasm for the USO visits. 10. What details show Havermeyer's insanity? How do these characteristics help him as a bombardier?

Chapter 4: 11. Which of Doc Daneeka's physical characteristics express his declining spirit? 12. Explain Dunbar's definition of age.

Chapters: Chief White Halfoat 13. What does Doc Daneeka consider to be his most valuable medical instruments? What does this tell the reader about him? 14. Explain the play on words used to describe the expulsion of Chief White Halfoat's cousins to Canada. 15. In your own words, give a definition of Catch-22, as explained on page 55/46. 16. What is ironic about the diction used in Yossarian's description of Catch-22? 17. How is personification used to describe the airplanes on page 57/17-48? 18. What central event of this novel is first remembered in this chapter?

Chapter 6: Hungry Joe 19. What is the cause of Hungry Joe's nightmares? 20. What is the effect of the allusion on page 64/55? 21. Where does Catch-22 make its second appearance? 22. Contrast Yossarian's and Hungry Joe's responses to the raising of the mission requirement to 55? Chapter 7: McWatt 23. How is repetition used to emphasize absurdity in this chapter? 24. What is the figurative significance of Corporal Snark poisoning the squadron with soap? Chapter 8: Lieutenant 25. What is Yossarian's opinion of the parade contest? What does this tell the reader about his suitability for the military? 26. What does Clevinger learn at his trail?

Chapter 9: Major Major Major Major 27. How is the description of Major Major's father satirical? 28. Why do Major Major's elders feel such antipathy toward him? 29. What imagery and diction are used to express the change wrought by Major Major's promotion to squadron commander? 30. How does the return of the C.I.D. investigator emphasize the theme of the book? Chapter 10: Wintergreen 31. Explain the first two sentences in this chapter. 32. Explain the third reference to Catch-22, found on page 115/105. 33. What is the rhetorical purpose of the curious case of Mudd? 34. What do Dr. Stubbs and Yossarian have in common?

Chapter 11: Captain Black 35. Explain why Captain Black takes such joy in the upcoming mission to Bologna. 36. What is ironic about the loyalty oath? 37. Explain the fourth reference to Catch-22, on page 124/114. 38. What is ironic about the way Major de Coverley ends the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade?

Chapter 13: Major _de Coverley 39. What is ironic about the general confusion as to Major de Coverley's identity? 40. Why does Yossarian get a medal and a promotion? Chapter 14: Kid Sampson 41. On the first page of this chapter, Yossarian is described as "brave." How has his bravery changed? 42. What is the effect of the images of decay in the last paragraph of pages 152-153/142? Chapter 15: Piltchard & Wren 43. How does the syntax in the first full paragraph on page 156/146 express narrative point of view? 44. What is the effect of comparing the sound of the engines to that of a "fat, lazy fly"?(Pg. 156/145) 45. How is Aarfy's moral character hinted at in this chapter? 46. What images are used to describe the planes as they struggle to escape Bologna? What is the effect of those images? Chapter 16: Luciana 47. Describe the rapport that develops between Yossarian and Luciana. 48. How are Yossarian's feelings for Luciana the fifth appearance of Catch-22 in the story?

Chapter 17: The Soldier in White 49. What is the effect of the personification of Death on pages 175-176/165-166? 50. Explain the sixth appearance of Catch-22, on page 184/174.

Chapter 18: The Soldier Who Saw Everything Twice 51. What is the effect of the reference to the Oedipus story on page 186/176? 52. What is the significance of the soldier who sees everything twice?

Chapter 19: 53. How is juxtaposition used to express the paradox that is Colonel Cathcart? 54. How does Colonel Cathcart demonstrate an absolute ignorance about matters of faith?

Chapter 21: General Dreedle 55. What can the reader learn about Colonel Cathcart from his "mature and systematic evaluation of the entire military situation"? (Pg. 222/212) 56. How is General Dreedle's position in the army an example of dramatic irony? Chapter 22: Milo the Mayor 57. Why does Dobbs ask for Yossarian's help in murdering Colonel Cathcart? 58. Why is the reader told about the absurd number of titles and honors that Milo has garnered throughout the Middle East and Africa? Chapter 23: 's Old Man 59. Nately becomes irate when the old man suggests that America will not last forever, and that it is better to lose a war than to win one; the narrator terms the old man a "sly and sinful assailant" spewing out "obnoxious calumnies.” (Pg. 254/243). Why does Nately consider the old man sinful, and in what way are the old man's statements untrue? 60. Why does the old man remind Nately of his father? Chapter 24: Milo 61. Why does Milo have his mechanics repaint the borrowed planes? 62. How does Milo avoid bankruptcy? 63. After Snowden's death, why doesn't Yossarian want to wear any clothes? 64. Why is it ironic that Milo wants to feed the soldiers chocolate-covered cotton? Chapter 25: The Chaplain 65. What is one possible metaphorical significance of the black thread that Sgt. Whitcomb is using to sew his patch on his uniform? 66. Where does the chaplain find encouragement to continue in his religious faith?

Chapter 26: Aarfy 67. Contrast Nately and Aarfy's definitions of true love. 68. Explain why Nurse Cramer is so upset with Yossarian, even before he tells her to go away.

Chapter 27: Nurse Duckett 69. Major Sanderson thinks that Yossarian should be "taken outside and shot." (Pg. 309/299) How is this both similar to and different from General Dreedle's order to shoot Major Danby? 70. What is the one problem that Major Sanderson finds with Yossarian that makes him crazy?

Chapter 28: DOB's 71. Explain Dobbs' change of heart about killing Colonel Cathcart. 72. What is ironic about Yossarian's patronizing concern for ?

Chapter 34: Thanksgiving 73. Explain the play on words regarding the chaplain's decision to lie his way into the hospital. 74. Why does Dunbar vanish?

Chapter 36: The Cellar 75. Contrast the chaplain's and Sergeant Whitcomb's responses to the losses in Dobbs' plane. 76. What is the irony of choosing this point in time to interrogate the chaplain?

Chapter 39: The Eternal City 77. What is "The Eternal City" a reference to? 78. What is the seventh, and most outrageous, manifestation of Catch-22? 79. What imagery is used to show the twisted depravity of the materialistic state? 80. What is the symbolism of the Allied soldier having convulsions? 81. What is the significance of the fact that Yossarian keeps tripping over evidence of brutality (broken teeth, the feet of a woman) as he walks through the streets? 82. How is suspense built and increased between Yossarian's arrest and his arrival in Colonel Cathcart's office? What happens to this suspense? Chapter 41: Snowden 83. What unusual combination of smells is used to express the ambiguity of Yossarian's situation? 84. What is the significance of the "strange man with a mean face" who keeps showing up and telling Yossarian,We've got your pal, buddy. We've got your pal." (Pg. 442/432) Chapter 42: Yossarian 85. At the beginning of the chapter, Yossarian has decided to renege on his deal with the colonels. 86. What unforeseen consequence does Major Danby warn him about? 87. Why has Yossarian lost the ability to believe in the ideals of patriotism? 88. Explain whether you think that Yossarian is a coward or a hero for deserting and following Orr to Sweden.