OCUMENT RESUME ED 226 366 CS 207 373 AUTHOR Workman, Brooke TITLE Writing Seminars in the Content Area: In Search of Hemingway, Salinger, and Steinbeck. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, REPORT NO ISBN-0-8141-5886-2 PUB DATE 83 NOTE 325p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers ok English, 1111 Kenyon Rd.; Urbana,'IL 61801 (Stock No: 58862, $12.00 member,',$13.75 non-member). PUB TYPE Guides'- Classroom Use Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF0l/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Authos;.English Instruction; Higher Education; - Instructional Materials; Literature Appreciation; Secondary Education; *Seminars; Teaching Methods; *Thematic Approach; *United States Literature; , Writing (Composition); *Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS Hemingway (ErneW; Salimger (J,p); Steinbeck (John) ABSTRACT Intended for High school and college literature instructors, this book contains meterialt for intensive semester-long seminars on, the lives and works of three American authors: Emest Hemingway, J. D. Salinger, and John Steinbeck. Each seminar revolves around seven papers the students are required to write and defend aloud in front of the i.est of the class. Classmates then assign and discuss a grade for each paper. Following an introduction discussing each step of the seminar method and the sequence of writing skills, the boot: is divided into three sections, one for eabh author. Each section contains a daily schedule for the seminar, a chronology of the author's life, and the materials and procedures for reading and writing a pa er for each work studied. Models for the student papers are included. ppendixes at the end of each section contain extensive chronologies n time-line fashion, essays relevant to the author's works, and a trimester or 60-day seminar schedule. (HTH) , . ***%******************************************************************* * leeproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that tan be made * from the original document. * ****************************1***************************************** . t U.S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION\ EDUCAflOrVAL RESOURCES INFORMATi0?) GENESI ERIC, I Tr,It ,,,ernht., been reproduCt.dtoS ,t, wt1 ftttr,,he perSty,Dt ,trydnizattan IWpt,atIrly, Arlitor rtionytts hdv j,Il made IC, urnpfove WRITING SEMINARS teprotlu 110r1 ,p,lity Po,ntsI' v.. , 1,p1/110:1> statet1 co th, docu ,,,,,t 'IC, , 0 r. ritsInly represent off ,,e1 'VIE IN THE CONTENTAuEA ,,,t t, TSEARCH OF HEMINGWAY, 111. ALINGER, AND STEINBECK A BROOKE WORKMAN West High School, Iowa City PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEcN GRANTED BY National Council of Teachers of English' TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) National Council of Teachers of English 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 cv) S. 4 t * ir 4 -, Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following material. "A Tele- / phone Call to Maiy FIemingway" by Brooke Workman, which first appeared in Today's Education, September-October 1976. Reprinted by permission of the National Education Association. "Air Line" by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright © 1979 by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Reprinted by permission of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. "On the Blue Water: A Gulf Stream Letter" by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1936 by Esquire, Inc.; renewed © 1964 by Wary Hemingway. Reprinted by permission. "Catcher Comes of Age" by Adam Moss. Reprinted from'Esquire (December 1981)? Copyright © 1981 by Esquire Publishing Inc. Used, by permission. PartI of this book, In Search of Ernest Hemingway, though slightly revised and updated herein, appeared previously as In Search of Ernest Hemingway: A Model for Teaching a Literature Seminar (Urbana, Ill.: NCTE, 1979). NCTE Editorial Board: eaul T. Bryant, Marilyn Hanf Buckley, Thomas I:Clark, Jane M. Hornburger, Zora Rashkis, John C. Maxwell, ex officio, Paul O'Dea, ex officio Book Design: Tom*Kovacs < .., I NCTE Stock Number 58862 C) 1 983 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. It is the policy of NCTE in its journals and other publications to provide a forum .. for the open discussion of ideas concerning the content and the teaching of English and the language arts. Publicity accorded to any particular point of view does not imply endorsement by the Executive Committee, the Board of Direc- tors, or the membership at large, except in announcements of policy where such endorsement is clearly specified. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data i , i Workman, Brooke, 1933- Writing seminars in the content area. I Include bibliographies. a 1. American fiction-20th centurySiudy and telching.2. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961Study and teaching.3. Salienger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919- Study and teaching.4. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968Study and teaching.I. Title. P544.W67 1983 813'.5'071273 . 82-23966 / ISBN 0-8141-5886-2 et. r .. a I / 1 .. CONTENTS II List of Handouts ix Aacnowledgments xi Preface xiii Introduction xvii I.In Search of Ernest Hemingway Orientation to the Seminar 3 Days 1-2 J -Paper I: Indian Camp" . 13 Days 3-10 Paper II: The Sun Also Rises 21 Days11-26 Paper III: A Farewell to Arms 35 Days27-42 Paper IV: A Profile of Ernest Hemingway 45 'Days43-57 % Paper V: Paper of Choice 61 ... Days58-69 Paper VI: The Old Man and the Sea 71 Days70-79 Paper VII: The Summing Up ' 81 Days80-90 Appendix A 95 $ Appendix B N 98 Appendix C 102 Appendix D 105. Appendix E 109 Appendix F 110 Bibliography /113 vI 4 vi Contents II.In Search of J. D. Salinger Orientation to the Seminar 119 Days 1-2 Paper I: "A Perfect Day for Barianafish" 129 Days 3-12 Paper II: The Catcher in the Rye 139 Days 13-28 , Paper III: "Teddy" 151 Days 29-44 Paper IV: Franny and Zooey 163 15ays 45-59 Paper V: A Profile of J..D. Salinger 171 Days 60-69 Paper VI: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenter* 181 Days 70-80 Paper VII: The Summing Up 189 Days 81-90 Appendix A 195 Appendix B 199 Appendix C 200 Appendix D 203 Appendix E 205 Appendix F 209 ,Appendix G 210 Bibliography 213 III. In Search of John Steinbeck Orientation to the Seminar )219 Days 1-2 Paper I: "The Harness" 229 Days 3-10 1 Paper II: Tortilla Flat 239 Days 11-23 Paper III: Of Mice and Men 251 Days 24-36 Paper IV: The Grapes of Wrath 259 Days 37-53 Contents vii Paper V: A Profile of John Steinbeck 273 Days 54-66 Paper VI: Paper of Choice Days 67-80 Paper VII: The Summing Up 295 Days 81-90 Appendix A 303 Appendix B 308 Appendix C, 309 Appendix D 311 Appendix E 313 Appendix F 314 Appendix ,G 315 Appendix II 316 Bibliography 318 V (1 .. LIST OF HANDOUtS I In Search of Ernest Hemingway .A 1.Seminar in American Literatuie 2.Tentative Schedule 6 3. The Hemingway Chronorogy 10. 12 4. The Position Paper v 5.Suggestions for Paper I: "Ind'Camp" 16 6.Student Model for Paper I 7.Defense Day: Criteria for c7rading Position Papers , 6 8.Suggestions for Paper II: The Sun Also Rises 7 9.Student Model for Paper II 28 LO. Suggestions for Paper III: A Flielwell tb- Arms 38 11. Student Model for Paper III I 39 12.Suggestions for Paper IV: The Profile Paper r-49 13.Student Model for Paper IV a 50 14.Student Model for Paper IV 56 15.Suggestions for Paper V: Paper of Choice 64 16.Student Model for Paper V 4 66 17.Suggestions for Paper VI: The Old Man and the Sea 75 18.Student Model for Paper VI 76 19.Suggestioni for Paper VII: Summing Up 83 20.- Sukestions for Paper VII: Parody 84 21. Student Model for Paper VII: Summing Up 85 A 22. Student Model for PaperVIArody 90 In Search of J. D. Salinger , -1.Seminar in American Literattfre 121 2.Tentative Schedule 122 3. The Salinger Chronology 126 4. The Position Paper 128 5. The Glass Family 132 6.Suggestions for Pier I: "A Perfect Day for Ban'anafish'4' 133 .= 7.Student Model for Paper I 134 List of Handouts 8.Defense Day: Criteria for Grading Position Papers 144 9.Suggestions for Paper II: The Catcher in the Rye 145 10.Student Model for Paper II 146 11.J. D. SalMger, "Teddy," and Zen Buddhism 156 12.Suggestions for Paper III: 'Teddy" 157 13.Student Model for Paper III 158 14.Suggestions for Paper IV: Franny and Zooey 166 15.Student Model for Paper IV 167 16.J. D. Salinger: Critical Stages 174 17.Suggestions for Paper V: Profile 175 18.Student Model forfaper V, 176 19.Suggestions for Paper VI: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters 184 20.Student Model for Paper VI 185 21.Suggestions for Paper VII: Summing Up 191 22.Student Model for Paper VII 192 In Search of Jolin Steinbeck 1. Seminar in American Literature 221 '2.Tentative Schedule 222 3.The Steinbeck Chronology Z. 226 4.The Position Paper 228 5.John Steinbeck: California 232 6._Suggestionsfor Paper I: 'The Harness" 233 7.Student Model for Paper I 234 8.Defense Day: Criteria for Grading liOsition Papers 244 9.Suggestions for Paper II: Tortilla Flat 245 10.Student Model for Paper II 246 11.'Suggestions for Paper III: Of Mice and Men 255 12.Student Model for Paper III 256 13.The Grapes of Wrath: From Sallisaw, Oklahoma, to Bakersfield, California 264 14.Suggestions for Paper IV: The Grapes of Wrath 265 15.Stugent Model-for Paper IV 266 16.John Steinbeck: The Influence of Ed Ricketts 271 17.Four Divisions of iohn Steinbeck's Life 277 18.Suggestions for Paper V: Profile 279 19.Student Model for Paper V 280 20.Suggestions for Paper VI: Paper of Choice 289 21.,Student Model for Paper VI 291 22.Suggestions for Paper VII: Summing Up 297 23.Student Model for Paper VII 298 1 C.