🧣 Coming Soon: A Catcher in the Rye Unit for Students Who Can’t Stand Holden (Yet)

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Let’s be honest: Holden Caulfield can be insufferable.​
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I hated this book when I read it in high school.
And when I found out I had to teach it? I thought I was doomed.
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But everything changed when I reframed it.

This free unit approaches The Catcher in the Rye through a different lens — not just teenage angst, but grief, emotional suppression, and how loss reshapes identity. With context on adolescent grief, modern media connections, and scaffolded lessons on tone and voice, even the most skeptical students start to get Holden — or at least hate him a little less.

What’s inside:

🧠 Context-building lessons around grief in adolescence​
🎬 Media pairings with The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Neo Yokio, and A Rainy Day in New York​
🗣️ Lessons that help students decode Holden’s tone and language quirks​
📝 Reflective projects where students define their own voice and tone
📚 Assignments that help students make real-world and literary connections

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This unit meets students where they’re at — especially the ones rolling their eyes — and guides them toward deeper emotional understanding and sharper literary analysis.

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✨ Want early access when it’s ready?​
Drop your email below and I’ll send you a heads-up the moment it’s live. (Preview my free materials for The House on Mango Street and One More Thing to get an idea of what you're waiting for) — all resources will be completely free to download and use!

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