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toc //(NOTE: After you add your information to this page, delete the instructions in parenthesis, including this note, so that all that's left is the 4 headers and your information.)// =G.R.A.S.P.S= = = ( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace for the GRASPS portion.) =Understanding(s)=
 * Goal || Your goal is to get your book cover/analysis published by The New York Times Best Seller. ||
 * Role || You are working for a publishing company design team in New York City. ||
 * Audience || Your audience is The New York Times Best Seller publishing company. ||
 * Setting || You are trying to get your new book cover and analysis published by New York Times. You are competing with ten other design teams and the winner receives a reward of $500 dollars per person. ||
 * Presentation || Your product will be a web based visual with analysis made through Webspiration of T__he Catcher in the Rye.__ ||
 * Standards || **Presentation:** Comprehension 30%, Preparedness 20%, Speaks Clearly 10%, Vocabulary 20%, Time-Limit 15%, Posture and Eye Contact 15%
 * Product:** Content 30%, Required Elements 20%, Spelling and Grammar 10%, Terminology 15%, Appearance 10%, Critical Thinking 15% ||

Students will understand how various literary elements play a significant role in the novel. || Maine Learning Results English Language Arts A. Reading A2 Literary Texts || = = =Introduction= Have you ever seen a really bad book cover and wished you could redo it? Have you ever wished that you could get a critique published in a newspaper or a magazine for the whole world to see? This is your chance to make an impact in the big world. = = =Task= The New York Times is looking for a publishing company to produce a alternate book cover and analysis of the novel __The Catcher in the Rye__ by J.D. Salinger. Your analysis will include essential idea's that run through the novel and how the literary devices that were in __The Catcher in the Rye__ were significant.Your creative design team has decided that you want to create a new book cover that goes with the analysis and enter the contest. You are going to have to submit this to the New York Times publishing company and then present it to them at a conference meeting. You will have between 3-5 minutes to convince the company as to why your product should be chosen and what sets it apart from the others. New York Times will be choosing the best product and each person on the winning design team will receive $500 each and you will present your product at a nation wide conference and have a chance to meet the author.
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (MLR)** ||
 * Students will understand that essential idea's are present in __The Catcher in the Rye.__

=Conclusion= Now you have gained a better understanding of the struggles of adolescence and the impact it has on young people. You've all become amateur publisher and this could become the beginning of a new path for you!