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Tulips by Sylvia Plath 1. Before beginning the activity, be sure you have read The Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-6. 2. For this activity you are going to need a blank piece of paper and something to draw with: crayons, colored pencils, markers, whatever you have at home. You will use this drawing in our Zoom meeting on Friday! 3. Create a drawing where you represent one recurring element from Salinger's novel. Remember, a motif can be a word, phrase, image, or idea. You can consider colors, items, articles of clothing, pieces of place or setting, repeated words or phrases, etc. You will want the drawing to take up as much of the paper as possible so that we can see it in our meeting. 4. Click 5. Take a of your drawing. 6. your picture 7. Use the to record your audio. Tell me why you believe this motif is significant in the novel and why you think the author chooses to draw attention to it through repeated use. 8. When you are finished, click the and to Don't forget to bring your drawing to our Zoom meeting on Friday. You will hold it up so that is what we see when you enter the meeting! See you then!