you have gave the class 5-10 minutes to complete the "do now" writing activity. After the elapse time you called upon several students to share their responses. Several did. Following this, you then related the "do now" to one of the central themes of the novel, the catcher in the Rye: holden's search for direction and meaning in his life. You can ask students to take out the essays on the novel they had been working on.