Fahrenheit 451: January 3- January 22/23Read!• Part One: “The Hearth and the Salamander” p. 3-68 due Monday January 8 (M), Tuesday January 9 (A)
• Part Two: “The Sieve and the Sand” p. 71-110 due Wednesday January 10 (M), Thursday January 11 (A)
• Part Three: “Burning Bright” p. 113- 173 due Tuesday Jan. 16
• Afterword and Coda due Thursday January 18th
Interact!• Underline lines from the text that you find particularly interesting, relevant, meaningful. puzzling, provocative, compelling…..
• Underline parts/ words you do not understand. Put a question mark next to these parts/ words.
• Write notes/ questions in the margins where you record your thoughts/ reactions to the parts of the story. (ie, What do you think of the characters? Of their behavior? Of the society in which they are living?)
• Mark any “brushstrokes” you find.
Discuss!• Each “Around Table” day, bring to class a question or a piece of text you would like to discuss. Type the question or the text out on a piece of paper that you will turn in. (Formal “Around Table” days: Monday January 8 (M), Tuesday January 9 (A), Wednesday January 10 (M), Thursday January 11(A), Tuesday January 16, Thursday January 18.
• At the “Around Table,” listen carefully to the conversation and make at least one comment or ask one question. Help those with quieter voices to participate in the conversation. If you are a fervent participant, monitor your contributions so that others have an opportunity to share.
Define!• You have been given a list of some important new vocabulary in Parts 1 through 3 of the book. Look for the words as you do your reading. Underline them.
• Make a guess what the words mean from the context in which they are used.
• Make a list of the words in your Nexus after you have completed your reading.
• Over the next 2 weeks, look up the words in the dictionary. Are your guesses close? Remember to record the definitions that match the meaning Bradbury has intended. (A couple of the words you may not be able to find the definitions for because Bradbury made them up.)
Reflect!• In your Nexus, make journal entries after each of the four reading assignments. These can be typed and placed in envelope pockets in your Nexus or simply written in the Nexus. Focus on interesting metaphors or symbols, the way the characters are portrayed, the themes of the book, and/or techniques Bradbury used to achieve his “so what.” Explore ideas and the craft of writing. These reflections should be a minimum of 20 sentences. These reflections need to be completed before the “Around Table” discussions.
• After each “Around Table”, reread your reflection and write a response. After the discussion did your ideas change? Did you gain new insights? Were confusions lessened? These responses should be a minimum of 10 sentences.
Synthesize!• Fahrenheit 451 Test Monday or Tuesday January 22/23.
• You can use your book and Nexus for this test.
• Bradbury Slam! (date to be announced)
• Invented Vocabulary (date to be announced)
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