Fahrenheit 451: January 3- January 22/23

Read!
• 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)


Fahrenheit Vocabulary

Part One

Hearth
Salamander
Stolid
Flue
Waft
Simile
Mausoleum
Tallow
Tamped
Contrasedative
Sludge
Cataract
Lozenge
Olfactory
Proboscis
Cogs
Ballistics
Trajectory
Proclivities
Odious
Fervor
Heresy
Abyss
Ravenous
Jargon
Fathoms
Gibbering
Concussion
Centrifuge
Cacophony
Luminescent
Feigning
Yammering
Pratfall
Surges
Dictum
Titillation
Incinerator
Theremin
Tactile
Gullet

Part Two

Sieve
Patronage
Cadenced
Suffused
Dentifrice
Retaliation
Saccharine
Subsided
Skepticism
Insidious
Harlequin
Welter
Drones
Contemptible
Trifle
Din
Subaudible
Ruinous
Quavered
Dispersing
Filigree
Haggle
Honed
Pries
Draughts
Parried
Gilded
Upflailing
Discourse
Rebut
Beatific
Perfunctorily
Chaff
Phosphorescent

Part Three

Valise
Litterateur
Manikin
Writhing
Spittle
Liquefaction
Procaine
Bole
Scrabble
Penance
Excursions
Plummeting
Faltered
Jittered
Scuttling
Quarry
Dilate
Luminous
Limned
Sear
Luminosity
Doused
Séance
Ricocheted
Juggernaut
Scapegoat
Clinkers
Pedants
Convolutions
Status Quo
Scythe
Desolation
Prattled
Grouts
Phoenix
Pyre
Aesthetics

Remember to turn in your Narrative tomorrow if you have made any changes.