Dec 18: F451 Day 6

1. Turn in vocabulary from reading assignment #1
2. Returned Quiz #1, went over answers
3. Continued Reading. We ended on page 48 last class. Read from 48 to 68 (the end of Part 1). This is the end of reading assignment #2. There will be a quiz on January 5 over reading assignment #2. Answer study guide questions to prepare.
4. Vocabulary Homework: For the 5 remaining words from #2 vocabulary, complete a vocabulary activity for each. Due January 5

If you were absent, answer the following guided reading questions as you read. We talked about these as we read.

Fahrenheit 451 Guided Reading Questions
Page 48-68

1. How does Mildred respond to Montag the morning after he watched the lady burn? What does this say about their relationship?
2. How does Mildred respond when Montag tells her about the lady?
3. What is going on while Mildred is trying to straighten the bed? How does Montag feel?
4. Explain the “devolution” of books as Beatty tells it to Montag. How is this happening today? Give an example or 2.
5. How did “mass production” affect society?
6. How have the schools changed? Give an example of this in today’s school system or in your own classes.
7. What does Beatty say about the minorities?
   Given this, of what different minority classes are you considered to be a part?
   How did minorities play a part in making books like “vanilla tapioca”?
8. What kind of books were left? What are people in this society allowed to read?
9. What 3 things resulted in the “loss” of books?
10. What does Betty say about people being “equal”?
11. What did books, or the stories inside books, do to people that warranted their (the books) burning? How did they make them feel? What made them feel this way?
12. Why does the age kids start Kindergarten keep getting lowered?
13. What is the function of sports?
14. What happened to porches and gardens? Why?
15. Why is Mildred upset about Guy not wanting to go to work and wanting to quit his job?
    on page 65, Guy says “I’m not happy.”
16. In your own words, from what you have read so far, explain why he isn’t happy.
17. What does Guy share with Millie?
18. Write 5 questions from what you read on pages 63-68. They should begin…
    Who…
    What…
    Where…
    How…
    Why…
19. Extra credit
    5 points each: 1)Who was Dante? 2)Swift? 3)Marcus Aurelius? What did each write?
    10 points each: 1) What is Little Black Sambo 2) Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Who did they offend and why? (Read about these to find out “why.”)

16 December: Day 6 Fahrenheit 451 (Quiz)

Mrs. Woodliff was out today. Students had a substitute and were given specific instructions on a handout.

1. Journal: Make a list of adjectives that describe Guy and Clarisse.
   Look at the adjectives. Do you know anyone who is like these 2 characters? If so, explain how they are alike. If not, which of the 2 characters would you prefer as a friend. Explain.
2. Reading Assignment #1 Quiz
3. Vocabulary: Fill in Reading Assignment #2 blanks with the following words...
   A. Established
   B. Tendencies
   C. Dislike
   D. Hungry; greedy
   E. Humiliating; butt
   F. Pronouncement
   G. Burn
   H. Touch
   ASSIGNMENT: Make a cinquain, acrostic, or graphic organizer for 3 of these words.
   Remember: words used to make an acrostic must relate to the vocabulary word itself!
4. Storyboard Summary: Summarize the first 32 pages of Fahrenheit 451 in storyboard form. If you work in pairs, you must include 12 frames in your summary. Write a brief description on the lines.
5. Characterization and Questions:
   “Get into My Head” 2 new characters: Mildred and Captain Beatty
   Add what you know about Mildred’s thoughts and feelings.
   Start to add Captain Beatty’s thoughts and feelings after today’s reading.
   Look over study guide questions before reading
6. Continue reading
   Start after the break on page 32 (“The flutter of cards”)
   Read to the break on page 48 (“He did not open the window”)
   
   

12 December: F451 Day 4

1. Propaganda Project progress check and Propaganda techniques practice. Students answered questions concerning their progress on the propaganda ad project assigned last class. They also identified propaganda techniques used in magazine ads and were given an example of an original product and ad. The example below (product = Christmas decorations) uses "bandwagon" ("don't be the only one to miss out). A picture of happy children emptying stockings would employ the technique of "transfer." A picture of a celebrity decorating a tree with the ornaments would employ the technique of "testimonial."
2. "Get into My Head" graphic organizer for character thoughts and feelings. As students read, they will fill in the heads (below) with characters' thoughts and feelings. Quotes are not needed. They can put these in their own words.
3. Students finished reading Assignment #1 (through "put a stop to his plan" on page 32). Study questions should be answered to prepare for a quiz on Tuesday, December 16. Vocabulary will also be on the quiz.
4. Post-reading questions:
   **What did you learn about the hound?
   **What are the schools like? Pros? Cons?
   **What is the “past” like?
   
5. Students had the rest of class to finish vocabulary homework assigned last class and answer study questions.

HOMEWORK: Work on Propaganda Ad assignment. Prepare for quiz.

Propaganda Ad suggestion: Your product could be a food that is popular during the holidays. Prepare the food and bring it to class on December 18.

10 December: F451 Day 3

1. Vocabulary Practice: choose 3 words from reading assignment one. Complete a vocabulary activity of your choice for each.
2. Journal: "Book Memories" Write about memories you have of books and reading. Consider: Do you remember learning how to read? Do you remember the person who taught you to read? What books did you like as a child?
3. Propaganda Advertisement Project assigned. Due December 18
4. Notes (handout)

• "fahrenheit 451" is the temperature at which books burn.
• Salamander: mythological reptile, resembling a lizard, that was said to live in fire. It endures the flames without burning. Symbol of survival and unconquerability.
• Phoenix: in Egyptian mythology, a lone bird that lives in the Arabian desert for 500 or 600 years and then sets itself on fire, rising renewed from the ashes to start another long life; a symbol of immortality
• Hearth: fireplace, a symbol of the home

4. We continued reading to page 19 "You don't look so hot yourself." Students should answer questions on the back of the notes handout as they read. (For students using the audiobook, we have read through track 10, part 1.)

5. Homework: complete a vocabulary activity of your choice for the remaining 2 words from the reading assignment #1 vocabulary. Due beginning of class on Friday.

Dec 8: Begin Fahrenheit 451

1. Journal: "Thought"
   How does language make thought possible?
   How might increasing your vocabulary help you be able to think better?
   ½ page minimum
   Add to journal: "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury. **How is this true? **What does reading have to do with culture?


2. Fahrenheit 451 audio book and book online
   •AUDIO BOOK
   –See “Fahrenheit 451” folder on y-drive.
   –Open the “AUDIOBOOK” folder.
   –There will be 4 folders, one for each CD of the book. (AudiobookPart1, etc.)
   •COPY OF BOOK ONLINE:
   –http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/murat.goc/451.pdf


3. Class sets of the novel:
   •We only have a class set. You will be assigned a book number. You are responsible for this book while you are in class. If it is not here for the student in the next class who uses it, you will be penalized.
   •If you miss a day, you are responsible for coming to this blog to see what part of the book we read. You are responsible for reading it before returning to class. Use the above link or come by the classroom before or after school to borrow one of the extra books.
   •Extra books: I have a few extra books that will be checked out on a first-come, first-serve basis. You have to come AFTER or BEFORE school to get a book.
   •Book numbers: You will have the same book in class for the duration of this unit. You will be responsible for any damage done to the book while in this class.


4. Vocabulary. Read the following sentences. What do you think the underlined words mean? Make an educated guess.
   1. With his symbolic helmet number 451 on his stolid head...he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire.
   2. Impossible: for how many people did you know that refracted your own light to you.
   3. And if the muscles of his jaws stretched imperceptibly, she would yawn long before he would.
   4. He felt that the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jets and that in the morning the earth would be covered with their dust like a strange snow.
   5. And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths, the men with the eyes of puff adders, took up their load of machine and tube, their case of liquid melancholy and the slow dark sludge of nameless stuff, and strolled out the door.
   6. Light flickered on bits of ruby glass and on sensitive capillary hairs in the Nylon-brushed nostrils of the creature...
   7. Below, the Hound had sunk back down upon its eight incredible insect legs and was humming to itself again, it multifaceted eyes at peace.


5. Fill in blanks to Reading Assignment #1 vocabulary definitions:
   1) emotion
   2) Deflected
   3) Senses
   4) Powder
   5) Gloominess (depression)
   6) Diameter
   7) Faces
   8) Projectiles


6. NOTES
   Imagery: language that appeals to the senses.
   Listen to the first paragraph of Fahrenheit 451. What senses do the words appeal to?
   Sketch the images that appealed to you. Now read the paragraph and add to your imagery notes.


7. NOTES TO CONTINUE WHILE YOU READ...
   Characterization. As you read, you will take notes on the characters Guy and Clarisse. What do you learn about their personalities? Do they change? If so, how? Compare/contrast with Equality from Anthem.


8. We read to "You think too many things" on page 9 and will continue reading next class.
9. HOMEWORK: Choose 3 words from Reading Assignment #1 vocabulary and complete a vocabulary activity of your choice for each.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

December 4: Propaganda, Fahrenheit 451 introduction

(FYI: Mrs. Woodliff's classes had a substitute today)

1. Students turned in essays.
2. Students took notes over propaganda using handouts at their tables. Students followed instructionsat the top of these handouts.
3. Fahrenheit 451 introduction: Handout with instructions. Article to accompany second half of handout.

Propaganda Notes:
What is Propaganda: SPREADING INFORMATION; BIASED; APPEALS TO EMOTION
Different types of propaganda:

1. Bandwagon : Tries to persuade everyone to join and do the same thing. “Everyone’s doing it!”
2. Testimonial: endorsement by a celebrity
3. Euphemism (or Doublespeak)try to obscure the meaning of what is being talked about by replacing plain English with deliberately vague jargon.Examples:the term "strategic misrepresentations" as a euphemism for "lies." Or "employee transition" as a substitute for "getting fired"
4. Fear - attempts to reach you at the level of one of your most primitive and compelling emotions. Politicians use it when they talk about crime and claim to be advocates for law and order. Environmentalists use it when they talk about pollution-related cancer. Fear can lead people to do things they would never otherwise consider.
5. Glittering Generality The slogan is so attractive that the audience does not challenge its true meaning. Examples: "The American Way" "support our troops" "the common good" Using words so strongly positive in emotional content that just hearing them makes you feel good. The words express a positive meaning without actually giving a guarantee.
6. Name Calling: criticizing another person or product
7. Plain Folks: Suggesting something is practical and a good value for ordinary people. Appealing to common people
8. Rewards – toys, gimmicks, kids’ clubs, rebates, etc.
9. Transfer - Transferring good looks, feelings, or ideas to the person who the propaganda is meant to influence. Suggests positive qualities to be associated with the product and the user.
10. Repetition - a jingle, word, or image is repeated over and over again, and gets stuck in someone’s head, so they buy the product or believe what is being said.
    

Fahrenheit 451 introduced

•Read the passage about the book at the top of the handout.
•In your own words, what is the book about?
•Write what you think the underlined words mean.

Vocabulary (underlined words in passage on the handout)
Rabidly (adverb)
•Rabid: adj. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
•Censored: verb. suppressing or editing parts that are objectionable (that the government, perhaps, doesn’t want people to know)
CENSOR (additional definitions for the word). noun or verb
1.Someone who examines literature or information for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. (noun)
2.any person who supervises the manners or morality of others. (noun)
3. to forbid the public distribution of (verb)
4. to subject to political, religious, or moral censorship (verb)
•Chastised – verb. Punished, criticized severely
•Insipid – adj. flat, dull, uninteresting
•Shunted – verb. Moved aside
•Apathy – noun. Absence of emotion or excitement (remember the root “path” means “feeling.” the prefix “a” means “without”

“The Firebrand” Active Reading

•Follow the instructions on the second half of the handout.

This last handout was due the following class (Monday, December 8)

Dec 2: Essay Revision, Editing

• Students typed, revised, and edited their essays in the computer lab today.
• Specific instructions were given via PowerPoint. Those instructions can be found at this link
• Final drafts are due at the beginning of class on Thursday.
• Students will NOT be allowed to leave class to print in the library. This should be taken care of BEFORE COMING TO CLASS!