- Make sure the following journals are complete: Jan 7, Dec 16, Dec 10, Dec 8,November 20 and 14. Turn in journal. If not today, it is due Thursday, no exceptions.
- At your tables, answer study guide questions.
- Turn in vocabulary #4
- Quiz #4. 20 minutes 7:51
- Read the “Afterword” and “Coda”
- coda - anything that serves as a concluding part
- What do we learn from the afterword?
- From the coda?
- How does Bradbury feel about his book?
- How are works being censored?
- How does this negatively affect you as a student?
- In Bradbury's play he tells about in the Afterword, Beatty says “I do play with ironies.” Why is it ironic for a fireman to own books? Which type of irony is this an example of: Verbal irony: saying one thing but really meaning the opposite. Situational irony: what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate Dramatic irony: the audience or reader knows something important that a character doesn’t know.
- Identify Dystopia characteristics in Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 (handout)
- Essay prewriting and outline. Use the handout above to prewrite (brainstorm and outline) as follows:
Prewrite for a 5-paragraph essay in which you compare the dystopias Anthem and Fahrenheit 451
1st: brainstorm.
What do these 2 books have in common?
What characteristics of literature might you write about?
2nd: organize by outline
Organize your thoughts into the order you will present them in an essay.
Basic Outline (write a sentence for the underlined parts)
I. Introduction: hook, summary, 3-point thesis statement
II. Topic #1 (this is the first point in your thesis)
A. – D. 4 details that support Topic #1. You should have details from each book to support your topic.
III. Topic #2
A. – D. Details (same as above)
IV. Topic #3
A. – D. Details (same as above)
V. Conclusion: restated thesis statement, closing thoughts
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