10:
Fahrenheit read time.  Image response and analysis.  F451 Test will be next week, either on the block days or on Friday.

10H:
Find an image that you can relate to a major issue that is relevant in current society.  It can be political, social, cultural, etc.  You will need to have the image downloaded so you can pull it up on your computer screen during the vocabulary test tomorrow.  Details on test.

Great opportunity in general as well as extra credit potential:  Submit work to the JOCO Library Literary Magazine "Elementia"

Read requirements and submit work here for Elementia

10: Practice ACT grade.  Fahrenheit check in and study questions (below)

10H: AP "Reading Images" article and demo can be found on GC.


Fahrenheit Study Questions:


What is Montag referring to when he states that , “ {it} is nothing but perfume to me.”

What question does Clarisse ask Montag that prompts the reply from him, “that’s against the law.”

What two things did Clarisse’s uncle do that got him arrested?

Describe the billboards in the country beyond the town. Why are they like this?

Describe what is unique about the play that Montag’s wife is going to watch on the “wall-to-wall circuit”?

What “crazy” thing does Clarisse do that Montag tries briefly?

What does Mildred do but claims is just the result of too much drinking at a party?

What 2 things do the maintenance men who come to the house do?

What happens at the firehouse that sends Montag into a panic?

What does Montag keep thinking about that he thinks might be the reason for the hound’s reaction to him?

How/why does Clarisse say Montag is “not in love”?

Why does Montag feel sorry for the hound, even though it is mechanical and has no feelings? (“That’s sad...” said Montag.) What is Montag admitting about himself with this statement?

Describe the difference between Clarisse’s view of being “social” and her school’s view of being “social”. How does it serve as a contradiction to how we typically view these labels?

What reason does Clarisse have for being afraid of children her own age? How does this view mirror the overriding problem with society in F451?

Explain what the woman with the books did on her front porch when the firemen were trying to get her out of the house. By not giving them a choice, how did she retain both dignity and the ability to choose her own fate?

What is the question Montag asks Mildred that neither of them know the answer to and how is it symbolic of how his views on life are changing?

How does the below quote help define Montag’s marriage?
“Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Literally not just one wall but, so far, three!”

Look.  

What do you see?  

Write it down---write down everything you observe. (Preview for beginning to incorporate images into our "reading" of different content)

10H
Plath/Rich Group Poetry Presentations.  Vocab List 3

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Vocab List 3 in class.  Practice ACT

Vocab List 3


ambiguous

dissident

embellish

fritter

ambivalent

inane

juxtapose

lethargic

sporadic

subsidize

Monday September 19

10H
Response Journal and discussion.  Sylvia Plath/Adrienne Rich poetry group work.

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Response Journal and discussion.  Fahrenheit introduction analysis. F451 read time.

Wed and Thursday:  We had Vocab/Essay #2.  See me if you need to make up.

Friday:
10H- Read the Adrienne Rich article posted on GC and answer the questions for Monday.  We will combine our discussion of that with the Jane Goodall excerpt on pg. 80 in the text that we read for the Vocab/Essay.

10- Response Journal in GC.  Begin Fahrenheit 451.  Below are the focal points for the reading.  At times I will post more specific questions, but these are a good start.

Montag
Beatty
Mildred
Clarisse
Granger
Faber
The Hound
Books
Fire
The River
Memorization

I will be back tomorrow. The concept of self exploration and enlightenment will be heavily prevalent on your Vocab Essay. Your prompt will be much more self directed than the previous one. We will go over the previous best examples ad a class beforehand tomorrow /Thursday. Remember ours is not a "worksheet" class. Self direction is imperative. Keep that in mind as you prepare for your vocab essay. It's been the theme of our readings so far, but also of our method.

Vocabulary List 2
Vocab will be next week on block days as normally scheduled.  Test 1 will be returned and discussed prior.

1. collaborate
2. despondent
3. instigate
4. resilient
5. retrospect
6. rudimentary
7. scoff
8. squelch
9. venerate
10. zealot

Today's reading about exclusion and feeling unwelcome

10H

5 Step Writing Model Practice using article posted to GC (even hours will get it on Thursday)

Vocab Essay Discussion

F451 Written Test Section

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Response Journal and Discussion- Used for 5 Step Model

Read this Fahrenheit 451 Introduction now, but we will come back to it again next week and before we start the book.

10H
Objective portion of the F451 test.  You will write your short answer responses during the first half of the hour tomorrow/Thursday.  Here are the prompts and instructions, but they will be submitted through GC:
Answer 2 of the following. Each answer should be one single paragraph. Prep/prewrite this today after you finish the objective portion of the test. You will write/submit your final version through GC during the first half of the block period this week.

1. Why does Granger allow Montag to lead the way as the men return to the city?

2. Why might Bradbury fixate on literature as the focus of his work rather than painting, sculpture, music, film, or even just the concept of art in general?

3. According to Bradbury, what is “the problem” and how do we “fix” it?

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Short story mini test.  Reading for tomorrow/Thurs is posted on GC.  You may read ahead but you will have time to read in class.

10H
Fahrenheit test is Tuesday.

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Google Classroom writing.