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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
september 29
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Use >5 of last week's vocabulary words to describe the tone of Fahrenheit 451.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab quiz
3. Return papers
4. Discuss Fahrenheit 451 and our approach over next 1-2 weeks
HW:
1. Post a list of 10 vocabulary words (unfamiliar words or familiar words used in unfamiliar ways) from Fahrenheit 451 to your course blog. Title: FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCAB1
Use >5 of last week's vocabulary words to describe the tone of Fahrenheit 451.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab quiz
3. Return papers
4. Discuss Fahrenheit 451 and our approach over next 1-2 weeks
HW:
1. Post a list of 10 vocabulary words (unfamiliar words or familiar words used in unfamiliar ways) from Fahrenheit 451 to your course blog. Title: FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCAB1
Friday, September 26, 2014
to avoid any (further) confusion
Please post the Fahrenheit 451 questions to your blog by Sunday night. We will be discussing in class Monday, and I will be scrolling through the blogs on screen.
Please make sure you're ready for the vocab quiz by Monday.
Have a great day & weekend.
Please make sure you're ready for the vocab quiz by Monday.
Have a great day & weekend.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
september 25-26
JOURNAL TOPICS:
(Choose any 2 of the following.)
What is the significance of the salamander symbol in Fahrenheit 451? If you don't know, guess.
What is the inciting incident of the story? If you're not sure, choose an event and explain why you think it qualifies.
Describe Montag at the beginning of the novel. Do you think he's a hero? Why/not?
Describe Bradbury's tone. What is his attitude toward the characters, the topics, and the audience? How can you tell?
Describe Bradbury's diction and syntax. Does he use formal, sophisticated terms or does his prose sound like he's in the room talking to you? Do his sentences vary in length or are they all about the same? How do Bradbury's choices create description, characters, action, and meaning? (Note: There is no hidden "right" answer to that last part, it's open to your interpretation.)
AGENDA:
(both days)
Working by yourself, or in groups, or as a class, discuss your answers to these and complete the set by the end of Friday.
(Friday only)
vocab quiz
HW:
1. Study vocab
2. Post your answers to the questions above on your course blog. Due Monday, September 29
(Choose any 2 of the following.)
What is the significance of the salamander symbol in Fahrenheit 451? If you don't know, guess.
What is the inciting incident of the story? If you're not sure, choose an event and explain why you think it qualifies.
Describe Montag at the beginning of the novel. Do you think he's a hero? Why/not?
Describe Bradbury's tone. What is his attitude toward the characters, the topics, and the audience? How can you tell?
Describe Bradbury's diction and syntax. Does he use formal, sophisticated terms or does his prose sound like he's in the room talking to you? Do his sentences vary in length or are they all about the same? How do Bradbury's choices create description, characters, action, and meaning? (Note: There is no hidden "right" answer to that last part, it's open to your interpretation.)
AGENDA:
(both days)
Working by yourself, or in groups, or as a class, discuss your answers to these and complete the set by the end of Friday.
(Friday only)
vocab quiz
HW:
1. Study vocab
2. Post your answers to the questions above on your course blog. Due Monday, September 29
september 24
JOURNAL TOPIC:
They say you can't tell a
book by its cover, but you can definitely get some clues. Based on the
cover, what do you predict will happen in Fahrenheit 451? What do you
think the theme/main message of the book will be?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab review (list on blog)
3. Read chapter 1 (reader's choice: quietly or with class)
4.
Summarize the plot and describe (with examples you can remember) how
Bradbury changes his syntax when he's describing scenery, Montag, or
dialogue.
5. Character analysis: list each character in the
book as you meet him/her. Make three columns and take notes in each of
these categories
HW:
1. Complete notes and post to your course blog (title: FAHRENHEIT 451 FIRST IMPRESSIONS)
2. Study vocab for 15 minutes
Monday, September 22, 2014
september 23
JOURNAL TOPIC: ["Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett; "Strength, Courage & Wisdom" by India Arie]
Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden observed, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." Briefly describe your character and your reputation. What differences do you see between the two?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Discuss vocab
3. Collaborative essay: how does Fahrenheit 451's epigraph ("If they give you lined paper, write the other way") provide foreshadowing and/or a sense of the book's theme?
Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden observed, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." Briefly describe your character and your reputation. What differences do you see between the two?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Discuss vocab
3. Collaborative essay: how does Fahrenheit 451's epigraph ("If they give you lined paper, write the other way") provide foreshadowing and/or a sense of the book's theme?
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