Fahrenheit 451

"You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
-Fahrenheit 451

Junior Agenda

1. Return Vocabulary Cards
2. Listen to The Big Read CD,Track One (17 minutes). Students will take notes as they listen and will present the three most important points they learned from the CD.
3. Read “Ray Bradbury” (pp.4-5),“Fahrenheit 451 and Censorship” (pp.6-7), and “Bradbury and His Other Works” (pp.12-13). Divide the class into groups. Assign one essay to each group. After reading and discussing the essays, each group will share what they have learned from the essay. 
   
4. Distribute copies of Fahrenheit 451 and bookmarks
5. Bradbury begins the novel with a quote from Juan Ramón Jiménez:“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” Why did Bradbury select this statement, and what does it mean? Write two paragraphs on how this statement relates to what you have learned about Bradbury’s life.
   
6. HOMEWORK:
   

• Write one page about a book that opened new doors for you. If a book had a profound impact on you, explain why. If the book was pleasurable, explain in detail what kind of pleasure you experienced.
  
• Read Handout One:“The Fifties.”
  
• Read to page 31* of the novel. 

Learning Targets

1. Students will understand diverse media formats (SL 11.2)
2. Students will analyze informational texts (W 11.9)
3. Students will read independently with proficiency (RL 11.10)

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