Please copy and paste this link into your browser... it will take you to a Google.doc where you will be able to read a summary from Fahrenheit 451, part 2--The Sieve and the Sand.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AWMJrpR1h_wYZGhmN241OWNfMTRkNHhybmRnZw&hl=en
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
F451, PART 2--A, allusions in The Sieve and the Sand
Please choose one allusion from your list of allusions in Bradbury's work that relates to Part 2, The Sieve and the Sand. In your post, you must first include the allusion with quotes around the allusion. Then, you must discuss how it relates to what happens and what the allusion is referencing in Fahrenheit 451. For some allusions, the blurb on the handout is inadequate, so you may want to complete a quick Google search to better familiarize yourself with the reference. You may choose ANY allusion you want---even if someone else in the class has already chosen it.
I will be scoring your posts on insight, development, and proper use of the English language. Please do your best....and when you are finished with this assignment, F451, PART 2--B awaits you below.
:) Mrs. A.
I will be scoring your posts on insight, development, and proper use of the English language. Please do your best....and when you are finished with this assignment, F451, PART 2--B awaits you below.
:) Mrs. A.
F451, PART 2--B....Study guide questions for The Sieve and the Sand...
Below are twenty questions (like the game...) over the reading in part 2. Please choose one question to answer. In your post, you must write the number of the question, the question, and then your response. EACH QUESTION CAN ONLY BE ANSWERED ONCE!!!! So, if a classmate has already responded to number 2, for example, you can't respond to that one---pick another. Each response will be graded for completeness of thought, support from the text, insight, and grammar. (I quickly typed this while taking care of sick Kerrigan...so I apologize for any typos.. please forgive me...)
1. As Montag and Mildred read books, what scratches at their door? Why is this troublesome?
2. What nagging thoughts wrack Montag about the jet bombers constantly in the skies and the atomic war? Why did Bradbury include a war as a backdrop?
3. What mand does Montag call? Why? How many copies are left on earth of the famous books?
4. What does Montag realize about the books he has? Why is this realization significant?
5. Where does Montag go and why? Predict what will become in part 3 because of this relationship.
6. Faber admits to being a coward. Why? What is the effect of this admission on Montag?
7. What is Montag searching for? Can it be found in books? Explain...
8. What three things does Faber say this new-society they now live in lacks. Does our current society lack this? Why or why not? Support with evidence.
9. What do books, quality writings, do for a society? Has our society changed because books are losing favor? If so, how? If not cite evidence that the quality still exists.
10. When Faver refused to help Montag plant books in firemen's houses so they can burn down and destroy firemen, what does Montag do to persuade him to go along? What quality of Faber's allows Montag to persuade him? How will this quality either help or hurt him for the rest of the novel?
11. What now is the plan that Montag and Faber have? What was right/wrong with it? Why?
12. Where does Montag go, and symbolically, why is this significant?
13. Mildred and her friends watch the televistion walls, but what did Montag do that put all of them in danger? How did Clara Phelps react? Why is this reaction significant?
14. What did Montag say to the women when they left his house saying the would never come back? What do these women most closely resemble in OUR society? Why do you feel this way?
15. What does Faber tell Montag over the ear green metal phone? What does Mildred do? Discuss the fact that the phone is green if the color green in literature symbolizes "new life".
16. What did Montag do with the twenty books. Do you feel this was a good decision?
17. When Montage left for work, where was Mildred? In what way was this significant--or even symbolic?
18. What important discovery does Montag come to learn about himself? What other famous people do you feel also have this quality and has made them the success they are or have been?
19. What was Faber's conclusion about Beatty after he heard him bait Montag? What does this mean? (This is VERY significant!!!!) and what does it tell the reader about Beatty himself? (Think back to Clarisse and the important question she asked of Montag at the start of the novel.)
20. The fire alarm rings. Where does the call take them? Who do you think turned the culprit in and why do you feel this way? Support with details.
1. As Montag and Mildred read books, what scratches at their door? Why is this troublesome?
2. What nagging thoughts wrack Montag about the jet bombers constantly in the skies and the atomic war? Why did Bradbury include a war as a backdrop?
3. What mand does Montag call? Why? How many copies are left on earth of the famous books?
4. What does Montag realize about the books he has? Why is this realization significant?
5. Where does Montag go and why? Predict what will become in part 3 because of this relationship.
6. Faber admits to being a coward. Why? What is the effect of this admission on Montag?
7. What is Montag searching for? Can it be found in books? Explain...
8. What three things does Faber say this new-society they now live in lacks. Does our current society lack this? Why or why not? Support with evidence.
9. What do books, quality writings, do for a society? Has our society changed because books are losing favor? If so, how? If not cite evidence that the quality still exists.
10. When Faver refused to help Montag plant books in firemen's houses so they can burn down and destroy firemen, what does Montag do to persuade him to go along? What quality of Faber's allows Montag to persuade him? How will this quality either help or hurt him for the rest of the novel?
11. What now is the plan that Montag and Faber have? What was right/wrong with it? Why?
12. Where does Montag go, and symbolically, why is this significant?
13. Mildred and her friends watch the televistion walls, but what did Montag do that put all of them in danger? How did Clara Phelps react? Why is this reaction significant?
14. What did Montag say to the women when they left his house saying the would never come back? What do these women most closely resemble in OUR society? Why do you feel this way?
15. What does Faber tell Montag over the ear green metal phone? What does Mildred do? Discuss the fact that the phone is green if the color green in literature symbolizes "new life".
16. What did Montag do with the twenty books. Do you feel this was a good decision?
17. When Montage left for work, where was Mildred? In what way was this significant--or even symbolic?
18. What important discovery does Montag come to learn about himself? What other famous people do you feel also have this quality and has made them the success they are or have been?
19. What was Faber's conclusion about Beatty after he heard him bait Montag? What does this mean? (This is VERY significant!!!!) and what does it tell the reader about Beatty himself? (Think back to Clarisse and the important question she asked of Montag at the start of the novel.)
20. The fire alarm rings. Where does the call take them? Who do you think turned the culprit in and why do you feel this way? Support with details.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Fahrenheit 451, discussion of allusions in part 1
1. After having read part 1, consult the allusions handout and skim through the ones that are listed for part 1. (I handed out the allusions sheet in class, but if you don't have it, I have put the page you need for part 1 in the forms section of the JHS website. Go there to see the pdf if you can't locate the one I already gave you.)
2. Choose one allusion from the list.
3. Discuss why you chose the allusion and how it connects to the event in F451. Why do you think Bradbury chose it?
Make sure you adhere to English rules and proofread. That is also a part of your scoring. Aim for a well-developed paragraph.
2. Choose one allusion from the list.
3. Discuss why you chose the allusion and how it connects to the event in F451. Why do you think Bradbury chose it?
Make sure you adhere to English rules and proofread. That is also a part of your scoring. Aim for a well-developed paragraph.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
All Summer in a Day response...
Write a well-organized, well-developed paragraph in response to the following...
What has your own experience and the reading of "All Summer in a Day" shown you about group behavior versus individual behavior?
What has your own experience and the reading of "All Summer in a Day" shown you about group behavior versus individual behavior?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Lady or the Tiger... prereading
Write a brief response after reading the following....
There are still areas in the world where marriages are arranged. People do not get the CHOICE to marry whom they want to marry. They must marry the person their parents pick for them. It is often based on family honor, respect among community members, and financial security. In Afghanistan, women can't date men. Men seek women and approach their fathers for permission to wed. Until the wedding, men and women must spend their time in the company of their parents--they are not allowed to meet alone. In India, marriages are still arranged by the parents---often by the time they are toddlers.
Respond to this....(use a conversational tone).
There are still areas in the world where marriages are arranged. People do not get the CHOICE to marry whom they want to marry. They must marry the person their parents pick for them. It is often based on family honor, respect among community members, and financial security. In Afghanistan, women can't date men. Men seek women and approach their fathers for permission to wed. Until the wedding, men and women must spend their time in the company of their parents--they are not allowed to meet alone. In India, marriages are still arranged by the parents---often by the time they are toddlers.
Respond to this....(use a conversational tone).
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