Fahrenheit 451

assignments

Feb 1/2: Trump's Speech
  • Print, read, listen, and annotate Trump’s Inaugural Address.  As you do:
    (#1)  Be sure to make note of any rhetorical devices or interesting uses of language.
    (#2)  Highlight every instance of ethos in blue, pathos in pink, and logos in yellow (or whatever color system works for you. 
  • Then answer these questions. 
Jan 30/31: Fahrenheit 451 pages 145-165
  • Read pages 145-165 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 67 to end.  Start at the "Half an hour later" and read until you finish the book). Record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
  • Then write a one-page response with textual evidence on the following question: Is the ending hopeful?
Jan 26/27: Fahrenheit 451 pages 130-145
  • Read pages 130-145 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 60-67.  Start at the "'Faber.' Another rap, a whisper, and a long waiting" and with "Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now").  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 24/25: Fahrenheit 451 pages 113-130
  • Read pages 113-130 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 52-60.  Start at the beginning of Part III: Burning Bright and with "Goodnight, Mrs. Black, he though").  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 20/13: Fahrenheit 451 pages 93-110
  • Read pages 71-93 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 44-52.  Start at "He was eating a light supper" and end when you' finish Part II).  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 18/19: Fahrenheit 451 pages 71-93
  • Read pages 71-93 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 33-44ish.  Start at "Part II: The Sieve and the Sand" and end at "The moon rose in the sky as Montag walked, his lips moving just a trifle").  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 12/17: Fahrenheit 451 pages 48-68
  • Read pages 24-48 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 23-33.  Start at "He had chills and fever in the morning" and end at "We'll start over again, at the beginning").  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 10/11: Fahrenheit 451 pages 24-48
  • Read pages 24-48 of Fahrenheit 451 (click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, it's 11-23.  Start at "The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep" and end at "He did not open the window").  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes.  
Jan 6/9: Fahrenheit 451 pages 1-24
  • Read pages 1-24 of Fahrenheit 451. Click here for on online PDF of the book; in this version, read pages 1-11ish. Finish at "he tilted his head back in the rain, for just a few moments, and opened his mouth..."  While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least 5 quotes. 
Jan 4/5: Harrison Bergeron
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