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
- Read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut; here is an audio recording. While you are reading, record your thoughts in a Double Entry Journal; record at least three quotes. Then answer these questions.