Fahrenheit 451 Pages 113-136 Guided Reading Questions

Answer these questions for Thursday, 9-27-12
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1. Identify three vocabulary words and cite what pages you found them on.

2. How did Beatty find out about Montag's books?

3. What happens to Beatty?

4. How does Beatty find out about Faber?

5. What happens to the mechanical hound?

6. What happens to Montag's leg?

7. Why does Montag want to wash up and comb his hair?

8. Give two reasons why crossing the thoroughfare is dangerous for Montag, even though there isn't a car in sight.

9. After visiting Faber, Where does Montag travel?

10. What is hunting him at the end of this section?

Summer Reading Makeup work

For students who owe me summer reading-

In lieu of taking a test, you will complete a 4 paragraph essay for half credit.


In paragraph 1, identify a dynamic character and explain how that character changed throughout the story.

In paragraph 2, identify a static character and explain how that character stayed the same throughout the story.

In paragraph 3, identify at least three different conflicts in the story, explain them, and then explain how they were resolved (if they were).

In paragraph 4, Identify the climax of the story, and explain how it acted as the turning point in the book.

This essay must be typed.
E-Mail me if you have any questions.

- Mr. Morali

Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary

Directions:
For each word, either...
1. Write a sentence using the word
or
2. Draw or print a picture that makes you think of that word


Stolid (adj)- Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
Valise (n)- A small piece of hand luggage.
Perpetual (adj)- Constant; neverending.
Gout (n)- A painful inflammation of the joints.
Plume (n)- a feather or feather-like shape.
Illumined (adj)- Illuminated; lighted up.
Bewilderment (n)- confusion
Clad (adj)- Covered with a protective or insulating layer
Thoroughfare (n)- A busy roadway of traffic.
Limned (v)- Described
Squander (v)- Fail to take advantage of
Pyre (n)- wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite; large pile of wood for burning
Sear (v) - To burn or scorch
Gingerly (adv)- Cautiously
Incriminate (v)- To make one look guilty
Pedant (n)- One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
Convolution (n)- A form or part that is folded or coiled
Sloth (n)- A dislike for work and exertion; laziness
Bombardment (n)- The attack using bombs, shells, or missiles.
Scythe (n)- A farming tool with a long curved single edged blade and a long bend handle.

Assignment- Write a poem

You are to write a poem and submit it to turnitin.com by Thursday, May 10th at 10 PM. Be prepared to present it to the class.

You will be graded on the following-

Whether or not you avoid cliches

Whether or not you use poetic language

Whether or not you have a theme that the poem sticks to

Poetry Homework

Select a poet from the following list, then select a poem he or she wrote. Print out that poem and write a 125 word response explaining what you think it means. Be prepared to present it to the class! If you want to select a different poet, e-mail me by Saturday night for approval. This is due May 7th for Freshmen, and May 9th for Seniors. If you use a poem that no one else in the class uses, you get extra credit!

Anne Sexton
Dylan Thomas
William Wordsworth
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sylvia Plath
William Shakespeare
John Donne
Andrew Marvell
Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Elizabeth Bishop
William Carlos Williams
Charles Bukowski
Emily Dickinson
Pablo Neruda
Allen Ginsberg
T.S. Eliot
Marianne Moore
Wallace Stevens

The Color of Water Vocabulary

Senior homework- Put the following words in sentences for Monday, March 26.

Cajole (verb) To persuade with flattery or gentle urging
Macabre (noun) Having death as a subject; gruesome
Nebulous (adjective) Vague
Absolved (verb) To be free from guilt of consequences
Tacitly (adverb) Done without words
Avarice (noun) Greed
Industrious (adjective) Diligent; hard working
Upbraid (verb) To criticize or scold
Commiserate (verb) To feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
Commodity (noun) An article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
Contingency (noun) Dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness.
Deference (noun) Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, or will of another.
Dowry (noun) The money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
Motley (adjective) Exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogeneous.
Synergy (noun) Combined action or functioning; synergism.
Solicit (verb) To seek for something by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, or formal application.
Verboten (adjective) Forbidden, as by law; prohibited.
Insular (adjective) Of or pertaining to an island, or detached and isolated.
Covenants (noun) An agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
Trysts (noun) An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.

Senior Research Paper Due Dates

March 22- Passion and career topics
March 28- Source sheet 1 + bring in more to research in class
April 4- Source sheets 2 and 3 due
April 16- Source sheets 4 and 5 due
April 25- All 8 source sheets due
May 4- Autobiographical Narrative and Cover Sheet (3 pages)
May 14- Career Section (two copies of this!) and Works Cited (total of 5 pages)
May 23- The rest of the research paper + table of contents