Introducing Fahrenheit 451. December 3

1. Students turned in Anthem essay (final draft, rough drafts, and prewriting)
2. Journal: “Books” Write about your childhood memory or memories of books.
   •½ page
3. Extra Credit Option:
   •Donate new or gently used books (adult, not children) to the Bibliophiles book drive.
   •These books will be sent to troops overseas.
   •7 daily points per book
4. Introducing Fahrenheit 451 (handout)
   •Read the passage about the book at the top of the handout.
   •In your own words, what is the book about?
   •Write what you think the underlined words mean.
5. Vocabulary (underlined words in passage on the handout)
   Rabidly (adverb)
   •Rabid: adj. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
   •Censored: verb. suppressing or editing parts that are objectionable (that the government, perhaps, doesn’t want people to know)
   CENSOR (additional definitions for the word). noun or verb
   1.Someone who examines literature or information for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. (noun)
   2.any person who supervises the manners or morality of others. (noun)
   3. to forbid the public distribution of (verb)
   4. to subject to political, religious, or moral censorship (verb)
   •Chastised – verb. Punished, criticized severely
   •Insipid – adj. flat, dull, uninteresting
   •Shunted – verb. Moved aside
   •Apathy – noun. Absence of emotion or excitement (remember the root “path” means “feeling.” the prefix “a” means “without”
6. “The Firebrand” Active Reading (article, 2nd handout)
   •Follow the instructions on the second half of the handout.
7. Due today during class: The handout with vocabulary and active reading questions
8. Anthem Tests Returned
   •If you turned in the chapter questions on the day of the test, you received 5 extra points on your test (it’s not on the grade on your test, but it’s on the grade in the computer)

No homework: the work we did today was due during class.