What is this unit about?
Books deliver stories. Stories deliver ideas. Ideas deliver power.
What questions will we explore?
Why are we doing this?
For centuries, books have been the most effective information technology humans have. Stories and ideas from the past are able to shape the thinking of those living in the present. Within the pages of books, many have found the fuel for revolutionary change and transformation.
Because of this, the powerful have often attempted to control and censor books. They think that if you control the ideas and stories a person has access to, you can more easily control and predict their behavior. Chimamnda Adichie described this in her speech "The Danger of a Single Story."
Now that books are no longer the dominant information technology, the question is how will you tell your story? How will those in power attempt to control and censor your story? And what can you do about it?
This unit has a variety of reading, writing, and thinking tasks to sharpen our critical faculties. Not only will this help us think about our creative work in a new way, it will help you prepare for the type of thinking you will have to do to be successful in college and beyond.
Unit Calendar
Week One (11/17-11/21) :
● What is literary analysis?
● Who is Ray Bradbury?
● Characterization, Conflict, Theme
● “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury
● Due 11/20: Reader’s Response (choice): “The Pedestrian” or “The Veldt”
● Due 11/24: R.A. #1a - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 1-24 + least 10 annotations
● Due 11/24: Reader’s Response (image + text)
Week Two (11/24-11/26): Fall Break
● Fahrenheit 451 Quiz #1a
● Socratic Seminar
● Due 12/1 R.A. #1b - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 25-68
Week Three (12/1-5):
● *12/1 Reading Quiz #1b (Part I)
● Socratic Seminar (Part I)
● Due 12/5 – R.A. #2 - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 69-113 (Part II)
● *12/5 –Reading Quiz on Part II
● Due 12/9 - R.A. #3 – Read Fahrenheit 451 Part III pages 114-165
Week Four (12/8-12):
● *12/9 Reading Quiz on Part III
● Socratic Seminar (Part III)
● Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Drafting
Week Five (12/15-19):
· Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Peer Review: introduction includes thesis statement + body paragraph
***Winter Break***
Extra Credit: Read, reread, answer all questions + vocabulary entries (must include 3: part of speech, definition, exemplify in a sentence)
See Fahrenheit 451 Questions + Vocabulary distributed with books in November (also at the bottom of this page)
Week Six (1/5-9)
● Writing Workshop: Thesis Statements - how effective is your claim?
Thesis statements: Reflect, re-think, revise (guided/group/independent practice)
Evidence: Selecting and analyzing evidence to build a sound argument
● The Books Are Burning! Culminating Socratic Seminar
● Quiz Corrections Due Friday, 1/9
● Final Draft of The Books Are Burning! Literary Analysis Essay must be uploaded to turnitin.com by 7:59 a.m.
Books deliver stories. Stories deliver ideas. Ideas deliver power.
What questions will we explore?
- What is the relationship between reading and freedom?
- How will technology affect our ability to know ourselves and the world around us?
- Why do some powerful people want to control what less powerful people read?
Why are we doing this?
For centuries, books have been the most effective information technology humans have. Stories and ideas from the past are able to shape the thinking of those living in the present. Within the pages of books, many have found the fuel for revolutionary change and transformation.
Because of this, the powerful have often attempted to control and censor books. They think that if you control the ideas and stories a person has access to, you can more easily control and predict their behavior. Chimamnda Adichie described this in her speech "The Danger of a Single Story."
Now that books are no longer the dominant information technology, the question is how will you tell your story? How will those in power attempt to control and censor your story? And what can you do about it?
This unit has a variety of reading, writing, and thinking tasks to sharpen our critical faculties. Not only will this help us think about our creative work in a new way, it will help you prepare for the type of thinking you will have to do to be successful in college and beyond.
Unit Calendar
Week One (11/17-11/21) :
● What is literary analysis?
● Who is Ray Bradbury?
● Characterization, Conflict, Theme
● “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury
● Due 11/20: Reader’s Response (choice): “The Pedestrian” or “The Veldt”
● Due 11/24: R.A. #1a - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 1-24 + least 10 annotations
● Due 11/24: Reader’s Response (image + text)
Week Two (11/24-11/26): Fall Break
● Fahrenheit 451 Quiz #1a
● Socratic Seminar
● Due 12/1 R.A. #1b - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 25-68
Week Three (12/1-5):
● *12/1 Reading Quiz #1b (Part I)
● Socratic Seminar (Part I)
● Due 12/5 – R.A. #2 - Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 69-113 (Part II)
● *12/5 –Reading Quiz on Part II
● Due 12/9 - R.A. #3 – Read Fahrenheit 451 Part III pages 114-165
Week Four (12/8-12):
● *12/9 Reading Quiz on Part III
● Socratic Seminar (Part III)
● Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Drafting
Week Five (12/15-19):
· Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Peer Review: introduction includes thesis statement + body paragraph
***Winter Break***
Extra Credit: Read, reread, answer all questions + vocabulary entries (must include 3: part of speech, definition, exemplify in a sentence)
See Fahrenheit 451 Questions + Vocabulary distributed with books in November (also at the bottom of this page)
Week Six (1/5-9)
● Writing Workshop: Thesis Statements - how effective is your claim?
Thesis statements: Reflect, re-think, revise (guided/group/independent practice)
Evidence: Selecting and analyzing evidence to build a sound argument
● The Books Are Burning! Culminating Socratic Seminar
● Quiz Corrections Due Friday, 1/9
● Final Draft of The Books Are Burning! Literary Analysis Essay must be uploaded to turnitin.com by 7:59 a.m.
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