Summary Writing Activity Fahrenheit 451 Part One Ray Bradbury

Task You are going to be writing a summary about Part One of Fahrenheit 451. You will need to be able to identify key moments and events to write the summary. You can ONLY USE PASSAGES from the novel to write your summary.

Directions Materials Notebook paper Pen/pencil Novel Directions: Make a list of the key moments/events in Part One. Using the list, go back through Part One and select sentences to support that moment/event. Include page numbers. Write a summary using those sentences.

Example List Montag burns books. Montag meets Clarisse. Montag realizes he is not happy. ……… * List as many as you think are necessary. Example With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history (7). ‘Do you mind if I walk back with you? I’m Clarisse McClellan” (11). He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs (16).

Directions Materials Notebook paper Pen/pencil Novel Directions: Make a list of the key moments/events in Part One. Using the list, go back through Part One and select sentences to support that moment/event. Include page numbers. Write a summary using those sentences.