1. Fahrenheit 451
Novel Study

2. Big Questions About Literature
How does a character develop over the course of a story?
How is a person or a character shaped by the conflicts that they experience?
How can a message or theme in a literary work influence readers and society?

3. Big Questions About Books, Technology, and Laws in Society
What is the importance of books?
Are technology’s effects on humanity more positive or more negative?
How does censorship impact society?
Is it ever moral to break the law? Under what conditions should a person go against the laws of society?

4. Key Skills and Concepts
Literary Devices (Symbolism, Metaphor, Imagery, etc)
Theme (Identify a message or lesson being conveyed in the novel.)
Plot Structure (Recognize the way that the author constructed the plot and how this impacts readers’ understanding and emotional reactions to the story.)
Literary Analysis and Reading Comprehension (Understand characters and events in the story, make inferences, state a belief or opinion about something in the story, and support your claims with textual evidence and sound reasoning.)

5. Assessments (When We are Reading)
Reading Quizzes
Class Discussions
SCRs/Short In-Class Essays
Reading Comprehension and Analysis Questions

6. Summative Assessment Final Exam including:
Multiple-choice comprehension questions
A literary analysis essay

7. The Epigram If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
-Juan Ramon Jimenez
What idea is being expressed in this sentence?
Based on this sentence, what predictions can you make about the novel?

8. Plot Structure Review

9. Key Questions: Pages 3-24 CHARACTER: SETTING CONFLICT
What do we learn about Guy Montag?
How is Clarisse different than Guy Montag?
What impact does Clarisse have on Guy Montag?
SETTING
What details stand out about the place and time where the story is happening?
How is Montag’s world different than the world that we live in?
CONFLICT
At this point in the story, what ideas do you have about conflicts?

10. Assignment: