1. Nov. 5, 2014
Objective:
Begin novel study over Fahrenheit 451--pre-reading and/or introduction to the novel; tone; characterization of Montag.

2. Diction
Tone
Mood
Connotation vs Denotation

3. Close Reading

5. Teacher notes…
Instruct students to highlight words with a positive connotation in the excerpt. Then instruct students to highlight words with a negative connotation in a different color. - STOP 11/4
• Discuss difference between tone and mood (the author’s attitude toward the subject vs. the reader’s feeling when reading a text)
• Ask students to define the tone of the passage. What words/diction points to that assertion?
• Ask students to define the mood of the passage. What words/diction points to that assertion?
• Discuss how the word choice dictates the tone and mood.

8. Why does the author use the analogy of the firefighter to a conductor?

9. The firefighter is enjoying burning the books just as a conductor enjoys conducting music.  It is almost an art to the firefighter.

10. Why does the author use visual imagery in this line “gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black?”

11. Red, yellow, and black are colors symbolizing danger and the word “gorging” gives the picture of something greedy and large.  The visual imagery helps support the mood.

12. What does the quotation “eyes all orange flame” mean
What does the quotation “eyes all orange flame” mean?  How does it connect with Unit 1’s “The Sniper?”

13. “Eyes all orange flame” shows that Montag is consumed by his job just like the sniper lost himself in his job and his eyes had the “cold gleam of the fanatic.”