Fahrenheit 451 Vocab #3

FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCABULARY (p. 88 - finish)

Parried (p. 103)
Gilded (p. 103)
Folly (p. 103)
Torrent (p. 103)
Verbiage (p. 103)
Oracle (p. 103)
Discourse (p. 104)
Rebut (p. 104)
Welter (p. 104)
Perfunctorily (p. 105)
Vantage (p. 105)
Concussion (p. 105)
Chaff (p. 106)
Phosphorescent (p. 106)
Rigidity (p. 108)
Gout (p. 110)
Bole (p. 114)
Penance (p. 115)
Obscure (p. 115)
Juggernaut (p. 133)
Veered (p. 135)
Fragmentary (p. 145)
Luminous (p. 147)
Resolve (p. 147)
Convolutions (p. 150)
Alotted (p. 150)

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates:

FRIDAY (12/14):

Hinduism Review Session
Dystopian Rough Draft Trailer Due


MONDAY (12/17):

FAHRENHEIT 451 Quote Exam/Vocab Quiz

TUESDAY (12/18):

Hinduism Review Session

WEDNESDAY (12/19):

Hinduism Exam
Reading Bowl #3 Due  

Wednesday, Decmber 12, 2012

Upcoming Due Dates:

FRIDAY (12/14):

Hinduism Review Session
Dystopian Rough Draft Trailer Due


MONDAY (12/17):

FAHRENHEIT 451 Quote Exam/Vocab Quiz

TUESDAY (12/18):

Hinduism Review Session

WEDNESDAY (12/19):

Hinduism Exam
Reading Bowl #3 Due  

Monday, December 10th, 2012

WRITING

For Tuesday: Read and Critique "He Knows."

LITERATURE

For Tuesday: Please bring your copy of FAHRENHEIT 451 to class for discussion.

WORLD RELIGIONS:

For Tuesday: Please bring your Hinduism notes to class. We will begin reviewing for the exam.

Friday-Saturday, December 6-8, 2012

FOR MONDAY:


Here are some questions I'd like you to consider for our discussion on Monday. Please look them over, think about them and get ready to share your ideas. I want to hear from everyone with reactions to the movie.

1) At the end of the movie, adult Pi says "Which story do you prefer?" Answer the question: What story do you prefer? The one with Pi, Richard Parker, Orange Juice, the zebra and the hyena? Or the one with Pi, Pi's mother, the Taiwanese sailor and cook? Which story do you think is true?

2) After Yann, the author, tells adult Pi that he perfers the story of Pi and the animals, Pi says, "And so it goes with God." What does he mean by this? What is the connection between either story and God? Think about how the story is prefaced in the movie: "This is a story that will make you believe in God." Why would this story make someone believe in God?

3) The author Yann suggests to the adult Pi that Richard Parker represents another side of Pi. Why does he say this? If he believes this, what side of Pi do you think Richard Parker represents? Richard Parker goes into the Mexican jungle at the end of the film without saying goodbye to Pi -- if Richard Parker is indeed a side of Pi, what does this separation mean and why is Pi so upset about it?

4) What is significant about the island of carnivorous algae inhabited by the meerkats? Why did you think the author has Pi and Richard Parker's visit to the island as the narrative's final event before the two are rescued?

5) Much to his father's annoyance, Pi wants to believe and honor more than one religion? "You must choose one path," he says. What benefit does Pi see in practicing more than one religion? And why is his father so against it? And does his father's negative reaction to plurality (a word to look up if you don't know it) have anything to do with the brutal lesson he teaches Pi about animals with the tiger and the goat?

6) What are some of the lessons that Pi learns throughout his adventure? Is the lifeboat the narrative's central metaphor? If so, what does it represent?


FOR LITERATURE

For Monday: Please bring your copy o FAHRENHEIT 451 to class.

Continue working on your dystopian trailers. I want to see a rough cut by Friday, December 14th.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

WRITING:

For Wednesday: Read and Critique "Stellato Occhio."

LITERATURE:

For Wednesday: Vocab Quiz

For Wednesday: Prepare questions for Bryan Unkeless, Producer of THE HUNGER GAMES

For Thursday: Finish FAHRENHEIT 451 (Prepare for Quiz and Final Discussion)

Friday-Sunday, November 30-December 2

WRITING:

For Monday: Read and Critique "The Life of Daniel," "The Feldbergs" and "Stellato Occhio."

LITERATURE:

For Tuesday: Read and Take Notes on pages 106-130 in FAHRENHEIT 451

For Wednesday: Vocab Quiz
 

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

WRITING:

For Friday: Read and Critique "ROY G BIV" and "The Life of Daniel"

LITERATURE:

FOR FRIDAY: Read pages 88-106 in FAHRENHEIT 451.

FOR FRIDAY: Describe three story elements from the section that should be incorporated into our class dystopian play. (Type this up for me. Each should be described completely including why you think this story element should be included and why you think it's cool.)

Thanksgiving Break

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

WRITING: 

DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26th: Read and Critque "Life of Daniel" and "ROY G BIV"

LITERATURE:

DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27th: Read pgs. 60-88 of FAHRENHEIt 451

WORLD RELIGIONS:

DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th: Hindu God Projects (3-4 minutes - Very Creative)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

SPECIAL REMINDER:

To prepare for the symposium next week, please bring in TOMORROW - FRIDAY:

Reusable water bottle
Yoga mat or exercise mat

and, perhaps most importantly,

YOUR HEALTHY LIVING SURVEY.

On Monday, please wear comfortable, active clothes. Think Field Day but twenty degrees colder.

WRITING:

For Tomorrow (Friday): Read and critique "The Life of Daniel" and "ROY G BIV."

LITERATURE:

The lit assignment due tomorrow has been extended to Friday.

For Tomorrow (Friday): Read (Twice) pages 39-60 in FAHRENHEIT 451.

Think Questions will be due on Monday.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

WRITING:

For Friday: Read and critique "The Life of Daniel" and "ROY G BIV."

LITERATURE:

The lit assignment due tomorrow has been extended to Friday.

For Friday: Read (Twice) pages 39-60 in FAHRENHEIT 451. Think Questions will be due on Monday.

WORLD RELIGIONS:

Tomorrow (Thursday) is Gandhi Day. Please come in costume.

Monday, November 12th, 2012

WRITING:

For Tuesday: Read and Critique Catie's Story and Jack's Story

WORLD RELIGIONS:

For Tuesday: Bring Karma Books to class.


LITERATURE:

For Wednesday: Vocab Quiz

prescient (Greg’s lesson)

clarity (Greg’s lesson)

stolid (p. 1)

gorging (p. 1)

minstrel (p. 2)

refracted (p. p. 8)

subconscious (p. 8)

tallow (p. 9)

pulverized (p. 11)

stratum (p. 12)

melancholy (p. 13)

earnestly (p. 14)

conjure (p. 20)

olfactory (p. 22)

proboscis (p. 22)

trajectory (p. 24)

heritage (p. 30)

proclivities (p. 30)

odious (p. 33)

objectivity (p. 33)

rollick (p. 33)

flourish (p. 35)

contempt (p. 37)

heresy (p. 37)

abyss (p. 38)

ravenous (p. 38)

jargon (p. 39)

obsolete (TWILIGHT ZONE)

 For Thursday:

Read (Twice) pages 39-60 in FAHRENHEIT 451& Complete Think Questions

Friday-Sunday, November 9th - 11th

WRITING:

For Monday: Read and Critique "On My Own" and "Catie's Story"

LITERATURE:

For Monday: Read 21-39 of FAHRENHEIT 451.
For Monday: Answer Think Questions -- A typed paragraph on each.
For Monday: 3 Body Paragraphs Due -- See below for complete instructions.
For Monday: Email Greg with your Dystopian Movie Idea

Vocab Quiz on Wednesday

WORLD RELIGIONS:

Keep up to date with your KARMA BOOKS.

Keep researching your Hindu God and planning your presentation.
Presentations will begin Monday, November 26th.

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

READING BOWL

Due Tomorrow: 2nd Reading Bowl Project Due

WRITING

Due Friday: Read and Critique "Air and Water" and "Sam's Story"

LITERATURE

Due Monday: Read pages 21-40 FAHRENHEIT 451 & Complete Think Questions

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

WRITING: Due Friday: Read and Critique "Air and Water" and "Sam's Story"

LITERATURE:

Due Thursday: Reread pages 3-21 of FAHRENHEIT 451 (carefully). Answer the think questions -- a typed paragraph on each. Prepare for the Thursday's quiz covering pages 3-21.

Due Friday: 2nd Reading Bowl Project

Due Monday: 3 Body Paragraphs due on your 5-paragraph essay on selected graphic novel.

 BODY PARAGRAPH

WHAT IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE:

1)           Paragraph Point (fully explained)

2)           Proof of the Point

              a) Set up the context

              b) Describe/Quote the Panel

              c) Give page number (p. 32)

              d) Explain how evidence proves point.

1^ST BODY PARAGRAPH

Throughout the graphic novel, Jin faces bullying and when he does so, author Yang draws the character surrounded by blackness (1). In the section “Everyone Ruvs Chin-Kee,” Jin Wang, playing Danny, actively tries to separate himself from Chin-Kee, his Chinese cousin, but is unsuccessful and faces the ridicule of bullies. (2a) After some students pull their eyes and taunt him with the words “Ah-So,” Danny walks through a school into a hallway of blackness. (2b)  (p. 121). (2c) Here, Danny feels the shame of being different and that shame is connected to the absence of color. (2d)