Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Book Club
In this 4-week course, students will read and discuss Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451
Janelle Fila
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What's included
4 pre-recorded lessons
4 weeks
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to the contentHomework
1-2 hours per week. Students will read approximately 30-50 pages a lesson on their own time. Each lesson, students will have access to the new video and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. I assign a short writing assignment focused around the discussion questions. There are also activities like vocabulary words and an optional Kahoot! trivia quiz to test their comprehension from the reading.Assessment
The more questions, comments, and posts that students share in the classroom, the more I can understand their knowledge and comprehension of the topics we are discussing.Letter Grade
includedClass Experience
US Grade 8 - 11
Fahrenheit 541 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury, one of the most acclaimed authors of American science fiction and fantasy. This novel is often required reading for high school students because it discusses the themes of censorship, living in fear, and the importance of books. It is the perfect book for discussion and analysis because Bradbury's use of allegory and symbolism can be hard to appreciate and understand when reading alone. Students will read approximately 30-50 pages a lesson on their own time. The prerecorded videos will emphasize characters, their motivations, theme, story plausibility, and inferences about what might come next. We will also refer to any symbolism within the story and discuss what the author intended to represent with those symbols. Lesson breakdown: Students will receive a worksheet and discussion questions for each video. There is one writing assignment to complete after the readings. I will post vocabulary words from the reading for the students to use in a sentence that showcases their understanding of the definition. I also post a link to an optional Fahrenheit 451 Kahoot! trivia quiz to further immerse students in this world. Kahoot! is a free resource. This quiz is completely optional.
Learning Goals
The prerecorded sessions emphasize characters' motivations, theme, and story plausibility. Students will examine their own thoughts through a worksheet, a writing assignment, vocabulary words, and an optional Kahoot! review quiz.
Syllabus
4 Lessons
over 4 WeeksLesson 1:
First half of Chapter One The Heart and the Salamander pages 1-28
Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz Lesson 2:
Remaining half of Chapter One pages 29-66
Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz Lesson 3:
Chapter Two The Sieve and the Sand
Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz Lesson 4:
Chapter Three Burning Bright
Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz Other Details
Parental Guidance
From Commonsensemedia.org: Parents need to know that Fahrenheit 451 depicts a near-future America where books are prohibited and the populace is placated with cheap, shallow entertainment. Ironically, the novel's inclusion in schools and libraries is frequently opposed by various special-interest groups. There is some violence -- the main character deliberately burns one of his colleagues to death, one woman sets herself on fire and burns to death, another attempts suicide with pills, a mechanical hound goes after one man and kills another.
Supply List
The students will need a copy of Fahrenheit 451 to read on their own. It can be borrowed from the library or even listened to as an audio book. The students will not need a physical copy of the story in class, although they may find it helpful to have while filling out their worksheets or working on their writing assignment.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Master's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Spalding University
I have a Master's Degree in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults. I was a substitute teacher for three years before teaching full-time on Outschool for multiple years. I currently teach English Composition at a local nursing college. I have heard many students discuss this novel in the classroom and I've had the pleasure to read and teach many of Ray Bradbury's stories. This novel is an excellent book to discuss because there are so many lies and half-truths to analyze. The themes of censorship, living in fear, and the importance of books lead to many good discussions and I love the irony of a firemen destroying instead of saving. I am excited to read the story alongside your student to see what emotions, feelings, and gut reactions Fahrenheit 451 stirs up for them.Reviews
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