Farenheit Winter Break Project

Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451-DUE 8 JANUARY 2007-TYPED
As you read each section of the novel, answer the following questions in complete sentences. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful examination of the novel's themes and development.

Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-68)
1. What do the "fireman" do for a living?

2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds?


3. According to pages 3-4, what does Montag think of his job?

4. Who does Montag meet on the way home?


5. During his conversation, Montag says that "You never wash it off completely" referring to the kerosene. What could this mean symbolically?


6. Why do you think that Bradbury would introduce Clarisse before Montag's wife, Mildred?


7. Why does Mildred need help when Montag gets home?

8. Describe the help that she receives.

9. Is there anything unusual about the way the two men go about helping Mildred? How is it unusual?

10. How is life in Montag's house very different from that of Clarisse's house?

11. How does Mildred react after she wakes up from her previous night's experience?

12. What does Mildred do all day?

13. Describe the setup of Montag's TV room.

14. What is Clarisse doing when Montag sees her on page 21?

15. How is Clarisse different than Mildred?
16. What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose?

17. What is the hound's reaction to Montag?

18. Why does society consider Clarisse “anti-social” (page 29)?

19. At the next fire, what does Montag take?

20. On page 40, Beatty reveals something very important about himself and his knowledge. What is it?

21. What technology does Mildred use to go to sleep?

22. Who is Mildred's "family"?

23. What has happened to Clarisse? How did it happen?

24. What is unusual about the way Mildred told Montag about Clarisse?

25. Read pages 55-62 very carefully. They contain great truths about our world. List three things Beatty talks about in his speech to Montag that are true about our world.


Part II: "The Sieve and the Sand” (Pages 71-110)
T/F=True or False
26. When was the last liberal arts college shut down?
27. T/F: Professor Faber thought Montag’s call was some sort of trap.
28. Why did Faber’s fear dissipate when Montag was standing outside his door?

29. What did Montag want from Faber?

30. T/F: Faber reminded Montag that people who are having fun are reluctant to become rebels.

31 How did Montag finally get Faber to consider really helping him?

32. T/F The Queen Bee analogy underscored Faber’s cowardice.

33. What to items were exchanged before Montag left the professor’s house?

34. What is the volcano’s mouth?

35. T/F Montag pulled the plug on the living room fish bowl.

36. T/F Faber objected to Montag’s poetry reading.

37. Which lady was affected by the original intent of the poetry?

38. T/F In the late hours of the night, Faber refused to console Montag for foolishly reading poetry to the poor, silly women.

39. Listening to Captain Beatty play his harp and needle Montag had what effect upon Guy?

40. What interrupted the poker game?

41.Captain Beatty drove the Salamander to whose house?

Part III: Burning Bright (pages 111-166)
42. How has Beatty given Montag hints that he is under suspicion?
43. Who must have brought the books back from the garden?
44. Who (3) TURNED IN AN ALARM AGAINST Montag?
45. What happened to Montag’s green bullet?
46. Why did Montag burn Beatty's body?
47. What is Montag’s plan to escape?
48. How much money did Montag give Faber?
49. How many scents can the mechanical hound remember?
50. Why did Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioning and sprinklers?
51. Interpret “Twenty million Montag's running, soon, if the cameras caught him.”
52. Why did the search for Montag veer inland?
53. Who died in Montag’s place?
54. What did Granger mean by “Welcome back from the dead.”
55. When Granger and other like minded people are stopped by authorities, why isn’t any incriminating evidence found?
56. Do you have a sense that there are other “book chapters” in other towns. What proof do you have?
57. What does Granger mean by his quote “You’re not important. You’re not anything.”?
58. Explain the last implications of the events in the last 4-5 pages.

Suggested Essay Topics-
Directions: Write a 3-5 page paper on one of the following topics. Use MLA format.

DUE 8 JANUARY 2007- TYPED
1. How does Faber define the value of books? Does his definition of “quality” apply to media other than printed books? Do you think his definitions are accurate or not? Explain.
2. Discuss Montag’s relationship with Mildred. Is this a typical marital relationship in their culture? Discuss the role of family in the characters’ lives, particularly in relation to the TV parlor “families” and their nature and function.
3. Describe Clarisse’s effect on Montag and her function in the novel. How and why does she change him? Why does she vanish from the novel?
4. Discuss the use of quotations from literature in Fahrenheit 451. Which works are quoted and to what effect? Pay specific attention to “Dover Beach,” the Bible, and quotes from Shakespeare.

MLA Format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Scarlet Journal

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Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of a long line of Puritan ancestors including John Hathorne, a presiding magistrate in the Salem witch trials. After his father was lost at sea when Nathaniel was only four, his mother became overly protective and pushed him toward relatively isolated pursuits. Hawthorne's childhood left him overly shy and bookish, which molded his life as a writer.
Hawthorne turned to writing after his graduation from Bowdoin College. His first novel, Fanshawe, was unsuccessful and Hawthorne himself disavowed it as amateurish. He wrote several successful short stories, however, including "My Kinsman, Major Molyneaux," "Roger Malvin's Burial," and "Young Goodman Brown." Still, his insufficient earnings as a writer forced Hawthorne to enter a career as a Boston Custom House measurer in 1839. After three years Hawthorne was dismissed from his job with the Salem Custom House. By 1842, his writing finally gave Hawthorne a sufficient income to marry Sophia Peabody and move to The Manse in Concord, which was the center of the Transcendental movement. Hawthorne returned to Salem in 1845, where he was appointed surveyor of the Boston Custom House by President James Polk, but he was dismissed from this post when Zachary Taylor became president. Hawthorne then devoted himself to his most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter. He zealously worked on the novel with a determination he had not known before. His intense suffering infused the novel with imaginative energy, leading him to describe it as a "hell-fired story." On February 3, 1850, Hawthorne read the final pages to his wife. He wrote, "It broke her heart and sent her to bed with a grievous headache, which I look upon as a triumphant success."
The Scarlet Letter was an immediate success that allowed Hawthorne to devote himself to his writing. He left Salem for a temporary residence in Lenox, a small town in the Berkshires, where he completed the romance The House of the Seven Gables in 1851. While in Lenox, Hawthorne became acquainted with Herman Melville and became a major proponent of Melville's work, but their friendship became strained. Hawthorne's subsequent novels, The Blithedale Romance--based on his years of communal living at Brook Farm--and the romance The Marble Faun were both considered disappointments. Hawthorne supported himself through another political post, the consulship in Liverpool, which he was given for writing a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce.
In 1852, after the publication of The Blithedale Romance, Hawthorne returned to Concord and bought a house called Hillside, owned by Louisa May Alcott's family. Hawthorne renamed it The Wayside. He went on to travel and live in France and Italy for a spell, but he returned to The Wayside just before the Civil War began. Indeed, he would publish an article entitled "Chiefly About War Matters" for the Atlantic Monthly just before he fell ill, detailing the account of his travels to the Virginia battlefields of Manassas and Harpers Ferry and to the White House.
Hawthorne passed away on May 19, 1864, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, after a long period of illness during which he suffered severe bouts of dementia. Hawthorne was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts. Emerson described his life with the words "painful solitude." Hawthorne had maintained a strong friendship with Franklin Pierce, but otherwise he had had few intimates and little engagement with any sort of social life.
A number of his unfinished works were published posthumously. His works remain notable for their treatment of guilt and the complexities of moral choices.

Scarlet Letter

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Glossary of Terms
apostolic: having been sent out on a mission
arduous: hard; difficult
conspicuous: easily seen
decorous: in keeping with society's norms
decrepit: in terrible condition
dilapidated: in broken-down condition
domestic: household; local
dotage: old age, with its mental troubles
edifice: a building; the scaffolding in the novel might count as a minor edifice
emoluments: benefits
eulogium: speech of praise
gules: red
indolent: lazy
infirmity: illness
languid: weak
laudable: praiseworthy
liberality: generosity
reprimand: disciplinary warning
sable: black
sagaciously: wisely
tempestuous: stormy
torpid: dull, sluggish, numb
truculency: defiance
venerable: august
vixenly: like a dangerous woman

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck

They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lenny, a man of tremondous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clingling together in the face of lonliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.A
John SteinbeckReading and Study Guides Directions: Print each of the study guides and record your answers directly on the documents you print. This assignment will be due at the end of each week starting with chapter 1-2, due Sept. 7:

Study Guide for Chapter 1 Due Sept. 7
Study Guide for Chapter 2 Due Sept. 7
Study Guide for Chapter 3 Due Sept. 14
Study Guide for Chapter 4 Due Sept. 14
Study Guide for Chapter 5-6 Due Sept. 21

Honors English 9

Honors English 9 Syllabus

Mrs. Bosch

sbosch@patterson.k12.ca.us

Honors English 9 is designed to challenge the minds of its students while exposing them to various genres of literature. Students develop strong writing and critical thinking skills and study specific literary elements. Materials, classroom policies, grading scale and other information is outlined below.

MATERIALS:
Mc Dougal Littel Literature Book
Core
Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury
Of Mice and Men Steinbeck
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
Mythology Hamilton
Old Man and the Sea Hemingway

Extended
Brave New World (Honors) Huxley
Siddhartha (Honors) Hesse
The Scarlet Letter (Honors) Hawthorne
Good Earth (Honors) Buck

1. Hardcover binder with sections for:
Syllabus
Literary Devices
Writing
Class Notes
Graphic Organizers
Homework

2. Loose-leaf paper
3. Blue/black pens, pencils, highlighter
4. Composition Book

*Your participation grade will include your ability to bring the above items when needed.

HOMEWORK:
Homework is assigned when necessary; there are months that you will have homework every evening.
Assignment schedules will be handed out at the beginning of each week. They can also be accessed via my website (see address above).
Point values are given for each assignment (for example, five or ten points). If you do not do the homework, you will get a “0” out of the total point value. Failing to do your homework can seriously impact your grade.
Long term assignments that are turned in late will be penalized 5 points for each day late. This includes missing my class on a day you are otherwise in school. See me before the due dates if you are having problems.
For lengthy excused absences, work should be made up in the amount of time missed. If you miss my class for any reason, you should do the following:
Follow the assignment schedule for that night’s homework. If you are absent the day it is passed out, check the internet. “But I was absent!” is not an acceptable excuse for late homework.
Check your class’s blog and website. It will be updated daily by the week’s classroom manager.
If you missed a test or quiz, it must be made up within three days of returning to school unless you make prior arrangements with me.
When you return to school, check your file for any handouts you may have missed.
READ, READ, READ what is assigned to you. I expect a high standard of critical involvement with the text and participation during discussion, neither of which can be done if the reading has not been completed. Unannounced quizzes will be given if necessary.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Patterson High School strives for a student community that abides by the virtue of honesty.
Plagiarism (passing someone else’s work off as your own), lying, cheating and forgery are therefore not acceptable.
All papers must be turned in as a hard copy and submitted electronically to TurnItIn.com. This must be accomplished by 3 PM the day a paper is due. The website helps encourage the avoidance of plagiarism by evaluating the originality of each student's paper. TurnItIn's software provides an originality report to the teacher, who then views the report and makes the final determination as to whether or not plagiarism has occurred. This means you must email me your paper or give it to me on a CD or thumbdrive.


IF YOU ARE ABSENT THE DAY A PAPER IS DUE, THE PAPER MUST STILL BE SUBMITTED TO TurnItIn.com NO LATER THAN 3 PM ON THE DUE DATE. THE PAPER WILL OTHERWISE BE CONSIDERED LATE AND SUBJECT TO LATE PENALTIES.
Please see the school handbook for information regarding the consequences of academic dishonesty.

CLASSROOM JOBS:
There are several student positions in my classroom. These positions rotate from week to week so that everyone has the chance to get involved. They are:
Classroom manager: Checks the “graded” file for your class at the beginning of each period and passes them out. Also performs other duties such as materials management (markers, crayons, etc.) and handout organization.
Weekly scribe: Updates the class bulletin board every day. This can be done from school or at home, but entries must be posted by 4 PM. Entries should include topics covered in class, handouts received, writing prompts and assigned homework.
Weekly alternate: Fulfills the duties of either of the above positions should that student be absent.
Positions are selected alphabetically following the class roster. If you know you will be particularly busy during your scheduled week, please see me. I am flexible.

TECHNOLOGY:
Technology is a large part of this course. During the first week, we will be visiting the computer lab to set up accounts on the blog. Blog is a protected online forum for discussion, meaning only those individuals who are invited to view the board may do so. The boards are password protected and cannot be viewed by anyone outside of our group.
Every student must contribute to a particular topic on the discussion board at least once a week. You will be given a grade for your participation; updating the weekly scribe board is in addition to your weekly post.

GRADING:
Your grade will be calculated according to the following percentages
Major tests…………30%
Compositions………30%
Quizzes…………….15%
Homework…………15%
Participation……….10%

Major tests are not only written – they can include oral presentations, group presentations (with individual grades assigned), graphic depictions, etc. I will let you know how an assignment will be factored into your grade.
It is VERY DIFFICULT to fail my class if you do all of your homework. In the same vein, if you do not do your homework, you will have a very hard time passing.
All of my grades are posted on snapgrades.net. You and your parents will receive a log in code and can access your grade at any given time.

CLASSROOM GUIDELINES:
Do your best at all times.
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
Disruptive behavior is not in any way acceptable.
Three tardies per quarter equal one detention.
Pass usage is restricted to three times per quarter. You will be required to fill out the pass log upon leaving and returning to class.
You are responsible for your own actions and their subsequent consequences.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
See me as soon as possible if you have any questions, do not understand an assignment, or are having trouble with a part of the course. I am more than happy to help you in any way I can. I welcome communication with parents and students. I know that all of you will exceed my expectations for the coming school year and I look forward to working with you. Welcome to high school – we’re going to have a great time.