Farenheit 451 Student Overview
Inquiry Question: What would you do to belong?
Learning Target #1: Cite strong textual evidence (quotes, paraphrases) to support your analysis of what the text
is saying.
Learning Target #2: Write an argument to support your ideas/analysis about what the text is saying using valid
reasoning and enough textual evidence.
Calendar
Monday
Introduction to Week’s
Focus
Tuesday
Must Do: Reading
Activity: Discussion
WK 1: Overview and
Theme
WK 2:
Characters/Archetypes
WK 3:
Symbols
MD Read: pgs. 1-25
Discussion
MD Read: pgs. 67-76
Discussion
MD Read: pgs. 107123
Discussion
Revision Work Day
Revision Work Day: 1
TTE Essay Revision
Wednesday
Must Do: Reading
Activity: Write “Try It”
Essay (TTE)
MD Read: pgs. 25-45
TTE
MD Read: pgs. 76-89
TTE
MD Read: pgs. 123-138
TTE
Thursday
Must Do: Reading
Activity: Workshop of “Try
It” Essay
MD Read: pgs. 45-65
Workshop
MD Read: pgs. 97-106
Workshop
MD Read: pgs. 138-158
Workshop
October 30th:
Summative Essay DUE!
WK 1- TTE: Happiness Vs. Discontent
One theme in this book is happiness vs. discontentment. Are the people in the Fahrenheit 451 society happy?
What does true happiness look like? Which characters are happy and why? Which characters are unhappy and
why? Evaluate the happiness of our own society. Do we suffer from some of the same maladies that infect the
Fahrenheit 451 society?
WK 2-TTE: Hero or Anti-hero
“I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always
are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that
most people don't” –Phillip Zimbardo
In society, do we have to sacrifice to be the hero? Consider this idea of heroism and sacrifice by applying it to
one of the character from the novel.
WK 3—TTE: Warning! Warning!
The novel was a warning to society at the time it was written. What does this novel have to teach us about the
cost of belonging? More specifically, what is the novel a warning against and how can the novel still be used as
a warning to people in America today.
Your revised TTE essay must (use this as a checklist!):
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Be between 600 and 1000 words in length
Be formatted in MLA Style
Have a clear claim
Include well-crafted body paragraphs, each of which clearly presents 2-3 examples from the novel and/or your outside
resource to support your argument
Employ at least 2 outside sources
Use in-text citations for the inclusion of source material.
Include an MLA Works Cited Page
Evidence careful proofreading