Fahrenheit 451
Cycle 1, Day 3
Agenda
• Reading Goal:
– Identify how an author uses setting to reveal the
theme.
• Today’s Big Question:
– What does it mean to be social?
• Team Cooperation Goal: complete all tasks.
Background
T-P-S
• What types of machines or robots do you
remember from science fiction books you
may have read or movies you may have
seen? What did they do?
• Do any of your computer games include
machines or robots that kill? Can you
describe them?
• Do you think that Montag may encounter
such a machine in his society? Why or why
not?
Setting /Theme
T-P-S
• Do you think that Mildred is really happy? Why
or why not?
• How does Mildred’s “happiness” compare to
what makes Clarisse happy?
• What big ideas, or themes, do you think the
author is suggesting by the sharp contrast
between the characters of Clarisse and
Mildred?
• What types of settings does the author place
both Clarisse and Mildred in?
Setting /Theme
T-P-S
• Create a Theme Web
• What big examples can we add to the Theme
Web that illustrates our first big idea?
• What is another theme and an example
which illustrates it?
Listening
• Listen to pgs 21-26.
• T-P-S
• Why do you think Montag is upset when the
dandelion doesn’t work for him?
• Does Montag’s experience with the dandelion
suggest another big idea from this story? What
do you think it is?
• Why do you think “they” make Clarisse go to a
psychiatrist?
• What does Clarisse find different about
Montag?
Vocabulary
Word
Lubricated
Infinitely
Intact
Fragile
Pedestrian
Impersonal
Odious
Inconvenient
Definition
Covered with fluid to allow for
smooth movement
Seemingly without end or limits
Remaining in one piece
Easily broken or destroyed with ease
A person who is walking
Without emotion or personal feelings
Detestable, offensive
Not easily arranged
Partner read pgs 26-31.
1. Why is Montag concerned that the Mechanical
Hound is threatening and growling at him?
2. How does Montag reveal to Beatty that he’s
beginning to question things and to think
about himself?
3. What is the weather like on days that Montag
sees Clarisse? How does this part of the
setting reveal a theme? (write)
4. Why do you think that everyone Clarisse
knows is either shouting, wildly dancing
around, or beating up one another?
Reflection
# heads
• How does Clarisse describe being social?
• What examples does Clarisse give for things
that aren’t social?
• What does Clarisse mean when she says
that people don’t talk about anything?
• Why do you think people act this way?
• What does it mean to be social? Why is
being social important?
Theme Web Fahrenheit 451
Themes:
Examples:
People are like robots
Negative effects of censorship
on people
Freedomless community
High suicide rate
Rules are meant to be broken
Human connections are
important
Nature should be appreciated
Individuals stand out
Rule followers ignore different people
Dandelion game
Weather is different
Rain should be experienced