MARCH 16-20
Do Now
New grades are posted—check
them out!
 Take a handout on the chair!
 Review the homework board
 Take out your DBR
 Take out your Part 2 Study Guide
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Week of March 16 (Per 1/2)
Day
Mon
3/16
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
1. Montag reads a poem to Mildred’s friends.
Why does it make Mrs. Phelps cry?
2. On page 93, Mrs. Bowles says, “I plunk
my children in school 9 days out of 10. I
put up with them when they come home
three days a month…They’d just as soon
kick as kiss me. Thank God, I can kick
back!” (93). What do we learn about
parents and children in Fahrenheit 451?
Week of March 16 (Per 7/8)
Day
Mon
3/16
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
1. Montag walked with the Seashell Radio in
one ear…”We have mobilized a million
men. Quick victory is ours if the war
comes…”
“Ten million men mobilized,” Faber’s
voice whispered. “But say one million. It’s
happier.” (88)
2. Why is the government lying to the
people? When, if ever, is it okay for the
government to lie?
Periods 1+ 2 Pop Quiz p. 89-96
1.
2.
Describe how Faber’s green
earpiece/seashell works.
Why do Mildred’s friends
drive Montag over the edge?
What is he upset about?
Pop Quiz: pages 89-96 (periods
7/8)
1.
2.
Describe Faber’s plan. How
will he use the green beetle to
overthrow the firemen?
Mildred’s friends come over
to visit. Why does Montag get
upset at Mildred’s friends? Be
specific.
Pages 86-98
Faber gives Montag a green earpiece.
 Montag leaves The Bible with Faber.
 Faber reads “The Book of Job” to
Montag
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Job
asks God, “Why do the righteous
suffer?”
Pages 86-98
“I’m not thinking. I’m just doing like I’m
told, like always…When do I start
working things out on my own?” –
Montag (88)
 “I don’t want to change sides and just be
told what to do. There’s no reason to
change if I do that.” -- Montag (88)
 What do we learn about Montag? How
has he changed?
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Page 90
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Montag reached inside the parlor wall and pulled
the main switch. The images drained away, as if the
water had been let from a gigantic crystal bowl of
hysterical fish.
The three woman turned slowly and looked with
unconcealed irritation and then dislike at Montag.
(91) The three woman fidgeted and looked
nervously at the empty mud-colored walls.
How do the women react without technology?
Why?
Page 91
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“I’ve never known any dead men
killed in a war. Killed jumping off
buildings, yes, like Gloria’s husband
last week, but from wars? No.” –
Mrs Phelps
How would you describe Mrs.
Phelps?
Pages 93-94
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“I voted last election, same as everyone,
and I laid it on the line for President
Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest
looking men ever became president.”
How do Mildred’s friends decide who
they are going to vote for? Why?
Page 97
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Montag reads a poem, “Dover Beach” to Mildred’s
friends.
Mrs. Phelps starts to cry.
 “I—I
don’t know, don’t know, I just don’t know, oh,
oh…”
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“Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words.
Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough
hurt in the world, you get to tease people with stuff
like that?” – Mrs Bowles (97)
Page 98
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“Go home. Go home and think of your first husband
divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and
your third husband blowing his brains out, go home
and think of the dozen abortions you’ve had, go home
and think of that and your damn Caesarean sections,
too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home
and think how it all happened and what did you ever do
to stop it?” said Montag (98).
Why is he so upset?
Vocabulary
Word
Definition Sample
Sentence
Picture
Stoke
Stoke = To stir up and feed (a fire)
Clarisse claims that firemen used to stop fires rather
than stoke them up and get them going.
Contempt
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Contempt = The feeling that a person/thing is
worthless
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The woman stared at the firemen with contempt
before striking the match on the rail.
Melancholy
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Melancholy = depression

Mildred felt so melancholy that she swallowed 30
sleeping pills.
Censor
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Censor = the practice of officially examining
books, movies, etc. and suppressing unacceptable
parts
The government in Fahrenheit 451 will censor any
articles that speak negatively about the
government.
Fathom

Fathom – to comprehend; understand

Clarisse cannot fathom that firemen burn books.
Rational
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Rational = To be reasonable
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Instead of acting like a rational adult, Montag stole
the book.
Radical
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Radical = a person who holds strong convictions

Any author deemed a radical was to have his books
destroyed.
Odious
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Odious = highly offensive, disgusting

Books are odious to Mildred.
Clarify
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Clarify = To make clear or intelligible

He tried to clarify why the answer was so
important, but she still could not understand.
MARCH 17 – TUESDAY
Do Now
Review the homework board
 Take a worksheet on the chair
 Take out your DBR sheet and
vocabulary part 2 notes
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Week of March 16
Day
Tues
3/17
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
1. What would you do if
someone looked at you with
contempt?
2. If you start to feel full of
melancholy, what would you
do?
3. What is the most odious thing
you have ever eaten?
Allusion
Allusion = a reference to a person,
place, thing in history, or another work of
literature.
 It is up to the reader to make the
connection
 Allusions are often used to simplify
complex ideas or emotions in one quick,
powerful image.
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Allusion
Biblical
Literary
(Myths)
Historical
Culture (pop
culture)
Allusion Examples – Biblical
“This place is like a Garden of Eden.”
 He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when
he helped the stranger change her tire.
 It’s been raining so long that pretty soon
we need to build an arc.
 The side lines is lined with casualties /
who sip the life casually, then gradually
become worse / don’t bite the apple, Eve.
– Jay Z
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Allusion Examples –
Literary/Mythical
The rise in poverty will unlock
Pandora’s box of crimes.
 Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.
 When she lost her job, she acted
like a Scrooge.
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Allusion - Historical
He is always flirting with
girls; he’s such a Casanova.
That test was his Waterloo.
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Allusions – Culture
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He was so good at solving crimes, his friends called
him Sherlock.
Allusion Worksheet
1. “I don’t know if this store carries shoes
in your size, Sasquatch,” my dad joked
when we went shopping for another new
pair of shoes, my second pair in two
months.
 Allusion: Sasquatch
 Meaning: Sasquatch is a huge best. The
Dad means that the child’s feet are big.
John Hancock
Buckingham Palace
Boston Tea Party
MARCH 18 –
WEDNESDAY
Do Now
Take out your allusion
notes, vocabulary notes,
and DBR sheet.
Take a sheet from the chair
New grades are posted
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Week of March 16
Day
Wed
3/18
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
1.What do you find
difficult to fathom?
2.What is something a
rational person does?
3.Create your own
allusion.
The Sand and the Sieve
1.
2.
3.
Reread page 74
Why is the chapter called “The Sand
and the Sieve?”
What do the sand and sieve
represent?
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Sand represents…
Sieve represents…
Part 2
1.
“What traitors books can be! You think they’re
backing you up, and they turn on you” (104)

2.
Why does Beatty quote literature so much?
“But remember that the Captain belongs to the
most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the
solid unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh God, the
terrible tyranny of the majority…It’s up to you
now to know with which ear you’ll listen” (104)
Faber said.
 Why
is the Captain so dangerous?
Chapter 2 Summary
Fill in the blanks to
complete the Chapter 2
summary.
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Chapter 2 Summary Answers
1.
Talk
2.
Army/war
3.
Suicide
4.
Crazy
5.
Three
6.
Watch the parlor/tv
7.
Looks
8.
Beliefs/intelligence
9.
Monsters
10.
Faber
11.
Read
12.
Dover Beach
13. Mrs. Phelps
14. Cry
15. Nasty
16. Pity
17. Tiptoe
18. Poker
19. Sheep
20. Listen
21. ideas/quotes/info
22. Alarm
23. Montag
Week of March 16
Day
Thurs
3/19
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
In 3-4 sentences, predict
what will happen in Part 3.
MARCH 20 –FRIDAY
Do Now
Take out your DBR
Grab 2 sheets from the
front of the room
Turn in any late work!
(Part 2 study guide)
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Week of March 16
Day
Fri
3/20
Question (Answer in complete sentences. You do NOT have to
rewrite the question.)
Montag’s unhappiness with his life is
now obvious. Clarisse asked him,
“Are you happy?” Montag did not
know how to answer.
Pretend you are Montag and
complete the sentence: “Montag’s
definition of happiness is
_________________.”
To Do
Pass forward bellringer
worksheet and any other late
work
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Report Card – Woman who burns
herself in her house
Character
Grade
Justification
Determination
A
Wisdom
A
I gave her an A because she was
determined to die with her books. She
was so determined that she actually lit
the match that started the fire. She
said, “You can’t ever have my books”
(35).
I gave her an A because she has
wisdom. She has read the books and
has learned from the mistakes of the
past. She is wiser than the firemen.
She asks questions.
Character Report Card
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Work with a partner
Character
– Montag
 2 – Faber
 3 – Beatty
 4 – Mildred
 5 – Clarisse
1
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You need at least 2 quotations to support your
claim
Be prepared to share your answers