Today's agenda
- Newspaper articles -- Read and summarize two on your own. If this is your first night attending, one of your two articles needs to be the main, front page story.
- Commonly Confused Words worksheet
- Journal Prompt -- Thoroughly respond to the prompt in complete sentences:
- "What function or role do your parents play in your life? Who or what has replaced your parents over the years?"
- Read and discuss Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt."
- Compass Odyssey (or Vocabulary Practice if you can't log in to Compass. If you work on vocab, print out your test results page, write your name at the top, and give it to your teacher.)
Today's agenda
- Newspaper articles -- Read and summarize two on your own. If this is your first night attending, one of your two articles needs to be the main, front page story.
- Commonly Confused Words worksheet
- Read and discuss "Pleasure to Burn: Reading Fahrenheit 451" in The Reader
- Watch Old Spice commercials and think about what Bradbury said in the article.
- Journal Prompt -- Thoroughly respond to the prompt in complete sentences:
- "How is our society like this? Describe how we see ads working this way."
- Compass Odyssey (or Vocabulary Practice if you can't log in to Compass. If you work on vocab, print out your test results page, write your name at the top, and give it to your teacher.)
Today's agenda
- Newspaper articles -- Read and summarize two on your own.
- Journal Prompt -- Thoroughly respond to the question in complete sentences: "What is utopia? Where do we see examples of it in the "real" world?"
- Read and discuss "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
- Compass Odyssey (or Vocabulary Practice if you can't log in to Compass. If you work on vocab, print out your test results page, write your name at the top, and give it to your teacher.)
Today's agenda
- Newspaper articles -- Read and summarize two on your own.
- Journal Prompt -- Thoroughly respond to the question in complete sentences: "What is the purpose of reading?" ~ Think beyond the obvious! :)
- Finish watching Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last."
- Discuss irony, purpose(s) of reading, and being careful what you wish for.
- Commonly Confused Words Chart
- Compass Odyssey
Today's agenda
- Newspaper articles -- Read and summarize 1st one together; 2nd one on your own.
- Journal Prompt -- Thoroughly respond to the question in complete sentences: "If you could have one wish granted, what would it be? How would your life be different if your wish came true?"
- Start watching Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last."
- Compass Odyssey
Mr. Rivest and Ms. Hays are looking forward to a Fahrenheit 451 filled semester.
Why Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451? Check out the latest from the Moline Public Library:
The Moline Public Library is pleased to announce The Big Read. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss, and celebrate selections from U.S. and world literature. Our Big Read will focus on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Activities will take place September 27th through October 31st. Be sure to check our calendar for programming related to the Big Read and Fahrenheit 451. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. For more on the Big Read see www.neabigread.org.
