Agenda: 9/8/2014*

Warm-Up: What does “the pursuit of happiness” mean to you? What kinds of activities are you currently doing that make you happy? How do you plan to be happy in the future?

Warm-up: Journal (see prompt below)

Reading Quiz Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander

Vocabulary Context Clues Practice

Literary Elements & Author’s Purpose Paragraph: Brainstorm and Concrete Detail Gathering

Homework: Reading from Part II of F451

Allusion Alliteration Diction Imagery Irony: Verbal, Dramatic, Situational, Cosmic Metaphor Onomatopoeia

Personification Point of View: First person, Third Person Omniscient, Setting/Mood/Atmosphere Simile Symbolism Tone

READING QUIZ, PART I

1.Use two adjectives to describe Clarisse.

2.What addition does Mildred want in the parlor?

3. Why is Montag suspicious of the Hound?

4. What is Montag’s reaction to the old woman’s choice to be burned alive?

5.Who visits Montag when he “feels sick”?

READING QUIZ, PART I

1. Who does Montag meet on his way home from work?

2.Why does Mildred need medical attention?

3. What lives in the firehouse besides the men?

4. What does Montag take from the old woman’s house?

5.What reason does Captain Beatty give for the burning books?

READING QUIZ, PART I

1.What is Montag’s profession?

2.What physical state does Montag find his wife in upon returning from work?

3.What is the Hound’s job?

4.What excuse does Montag give for not going to work?

5.What is Mildred’s reaction upon seeing Montag’s stolen books?