Curriculum / ELA / 10th Grade / Alternate Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 / Lesson 17
ELA
Alternate Unit 1
10th Grade
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Complete a one-pager that demonstrates your interpretation of and analysis of key elements of Fahrenheit 451.
Book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Markers or crayons
Colored Pencils
8.5 x 11 inch white paper
Rubric: One-Pager Rubric
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A one-pager is a way to visually share key ideas and information. When you create a one-pager, you're trying to use both keywords and images to clearly and concisely share your most important takeaways about a text.
Create an 8.5 x 11-inch one-pager on which you share your understanding of Fahrenheit 451 using words, quotations, and images. Use a template provided OR create your own visual. Your one-pager should:
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
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Complete your one-pager.
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RL.9-10.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.9-10.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.9-10.3 — Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
RL.9-10.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
W.9-10.2 — Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
W.9-10.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.9-10.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.9-10.6 — Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
W.9-10.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.9-10.5 — Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
W.9-10.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson 16
Lesson 18
Analyze how Plato uses symbolism to convey ideas about ignorance and knowledge.
RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Bradbury uses characterization and imagery to convey his central message about technology in the short story "The Pedestrian."
RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Bradbury uses characterization of Montag and Clarisse to introduce larger ideas about this society.
Analyze how the characterization of Mildred introduces Bradbury's theme of technology.
Analyze how events and descriptive details show a development in Montag's character.
RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4
Identify the main arguments about communication, censorship, and happiness in Beatty's speech and what his ideas reveal about his character.
RI.9-10.7 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Vonnegut uses rhetorical appeals to advance his central argument on censorship.
RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.4 RI.9-10.6
Assessment: Socratic Seminar
Engage in a Socratic seminar on Part 1 considering the larger themes and symbols in Fahrenheit 451 and supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.9-10.1 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.1.b SL.9-10.1.c SL.9-10.1.d SL.9-10.4
Analyze how Bradbury uses imagery and figurative language to characterize Faber and his relationship with Montag.
Analyze how two key scenes reveal Montag's dual personality at the end of Part 2.
RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.5
Writing
Unpack a writing prompt and use a graphic organizer to gather evidence in preparation for a two-paragraph response.
RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.3 W.9-10.1 W.9-10.5
Outline a two-paragraph response, including a strong topic sentence, evidence, analysis, and a concluding statement.
W.9-10.1 W.9-10.5 W.9-10.9
Draft and revise a two-paragraph response analyzing Montag's transformation in "The Sieve and the Sand."
W.9-10.1 W.9-10.5
Analyze Montag's thoughts, feelings, and behavior during the climactic scenes of the novel.
RL.9-10.3
Analyze how Bradbury uses symbolism and imagery to convey important ideas.
Analyze how the imagery and symbolism Bradbury uses at the end of the novel contribute to important themes.
Assessment: Free Response
RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.2 W.9-10.9
Assessment: Performance Task
Read and annotate nonfiction articles, using a graphic organizer to identify similarities and/or differences between the issue discussed in the articles and how it is depicted in Fahrenheit 451.
W.9-10.1 W.9-10.7 W.9-10.8 W.9-10.9
Draft thesis statements and outline an argumentative essay.
Draft an argumentative essay using strong transitional words/phrases and evidence from nonfiction texts.
W.9-10.1 W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.1.b W.9-10.1.c W.9-10.1.d
Create a works cited page for an argumentative essay.
W.9-10.8
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