Fahrenheit+451+-+BLOG-3rd

= **Welcome to the Fahrenheit 451 Blog.** = In the discussion page you will find your name. Under your name, you are to begin writing a "web log" or BLOG as we say in the biz' During the course of the novel, you are to take notes, reflect, and pontificate as to the meaning, theme, and message of the book. This novel will be graded on 3 separate seminars. Your grade will be based upon notes, comments, and thoughts displayed on the WIKI, along with three seminar grades.

Your BLOG grade will be determined based upon not only completion, but length, development, and analysis. Postings of BLOG questions, pontifications, or subjects will be located on this page. Your BLOG should serve as the tool which you bring to the seminar to ask questions, share comments, and discuss interpretations.

**SEMINAR GUIDELINES** Speaking and Listening (11-12) || Comprehension and Collaboration (11-12) || Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. (11-12) || Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on- one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. (11-12) || Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas. (11-12) || Work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions and decision-making, set clear goals and deadlines, and establish individual roles as needed. (11-12) || Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives. (11-12) || Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue; resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task. (11-12) ||
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** BLOG 1 - Feb 17, 2012 ** From your notes, type in a list of 10-15 major technological creations of the 20th Century

** Blog 2 - Feb 21, 2012 **

Review the notes from "The Next American Century" compose a paragraph detailing why America will remain strong in the upcoming decades. Cite three points from the Andres Martinez Time Magazine article. Introduce the topic followed by an analysis with proof.

** Blog 3 - Feb 22, 2012 **

Read "2045" or "Singularity" from Time: highlight, notate, deconstruct....3rd Analyze the article (highlight & define vocabulary and various passages)

In your blog, write down three facts that you learned about technology, medicine or the world.

Next, write down two shocking items in the article, and finally, one question you would find useful to discuss with the class, the author, or the intellectual community at large.

**BLOG 4 - March 3, 2012**

Now that you have completed at least half of Part I of //Fahrenheit 451//, give a statement or two regarding your opinion of the book. Why do you like it? Why not? Where do you think the plot is heading? What do you feel will be Montag's fate? The importance of Clarisse? Etc....etc.

**BLOG 5 - March 5, 2012**

Your fifth BLOG should have information,questions, comments, points, etc that you wish to bring with you to the seminar on Wednesday March 7th. Feel free to "research" (look up stuff) that you may have needed to clarify while reading. This BLOG should be a hodge-podge of information. You shape it to your needs.

**BLOG 6 - March 7, 2012**

This is your vocab BLOG...see Rubric


 * BLOG 7 - March 9, 2012 **

In around 100 words, explain the enlightenment gained during the seminar with your peers. Perspectives you gained from your classmates, the instructor, or yourself during the dialogue. Has anything changed in your view of the novel? Do you have a better understanding of the novel, your level of interpretation, the intellectuallism of your fellow classmates.

**BLOG 8 - March 12, 2012**

In this labelled BLOG, please make notes of any topics worth discussing in the second seminar - especially information on the poem that is read by Montag. This English poem of the 19th century, though discussing a far different topic, strangely relates to Bradbury's dystopian novel.

By Matthew Arnold
The sea is calm tonight, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Agean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. 1867


 * BLOG 9 - March 14, 2012 **

Bradbury examines the issue of the America voter. Please compare and contrast the nature of voting in the book with that of modern America. Feel free to reflect upon what has been discussed in this classroom along with that taught/learned/discussed in your senior government. Answer should be around 100 words. Bradbury describes the modern voter as an uneducated no good doer, manifesting that voters will focus on the appearance of a candidate for office rather than their personal beliefs and values. In comparison with what is taught in government class, Bradbury's prediction is rather accurate. Studies show that more attractive and better dressed candidates tend to win elections over philosophically moral candidates.


 * BLOG 10 - March 19, 2012 **

Vocabulary from Book II - remember, words, definitions, and sentences. 1: Page 75-The old man admitted to being a retired English Professor who had been thrown out upon the world forty years ago when the liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage. Patronage- support or encouragement in a condescending manner 2: Page 75-His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag, he talked in a cadenced voice... Cadence- balanced or rhythmic flow, as of poetry or oratory 3: Page 76-In the hall Mildred's face was suffused with excitement. Suffuse- to spread through or over. 4: Page 83-You'd find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. Profusion- plentiful, copious 5:Page 86-"It's an insidious plan, if I do say so myself." Insidious- proceedings in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects


 * BLOG 11 - March 22, 2012 **

Within this BLOG write down issues you wish to discuss concerning book III - Burning Bright. All information, topics, and ideas will be used in the final seminar. Why did Beatty want to die? Perhaps he viewed the modern world as dull and depressing. A place in which technology shaped so that no one is happy with their lives. Did the buning of Montag's house show how he is like a phoenix who has to burn before a rebirth. The fire tends to take a new shape in this part of the book; instead of fire being an uncontrollable force to destroy things, it becomes the beggining of something new and it is viewed as something of warmth not destruction. The people in the end of the book show how the old ways, before the exponential use of technology, were more gentle and friendly and they shape how Ray Bradbury would like the future to be.
 * BLOG 12 - March 23, 2012 **

Vocabulary from Book III - remember: words, definitions and sentences. 1:Page 119-...as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liguefaction and a boiling over of yellow foam. liquefaction- the conversion of a solid or gas to a liquid 2: Page 120-...with an anesthetized leg. Anesthetized- deprived of feeling or awareness. 3: Page 121- The other was like a chunk of burnt pine log he was carrying along as a penance for some obscure sin. Penace- voluntary self punishment inflicted as an outward exrepssion of repentance 4:Page 123- ...a few short daays ago before the sieve and the sand,Denham's Dentrifice, moth voices, the alarms and excursions... Excursions- a short journey or trip 5: Page 124- He ran steadily for six blocks in the alley and then the alley opened out onto a wide empty thoroughfare ten lanes wide. Thoroughfare- a road or path forming a route between two places.