PERIOD 6: F451

HW7: Why does Jonas feel isolated?

HW8: What does it mean to "live in the past"?
HW9: How is the Giver different from others in the community?

HW10: What is the connection between “memories” and the method used to transfer them?

HW11: What do you see as your greatest responsibility?

HW12: Can pain have a positive side to it?

HW13: Has Jonas made a wise decision?
HW14: What was your favorite part?
HW15: Free Write

HW16. What is the "social setting" of F451?
HW17. Describe a useless task
HW18. Free Write
HW19: Why does Montag seek a teacher?
HW20: Describe the animal and nature imagery in F451
HW21: Is Montag surprised by the last call?
HW22: What makes a family?
HW23: Is the end of F451 satisfying?
HW24: In which world would you rather live: F451's or Pleasantville's?

J16: Describe the perfect world. Does language affect thought?
J17: Free Write
J18: Do you read as much as you should?
J19: Is true equality possible?
J20: What is the role of a teacher?
J21: Should some info be kept from us?
J22: How are the characters in F451 both alive and dead?
J23: Free Write 
J24: Do you feel inferior to brainy people?
J25: What truths exist in your life?
J26: What was the greatest surprise of your life?
J27: How is knowledge passed to a new generation?
J28: How does the Mechanical Hound reflect their society?
J29: Free Write
J30: How do F451 and Pleasantville compare

MONTAG DIARY PROJECT 

1. INTRODUCTION 

2. MEETING CLARISSE MCCLELLAN (1)
3. MILDRED'S ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

4. MEETING CLARISSE MCCLELLAN (2)
5. MILDRED DENIES EVERYTHING
6. THE HOUND HATES MONTAG
7. CAPT. BEATTY VISITS MONTAG
8. MONTAG VISITS FABER
9. MONTAG'S LAST FIRE
10. THE BOOK PEOPLE & THE END

VOCABULARY AND SENTENCES FOR TEST ON WED.,MAY 9

baffle: fill with confusion             

cinema : movies                                              

despise : regard as inferior

ebullient: enthusiastic                                                  

exaggerate: overstate                                  

exhort : urge                                     

expertise : know-how                                                  

finicky : hard to please; fussy                                     

gall : annoy; vex                                                                               

inane: silly                                                          

indemnify : repay a loss                                                               

occidental: western (part of the world)

peruse : read; study                                                      

scuffle : wrestle, grapple                                                             

spurn : reject                                                    

stipend : fixed pay for scholarship

surveillance : close watch                                            

tepid : lukewarm; unenthusiastic                                                             

wager : gamble, risk                                                       

wane : decrease in power or size

Students are often baffled by math problems.

After school, I enjoy relaxing at the cinema and watching my favorite stars.

Yankees fans despise the Red Sox.

The plans for a new building was greeted with an ebullient cheer.

Don’t exaggerate your test score; others will become jealous.

The teacher exhorted the students to turn work in on time.

Computer techs have the expertise to eliminate viruses.

A finicky child may reject even the most delicious foods.

It galls me how much advantage you take of my good nature.

Don’t interrupt an intellectual conversation with inane comments.

Insurance companies are required to indemnify the clients for fire damage.

The US is located in the occidental region of the world.

By perusing your notes, you’ll be prepared for the test.

Don’t scuffle with your younger brother; you may hurt him.

Marcia spurned Bob’s pledge of love because she didn’t love him.

College students receive stipends to help them meet expenses.

Police surveillance cameras recorded the crime.

A bottle of tepid Coke is not refreshing.

Bob’s wager against the Patriots paid off and made him rich.

1.    Harming another human is abhorrent to me.

2.    The deans admonished the students about breaking school rules.

3.    The sushi at the fine Japanese restaurant is ambrosial.

4.    After breaking curfew, Bob was confined to his room.

5.    A decade ago I was seven years old.

6.    The bomb detonated killing two soldiers.

7.    A butterfly’s life is ephemeral.

8.    A gullible person believes everything he hears.

9.    In an open market society, buyers and sellers can haggle over the price.

10.  On a hot day, it is pleasurable to immerse in a cold pool.

11.  Due to my insomnia, I fell asleep in English class.

12.  Because of a mental lapse, I forgot my phone number.

13.  After the deans probed the situation, the students were suspended for gross stupidity.

14. At graduation, New York state will render your diploma.

15. After the ceremony, we were served a repast of steak and shrimp.

16. Once you run out of ink, I’ll replenish the supply.

17. Four score and seven years equals eighty-seven.

18. After their fight, the young girl snubbed her ex.

19. The wound required several sutures to close it.

20. I unwittingly brushed against the bully who then proceeded to rearrange my face and my life for me.