Wednesday, April 1, 2015

All Boys, All Blogged: April 1, 2015

Focus: What are Bradbury's themes, and how did he use symbolism to construct them?

Happy April, everybody!

1. Warming up with F451's central symbols

With your partners, explore the symbol you've been given using these steps:

a. Draw/cut out what your symbol looks like. The more detailed, the better. 

b. Find one or two good quotations from the book that describes your symbol. Write it on your symbol.

c. Brainstorm all the larger ideas your symbol represents in this book; try to find variation (it represents _______, but it also reveals ______). Be prepared to defend your thinking.


2. Finding patterns among the symbols to form larger themes

On our class blog, try one (or more) of these:

Bradbury uses the symbols of ____________ and ___________ to warn us that...

Bradbury uses the symbols of ____________ and ___________ to criticize our society for...

Bradbury uses the symbols of ____________ and ___________ to encourage people to...



2. Explaining how to set up your notes for The Truman Show (click HERE for a trailer)

Please start a new document called "___________ (your last name) Truman Show Notes" and share it with me directly at kleclaire@lps.k12.co.us

This document will eventually be worth 40 points in the growth category.

Include the following categories in your notes:

a. Characters: Names, personality traits, clothes, things they say

b. Motifs/symbols: Specific objects that seem symbolic, what they might represent, and how they change throughout the film


c. Questions: Level 1, 2, and 3 questions; try to answer them at the end of the film


d. Connections to Fahrenheit 451: Be specific and original (these will form the backbone of your essay)



3. Starting The Truman Show

HW:
1. Start studying words 16-30 in your F451 vocabulary packets; quiz this Friday.

2. If you're delivering your banned book speech this Friday, start preparing and rehearsing.

3. Remember that this Friday marks the end of the second six-week grading period; if you have any makeup work (missed fishbowl blogs, reading journals that you need to revise/do for the first time, etc), it must be completed by this Friday.

29 comments:

  1. Bradbury uses the symbols of Beaty and Montag to warn us that there will always be someone in your life to discourage you.

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  2. Bradbury uses the symbols of Mildred's "family" and depression to criticize/warn our society about disconnecting with each other and how it can cause our society to become antisocial and depressing.

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  3. Bradbury uses the symbols of the phoenix and the salamander to warn us about Montag being the beginning of the uprising.

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  4. Bradbury uses the symbols of fire and firemen to warn us that anything can be destroyed.

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  5. Bradbury uses the symbols of the phoenix and ashes to encourage people to rebuild and start over.

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  6. Ray Bradbury uses the symbols of fire to warn us that dangers can harm if you try to approach them and they can leave a scar.

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  7. Bradbury uses the symbols of ashes and the Phoenix to encourage us that no matter how bad something gets it can always be reborn.

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  8. Bradbury uses the symbols of the ashes and the phoenix to encourage us that anything can rise from the ashes and become stronger

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  9. Bradbury uses the symbols of a hearth and television to criticize our society for being utopian and not being different from what society dictates.

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  10. Bradbury uses the symbols of the mechanical hound and the burnt books to warn us that too much censorship can lead to negative consequences in modern day society.

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  11. bradbury uses the symbols of books to criticize society for being offended about something that they don't need to be offended by.

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  12. Bradbury uses the symbols of the phoenix and the river to encourage people to work from their mistakes. You can always rise up from your mistakes and move on from them.

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  13. Bradbury uses the symbols of fruit trees to encourage people that they should start growing as a person.

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  14. In F451 Bradbury uses fire and ashes to encourage people to see through the darkness, and that there will be rebirth after the devastation

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  15. Bradbury uses the symbols of fire and the phoenix to encourage people that even after death and destruction, we can rise from the ashes and be born again.

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  16. Bradbury uses the symbols of the mechanical hound and fire to criticize our society for trying to destroy what we have done in our past to create a perfect future.

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  17. Bradbury uses the symbols of ashes and fire to warn us that we need to be careful about what we choose to destroy.

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  18. Bradbury uses the symbol of fire to show how fire is oppressive and plays a role in censorship all across the world

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  19. Bradbury uses the symbol of a broken society and books to warn the readers about the consequence of too much power.

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  20. Bradbury uses the symbols of the "family" and the mechanical hounds to criticize our society for our over consumption and use of technology.

    Bradbury uses the symbols of the phoenix and the ashes to warn us that society will be like a phoenix and constantly keep going through a cycle of rebirth from dark times.

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  21. Bradbury uses the symbols of Mildred and Beatty to warn us that there will always be someone who will turn us in or discourage us from our real journey or path.

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  22. Bradbury uses the symbols of the phoenix and ashes to encourage people to make fresh starts after a life full of sin.

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  23. Bradbury uses the symbols of reality tv and mildred's seashells to warn us about the anti-social tendencies that future generations may display.

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  24. Bradbury uses the symbol of the mechanical hound to symbolize to warn us that Beatty knows about Montag's book collection and how he has been hiding them.

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  25. Bradbury uses the symbols of ash and fire to war us that they will be pain and destruction in order to be cleansed from the ashes

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  26. Bradbury uses symbols of Mildred's tv family and sadness to criticize how technology can disconnect people from society.

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  27. Bradbury uses the symbols of fire and the mechanical hound to warn us what how much the government could control their people.

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  28. Bradbury uses the symbols of the sieve and the sand to warn us of when Montag begins to lose it and everything seems to just for all through like sand through a sieve.

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  29. Bradbury uses Captain Beatty as a symbol to encourage people to stick with something they are curious about, unless they want to end up destroying it just lime Beatty destroyed books.

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