November 29, 2010

1. November 29, 2010 Monday

2. Opening: Bell Work • SSR (15 minutes) • If you don’t have a book, please grab one off the bookshelf • Remember to return the book you borrowed • If you would like to take the book home, you have to return after school to sign it out with Mr. Kennedy

3. AgendaNovember 29, 2010 • Objective: We will be able to… • EVALUATE, with the use of a rubric, Reader Responses written by our peers as well as our own Reader Responses • Opening: Bell Work • SSR • Activity: “You Be The Teacher” • Closing: Exit Pass • TBA

4. Activity (Period 2)“You Be The Teacher” Directions: You will be given a Reader Response. Your group will have to grade it using the rubric and explain why that grade was given.

5. Activity (Period 5)“You Be The Teacher” Directions: You will be given a Reader Response. Your group will have to grade it using the rubric and explain why that grade was given.

6. Final Exam (week of Dec. 13, 14, 15, and 16) What is Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, saying about the world we currently live in?

7. Reader’s Response 13 • “And Clarisse. You never talked to her. I talked to her. And men like Beatty are afraid of her. I can’t understand it. Why should they be afraid of someone like her?” • Guy Montag (p. 71)

8. Round 1 Using the Reader Response rubric, grade the following: The government should be afraid of somebody like Clarisse because she is different than the people in their society. Clarisse is like the opposite of Mildred, who is an example of all the people in the society of this book. Clarisse doesn’t watch TV, she takes walks, she is anti-social and has deep thoughts. The government doesn’t like that in somebody like Clarisse because somebody like her could spread the real truth of their society. This is just like how Clarisse talks to Montag and it makes him slowly find out that the government wants the society to stay in their control by making everyone happy with entertainment and taking away socializing. This is similar to our society where they don’t want terrorists in our country. Our government invades our privacy by tapping in to phone lines and monitoring you just to make sure that no terrorists are living in our country. They even monitor Clarisse’s family because they are suspicious of them. I agree with Bradbury on this because the government wants a society where everyone is the same. If you’re an odd one, they become suspicious of you. Leilani King Joshua Justin Carina Adam Derrick Marcus Michael Ashley Preston please record your group’s thoughts and report it to the class.

9. Grade: A • This response earned an “A” because the examples convince the reader that Clarisse “…could spread the real truth…” about how “…the government wants the society to stay in their control…” • Find the examples that support this stance.

10. Examples • From the novel: • The writer mentions how Clarisse got Montag thinking about what what was happening in their society • From our world: • The writer mentions how our government is controlling us via the PATRIOT Act (tapping phone lines, monitoring, etc.) and compares this situation back to F451 by mentioning Clarisse’s family’s situation of being closely monitored by the government.

11. Round 2 Using the Reader Response rubric, grade the following: Ray Bradbury is trying to say that if everyone was like Clarisse or if more people was like her then our government would have a hard time doing what they want. Clarisse is always questioning things like “why this, why that.” She even asks Montag about his job. The government should be afraid of the type of people like Clarisse. They could stand up and go against the government. Since they’re so curious and would ask questions, then maybe they would ask the government about why books are banned. And they could possibly go against it. This is why the government should be afraid and would have a hard time doing what they do. The PATRIOT Act was passed very easily and quickly. The people didn’t really care or question the government. Just like the people in 451. We was only thinking about getting rid of the terrorist at the time. This ties in with 451 because both cases the government did what they want because society didn’t speak up much. I agree with Ray Bradbury because I’m the type of person who speaks up and when I do, I usually get what I want. Just how society should be so they could stop running over us and not doing what they want. Albert Ashlin Stephanie Anissa David Jovy Courtney Leonard Lance Keani Heather please record your group’s thoughts and report it to the class.

12. Grade: B • This response earned a “B” because it’s meaningful • Find the meaningful part of this response. Explain.

13. Meaningful Explanation • “The PATRIOT Act was passed very easily and quickly. The people didn’t really care or question the government just like the people in 451.” • This is meaningful because the writer suggests that we are like Mildred, who is ignorant to her surroundings. However, we really should be more like Clarisse, who wants to be educated about the world she lives in. We need to have our own thoughts and opinions and make decisions for ourselves rather than someone else [the government] telling us what and how to think.

14. Round 3 Using the Reader Response rubric, grade the following: What Ray Bradbury is trying to say that people in the world are afraid of people like Clarisse who are curious/different/not easily controlled. The government is like the Parent B in our discussion, controlling, and protective, while the people are the children who Parent B wants to control. But Clarisse was like a rebelling child. She didn’t do what the government said, and she wanted to learn. After thinking about the government, I kind of think that the government was made to control us. One example is the Patriotic Act. This act gives the government the right to do whatever they want to a suspect to interogate. This is kind of like saying that the government can do whatever they want even if they don’t have a reason. The government in the book are very controlling because they want their community to be safe and for no one to rebel. With people like Clarisse who don’t follow the government things would get out of hand. Renay Charlette Curtis Bryan Malaurie Emily Pua Shonell Miurina Joshua Petrice please record your group’s thoughts and report it to the class.

15. Grade: C • This response earned a “C” because the explanations were too general. • What could the writer have done to get this to a “A/B” level?

16. Explanations Expanded • The writer wrote: • “…she wanted to learn.” • Ask yourself: Why wouldn’t the government want us to be smart and learn things? • The writer wrote: • “… government was made to control us.” • Ask yourself: Does this mean we’re not really the “land of the free?” • The writer wrote: • “… things would get out of hand.” • Ask yourself: What does this mean? Describe it.

17. Round 4 Using the Reader Response rubric, grade the following: I think that they should be afraid of her because she would be able to have more knowledge to take over society. That’s the reason why they got rid of books and porches so society won’t become smart. They also should be afraid of her because she asks many questions and are not like the others. If society is more like Clarisse, the government would have a hard time doing what they want because people would insist on an answer. The more questions people ask, the harder it is to hide what they’re really doing. An example would be about the PATRIOT Act we read in class. If more people really knew what it was, no one would want that. The PATRIOT Act took the 4th amendment from us. Whereas if a society is like Fahrenheit 451, getting dumbed-down by technology, people wouldn’t ask much questions. Just like Mildred, all she does all day is listen to her seashells and watch tv so much to the point where she tried to kill herself because shes unhappy with her life, she feels she’s not learning anything. I think that everyone wants to be happy so if people get dumbed-down by technology people wouldn’t ask much questions making it easier for the government to get what they want. I think that’s why when the government created the PATRIOT Act people didn’t ask much of it , they just wanted to get rid of terrorists because of 9/11. As soon as they found out what it was, people didn’t like it. That’s what Ray Bradbury is saying about our society is that we are getting dumbed-down to the point where eventually the government get whatever they want. I agree with what Ray Bradbury is saying about our society is that we are getting dumbed-down to the point where eventually we would become unhappy and the government will do whatever they want. Cody Hitsa Valerie Courtney Carina Jonnel John Arianna Kristen Mahlon Preston please record your group’s thoughts and report it to the class.

18. Grade: A • This response earned an “A” because it ties the novel to the real world with explanations that are convincing. • The writer compares our society to Mildred and also tells us why the government doesn’t want us to be smart like Clarisse. • The writer also predicts that “…eventually we would become unhappy [like Mildred] and the government will do whatever they want [like in Fahrenheit 451].”

19. Closing: Exit Pass • What can Ms. Rena do to help you earn the grade that you want in this class?