Today we finished Fahrenheit 451 by reading the "Afterword to the Novel" on page 167 (173) and answering these questions:
1, Where did Bradbury write most of F451?
2. Why couldn't he write at home?
3. About how many words are in the final version of the novel?
4. What are the "great granary silos where [writers'] wits are stored"?
5. What prompted Bradbury to call all his characters "from F 451 out of the shadows"?
6. Summarize Bradbury's imaginary conversation between Beatty and Montag.
7. How did Bradbury change Clarisse's fate in the stage version of F451?
8. What is the tone of the last sentence?

Tomorrow, we will begin turning your outlines into first drafts of your essays. Be sure to have your outline (if you took it out of your folder or haven't turned it in yet), your rubric, paper, and a pen with you!
---Mrs. McC

Bring your US Lit books (the red one) tomorrow. We'll go over the basic tenets of Romanticism and the work of the Fireside (AKA Three-Name) Poets. By Wednesday, you should have read through chapter 14 of The Scarlet Letter.
If you were not in class today, ask a classmate for a copy of the character / style / symbol / theme chart we created.
---Mrs. McC