Y9: Dystopia | Fahrenheit 451 (Week 6)

Hello again Year 9,

We hope you had a good half-term and enjoyed the sun. 

This week, we’re going to get started on our final dystopian text of the year, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. This novel, first published in 1953, is considered one of the classics of the dystopian genre.

Here’s your work for the week beginning 1^st June:

1) Do this dystopian recap quiz.

2) Write a title: Fahrenheit 451: Context. Make a page of notes based on the following two resources:

     a) this document about the background to the novel

     b) this video: Why you should readFahrenheit 451

3) Read pages 1-21 of Fahrenheit 451 (stop at ‘…opened his mouth…’ near the bottom of the page). You can read/download the text here. There is an audiobook that you can listen along with at the bottom of this page or, alternatively, here.

Optional tasks

These tasks are completely optional and are just to help reinforce the plot and characters in your memory. Take your pick:

Either

Make notes about the characters of Montag, Mildred and Clarisse. How has Bradbury designed them to contrast with each other?

Or

Answer these ‘keeping track’ questions as you read:

Next week, there will be a quiz on the context and opening section of the book, we’ll get you thinking about the characters we’ve met, and we’ll move
on with the reading of the text.

We hope you enjoy the book. Let us know if you have any problems.

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT