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This lesson remixes a lesson entitled Teach Design: Portkey (developed by Austin Meyer) by employing it as an anticipatory activity for an instructional unit on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Students follow the steps outlined in the original lesson and then return back to this activity frequently during their reading of the unit text in order to deepen their understanding of the unit text and to reinforce the author's message concerning the power of stories in our lives.

Learning Goals

Students will understand the power of storytelling prior to beginning a unit on "Fahrenheit 451."
Students will develop an understanding of one-another and build empathy through storytelling.
Students will develop a frame-of-reference for understanding literary meaning.

title ""Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury - Remixing An Introductory Storytelling Activity" 2024 by Andrea Yarbough
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"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury - Remixing An Introductory Storytelling Activity

Created Jan. 24, 2024 by Andrea Yarbough

Please visit the original lesson plan developed by Austin Meyer for step-by-step instructions on how to conduct this anticipatory activity:

Teach Design: Portkey

You will also need a class set of the unit text, "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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Standards

VA.ELA.10.1.d

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: Assume responsibility for specific group tasks.

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VA.ELA.10.1.e

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: Include all group members and value individual contributions made by each group member.

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VA.ELA.10.1.h

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Communication and Multimodal Literacies

Standard: Choose vocabulary, language, and tone appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

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VA.ELA.10.4

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Reading

Standard: The student will read, comprehend, and analyze literary texts of different cultures and eras.

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VA.ELA.10.4.c

Virginia English Standards of Learning 2017

Grade 10

Learning Domain: Reading

Standard: Interpret the cultural or social function of world and ethnic literature.

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VA.ELA.2024.10.RL.1

Virginia English Language Arts Standards of Learning 2024

Learning Domain: Reading Literary Text

Standard: Key Ideas and Plot Details

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VA.ELA.2024.10.RL.2

Virginia English Language Arts Standards of Learning 2024

Learning Domain: Reading LIterary Text

Standard: Craft and Style

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VA.ELA.2024.10.RL.3

Virginia English Language Arts Standards of Learning 2024

Learning Domain: Reading Literary Text

Standard: Integration of Concepts

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