"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury - Remixing An Introductory Storytelling Activity (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
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- 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.
- Keywords:
- storytelling, Oral Communication, Anticipatory Activity, Fahrenheit 451, theme
- Alignment:
- VA.ELA.10.1.d, VA.ELA.10.1.e, VA.ELA.10.1.h, VA.ELA.10.4, VA.ELA.10.4.c
- Classroom Activities
Summary
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.