• Students will utilize the information from an activity center to link various symbols more directly to the novel.
• Students will further develop their characterization skills to elaborate on the descriptions of the character Farber.
• Students will create art to express the correlations between the symbols and the actions within the novel.
• Students will participate in a writing activity to create a narrative piece. This piece will discuss what school would be like if they lived during the time period of the novel.
• Students will use imagery (similes and metaphors) within their narrative writing pieces.

• Handoutàunfolded box
• Book
• Crayons
• Tape

• Students will be asked to brainstorm about the current state of their school. This brainstorm will particularly focus on the length of the day, the discipline within the school, the subjects taught, the use of books, and the eventual outcomes from all of the schooling.
• An excerpt from the novel will be read aloud by myself to the class. This excerpt is on page 59. 
• Students will then be told to list the attributes of this futuristic school.
• A narrative piece will be created. I will instruct the students to write this piece like a story. All will be written in the first person. The first paragraph will tell how a typical school day runs in this futuristic time. The second paragraph will compare school in 2001 to that of the future. This exercise will initiate student thinking about the novel and how books play a pivotal role in their studies. 

• Homework will be taken out for review.
• Any questions will be addressed from the previous night’s reading. Students will share these questions, concerns, and points of interest highlighted in the graphic organizer.
• The character of Farber will be introduced and characterized on the board. Various students will be asked to come to the board and write their thoughts about this character for all to view and copy.
• Key questions will be addressed about this character. These questions can be found in the Key Discussion Questions section.
• Students will be asked if they have any additional questions at this time. If there are any, I will first ask other students to try and answer the confusion. If any class members do not know the answer I will answer.
• A new symbol in the novel will be introduced. The symbol is a book. They will be asked what a book is used for and what the controversy is surrounding books.
• A few questions will be asked at this time. See Key Discussion Questions section.
• Students will be given the handout with the box cutout on them. 
• Students will be asked to create a pictorial representation of the following symbols: books, the title of the book, the salamander, the phoenix, and the bottle of pills.
• The students will be once again divided into groups. These groups will be the same as the ones for the activity center.
• Three of the groups will work on the cutout box. They will begin to illustrate the connections between the symbols and the novel.
• The remaining groups will continue work on completing the questions from each activity center.

• Who is Farber?
• What do you think he would look like? Give a few physical characteristics.
• Why is he so secretive?
• Why does he question Montag through the door?
• What does this questioning of Montag tell you about his character?
• What is his opinion on books? Do you agree with this opinion?
• What are books used for?
• What is the deal with book sin the novel?
• Which characters do books directly affect?
• What do you think books could symbolize? Think of the time period the novel is set in.
• How would the title of the novel relate to books?
• How does Montag’s character relate to all of this?
• What about the symbols of the salamander and the phoenix?
• How do the bottle of pills and the suicidal tendencies of Mildred relate to the present situation with the books?
• Do you think that Mildred could try and take all of the pills again? Base this answer on what you have read already.

 Closure: 

• A discussion will take place surrounding the topics presented in class.
• Various students will give their thoughts on how the symbols are connected to the novel and the characters within the novel. 

• Read to page 113
• Create the reflection page for this section