1. Guided Timed Essay: F451 Theme Copy the thesis statement below on your paper. Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 expresses themes that are relevant to our own world.

2. Continue the introduction paragraph. Explain your thesis statement. Write about the ideas expressed in the novel (censorship, materialism, technology, artistic expression, freedom, individualism, violence, pleasure seeking, etc.). Do NOT mention a theme yet. Just write about messages or ideas found in the book. You have two minutes. Take a breath and indent. Look back at the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement). Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly express one theme found in the book. Provide two specific examples of this theme from the novel. End by analyzing what this theme means in the story and how it relates to our world. You have five minutes.

3. Take a breath and indent. Look back at the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement). Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly express a second theme found in the book. Provide two specific examples of this theme from the novel. End by analyzing what this theme means in the story and how it relates to our world. You have five minutes.

4. Take a breath and indent. Look back at the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement). Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly express a final theme found in the book. Provide two specific examples of this theme from the novel. End by analyzing what this theme means in the story and how it relates to our world. You have five minutes.

5. Take a breath and indent to write your two-minute conclusion. Skim your introduction for ideas. Think about Bradbury’s many messages in the novel. Explain what these themes say about the fictional world in the book, the real world, and about the human condition in general. You may begin with the following phrase: The many themes expressed in Fahrenheit 451 are relevant because…

6. Debrief Was one of the connections or paragraphs more difficult to write than the others? Draw a box around it. Do you think one of the parts of your paper is weaker than the others? Circle it. What would you need to add to help the paragraphs move from one to the next? Draw an arrow where it would go. Is there a better way to rearrange or organize your essay? Number your paragraphs to show it.