Thought-Provoking Pre-Reading Activities for Fahrenheit 451
Engage students in critical thinking with a series of pre-reading questions related to societal issues, author background, censorship, happiness, future world predictions, and meaningful reads. Each question prompts students to reflect and express their opinions in four to five complete sentences, fostering deeper understanding of the upcoming novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Warm Ups
9-6-19 F451 Pre-Reading 1 Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper. What do you think is wrong with our society?
9-9-19 F451 Pre-Reading 2 Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper. Do you think it s important to understand an author s background before you read their work? Why or why not?
9-10-19 F451 Pre-Reading 3 Explain your thoughts about censorship. Do you think it is good or bad ? Be sure to explain how censorship affects you personally. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-11-19 September 11, 2001 What do you know about today and how it has affected the world in which you live? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-12-19 Directions 1. Go to: http://moodle.caboces.org 2. Username: first initial last name 22 3. Password: ?????? If you are new, your password is changeme If you have a Moodle account, you have password 4. If you need help RAISE your hand and be PATIENT. DO NOT START THE QUIZ UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO BEGIN! changed your
9-16-19 F451 Pre-Reading 4 How would you respond if somone you just met were to ask you, are you happy? In your response, define happiness. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-17-19 F451 Pre-Reading 5 One hundred years from now, will the world be better or worse than it is today? In what ways would it be better or worse? Why? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-18-19 F451 Pre-Reading 6 What is the most meaningful or most important book you have ever read? What did you learn from that book that you could not have learned anywhere else? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-19-19 F451 Pre-Reading 7 Do you think you spend too much time watching TV, playing video games, on the Internet or phone? Why or why not? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-23-19 F451 Pre-Reading 8 Read the first line of F451. What is your reaction to this line? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-24-19 F451 Part 1, Section 1 Clarisse says to Montag, you answer right off. You never stop to think about what I ve asked you (8). Are you guilty of this? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-25-19 F451 Part 1, Section 2 What do you think about Mildred s actions in Section 2? What do you think about the fact that they send hand men because there are so many overdoses every night? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-26-19 F451 Part 1, Section 4 What changes are you starting to see in Montag based on his encounters with Clarisse? How is he behaving differently from the first time they met? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
9-30-19 F451 Part 1, Section 5 Why was the burning of the books at the woman s house so different for all the firemen? What did Montag do that surprising to him? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-1-19 F451 Part 1, Section 7 What do you think is going on with Montag? Is he feeling sick only because of what he saw the previous night, or is it a combination of things? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-2-19 F451 Part 1, Section 8 What is your reaction to Captain Beatty s explanation about why things in this society are the way they are? Do you believe him? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
Warm Up Check
10-7-19 F451 Part 2 Predictions Thinking about the way Part 1 ended, what predictions can you make about what might happen in Part 2? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-8-19 F451 Part 2, Section 1 Why do you think Faber, the retired English professor, is who Montag thought of when Mildred won t read the books with him? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-9-19 F451 Part 2, Section 2 What did you learn about Faber in Section 2? Do you think he is the right person to help Montag? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-10-19 F451 Part 2, Section 3 What is your reaction to Montag s interaction with Mildred s friends? How do you think this interaction would have been different before Montag changed? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-15-19 F451 Part 3 Predictions Thinking about the way Part 2 ended, what predictions can you make about what might happen in Part 3? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-16-19 F451 Part 3, Section 1 Are you surprised that Montag killed Beatty? Did you see it coming? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-17-19 F451 Part 3, Section 2 What is Faber s advice to Montag? Do you think he will be successful? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-21-19 F451 Part 3, Section 3 How do you think the book will end? Do you think it will be a happy ending or a sad one? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-22-19 F451 Part 3, Section 3 What do you think about the group Montag has joined? Do you trust them? Why or why not? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
10-31-19 Poetry What has your experience been with poetry so far in your high school career? Is it something you enjoy, or something you dread? Explain. Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.
