Mid-term Review Sheet

Click on the picture to access the mid-term exam review. Remember, turning in the completed review before your exam is worth 5 extra points on your exam!!!

Link to “The Hearth and the Salamander” Study Guide

Click on the picture to go to a printable version of the study guide for “The Hearth and the Salamander.”  We will be working on this in class later this week, but if you want to get ahead, you may print it yourself and begin working on it.  Also, if you are absent or lose your copy, you may go to the link and print a copy.  Again, no excuse for not having what you need. 

Notes over “How to Write a Persuasive Essay”

Click on the picture to go to the notes over writing a persuasive essay.  We took these in class on December 3rd and 4th (Tuesday and Wednesday).

Link to .pdf of book

If you happen to leave your book at school, you may access a .pdf of the book by clicking on the book image below.  There are no excuses for not completing your reading assignments. 

Practice Quiz for Part 3 “Burning Bright”

Click on the picture below to go to an interactive quiz over part 3.  You can click on ‘regenerate quiz’ in the upper right hand corner of the web page to get a new quiz over and over again.  This is a great way to practice for our reading quiz. Our class reading quiz will be given on Friday, Nov. 22.

Help for Second Reading Quiz

If you can answer the following questions correctly, using complete sentences, you will be in really good shape for the quiz we are having on Tuesday.  Use information from your book and from your study guide.

 

1.  How are children and family viewed in the society of Fahrenheit 451?

2.  Why do you think this section of the novel is titled “The Sieve and the Sand”?  What is the importance of Montag’s memory of the sieve and the sand dune?

3.  What 3 things does Faber say are missing from society?

4.  What did Faber mean when he said to Montag:  “No, no, it’s not at all the books you’re looking for!""?

5.  What did Montag do in the women’t presence, despite Faber’s harsh warnings?  What was the result?

Study Guide for The Sieve and The Sand (part 2 of Fahrenheit 451)

 

Click on the picture below to go to a printable study guide for the second part of Fahrenheit 451.  This part of the book is called “The Sieve and the Sand.” 

 

Study Help for First Reading Quiz

This is a link to an interactive quiz over “The Hearth and the Salamander.”  It scores your answers immediately and gives you explanation for the answers.  If you work through it several times and pay close attention to how each question is answered, you should do well on the quiz on Tuesday, 11-12-13. Just click on the picture to go to the quiz.

Important Dates and Reminders

Welcome to the blog page for my English 2 classes!  I hope you will find this useful.  Below is a list of important dates and reminders for our study of Fahrenheit 451.

By Wednesday, November 6 – read first 20 pages, minimum

By Friday, November 8 – read pages 21-40

By Monday, November 11 – finish “The Hearth and the Salamander”

***We will have a quiz over your reading on Monday, November 11! If you keep up with your reading, it should be easy for you.

I will be adding to this post as we go through the unit, so check back frequently.