monday, 22 january 2018 Pre-AP English ii Mr. sanders WELCOME! Have a sheet of paper ready to write. Be thinking about ways you like to “escape” from stresses, responsibilities, etc. monday, 22 january 2018 Pre-AP English ii Mr. sanders TODAY’S OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL PREPARE TO READ FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY.

Write… What stresses do people have in our society? What stresses do you have in your own life? Write for three minutes without stopping and without talking. This may be stressful for you. ;^o Let’s discuss what we wrote. Now, draw a picture showing ways you or other people escape, ways people deal with the pressures of life. How do advertisers take advantage of our need to relax, our need to "escape“? What happens when people go too far in their escapes-- when their minds and/or bodies go "on holiday" too long?

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury We are preparing to read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. We will have a Study Guide for each reading section; Vocabulary to help with reading each section; and Extra Activities to use when you finish reading assignments or class work (for credit).

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury You will be assigned a copy to take home with you for this unit. Please take good care of it. Almost everyone of you took excellent care of the Night books, and I’m so proud of the mature way you handled these books. Please do the same with this one. Thank you!

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Using five sticky notes, write the following on the non-sticky end of the note: RA #1 - p. 1 – 29 RA #2 – p. 29 – 65 RA #3 – p. 67 – 106 RA #4 – p. 107 – 158 Appendices

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Here is a 60-second preview of what the book is about… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z2iyC54qfo

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury **Begin working on the Vocabulary Worksheet. Use context clues and prior knowledge to define the underlined words. **Then look over the Study Guide Questions to Reading Assignment #1 before you read. **Begin reading the first assignment and remember to bring your book each day to class.