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Thought-Provoking Questions for Pre-Reading Reflections

Engage in critical thinking with a series of pre-reading questions exploring society, censorship, personal values, and technological impact.

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Thought-Provoking Questions for Pre-Reading Reflections

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  1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Warm Ups

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 changed your 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!

  7. 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.

  8. 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. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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 surprised him? Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.

  16. 10-1-19 F451 – Part 1, Section 7 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.

  17. 10-2-19 F451 – Part 1, Section 8 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.

  18. 9-25-19 F451 – Part 1, Section 1 “Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people – it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone else.” Directions: Answer the following question in four to five complete sentences on a sheet of paper.

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