Bradbury's Concerns

Hello, sophomores!

Please click here for the Fahrenheit 451 survey.

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Hamlet for the Ages

Hello, gentle seniors. Please click here to access the Hamlet Questionnaire.

Gatsby Questionnaire

Please visit here for the Gatsby questionnaire.

35 minutes, 44 questions...

Click here, gentle English 3 readers, for some blistering information, tips, and practice on the SAT Writing and Language Test.

If you keep scrolling down on the page, you will come to this scoring chart.

TO USE:
1. How many questions did you answer correctly? Find that number in the Raw Score column.
2. Follow the row over to find the corresponding Reading Test Score or Writing and Language Test score. Multiply by 10 to compute your overall score for that particular test.
3. Repeat the process for the other test.
4. Add scores together for your SAT English score. 800 is the best.

Raw Score (# of correct answers)	Reading Test Score	Writing and Language Test Score
38	32	34
39	32	35
40	33	36
41	33	37
42	34	38
43	35	39
44	35	40
45	36
46	37
47	37
48	38
49	38
50	39
51	40
52	40

Holiday Observation #19 (specifically regarding study schedules and busy lives)

It's all about troubleshooting.

Motif Madness

A few thoughts on motifs, for your consideration. I apologize that this comes from 2015; I am hopeful, gentle historian, that it is not too dated.

Kite Runner Meets Amazon

We are closing down on conversation on Hosseini's The Kite Runner. So, gentle reader, it is time to consider some more not-our-own ideas to tally a well-rounded consideration of themes, characters, motivations, and outcomes.

Click here for Timothy Aubry's essay from 2009, when The Kite Runner was dominating attention on Amazon and other book-selling outlets.