451 vs There Will Come Soft Rains

 

There Will Come Soft Rains- Dangerous Destinies Packet

Compare and contrast Bradbury's writing.  How is this story similar to 451?

Goals: Students will utilize assigned short story terms and apply them in context
Students will practice interpreting context clues and taking notes
Students will understand the ideas of the future as told by Ray Bradbury.

There Will Come Soft Rains link: (Audio book link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npk8Wi73r2c&t=218s

Assignment completed in class on 11/2..To be turned in before class today, 11/3:

1. Answer the questions in Google Classroom for this story

What is the significance of the Poem?

How is it central to Bradbury's Theme?

Discuss the significance of the last line of the story/

Find all elements of personification

Find similarities to 451.

Could this house exist in today's society?  Explain with detail

Could this situation occur in today's society?  Explain with detail

2. Discuss critical thinking questions at the end of the packet

3. Complete the plot structure for this story in groups during class on Tuesday, 11/3

(Assessment)

Students/ Teacher will discuss the story:  The structure; The similarities and differences in today's society.

Students will review Critical Thinking (text) questions after the text

4. If time allows, students will work on Voc 6 (Unit and original sentences...due: 11/9)

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.