ELA
Weekly vocabulary words Due Wednesday
fantasy
science fiction
common settings
future
alternate timelines
outer space
time travel
body alterations
mind alterations
Question for Video of Leonard Nimoy reads Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" from "The Martian Chronicles"Click for Video Due Wednesday.
1. How is the house given life during the short story, what elements/details are there to make it seem as thought the house is alive?
2. What elements of science fiction is found throughout the short story?
3. What emotions does the fire try to evoke, how does that description of the fire and the way the house reacts to that fire showing a form of emotion, almost real life.
4. How is a connection created between the reader and the why the narrator gives a description of the house and its daily routine.
Due Thursday
There will come soft Rains Question
1. Compare and contrast the story with the video "A Day Made of Glass". What is the same and different?
2. Could Today's technology result in the same "ending" as a short story, why or why not?
3. What would it be like if schools were made of glass?
4. How would you adapt the technology to create a different ending of the story?
Question for Video of Leonard Nimoy reads Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" from "The Martian Chronicles"Click for Video Due Wednesday.
1. How is the house given life during the short story, what elements/details are there to make it seem as thought the house is alive?
2. What elements of science fiction is found throughout the short story?
3. What emotions does the fire try to evoke, how does that description of the fire and the way the house reacts to that fire showing a form of emotion, almost real life.
4. How is a connection created between the reader and the why the narrator gives a description of the house and its daily routine.
Due Thursday
There will come soft Rains Question
1. Compare and contrast the story with the video "A Day Made of Glass". What is the same and different?
2. Could Today's technology result in the same "ending" as a short story, why or why not?
3. What would it be like if schools were made of glass?
4. How would you adapt the technology to create a different ending of the story?
