Ray Bradbury RL81 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says Explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text This is the academic vocabulary Cite ID: 634034
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“There Will Come Soft Rains”
Ray BradburySlide2
RL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says Explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
This is the academic vocabulary:
Cite
—verb--quote
(a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
Analyze
—verb--
examine methodically and in
detail,
typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
Explicit
—adjective--
stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt
.
Textual Evidence
---noun--
is
evidence
from a
text
(fiction or nonfiction) that you can use to illustrate your ideas and support your arguments. All
textual evidence
should: Support a specific point. Be cited with a page number at the end of the sentence – He shouted “no more stone soup” (14).
Inference
—noun--
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Conclude
---verb--
bring (something) to an
end or
arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning
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START A WORD OR PAGES DOC FOR NOTES . . .
You will be tested over this information. Be sure that you understand it! If not, it is your responsibility to ask questions. To start preparing you for high school, no “FIT” will be given. Slide4
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
Paranoia
Cavorting
Tremulous
Oblivious
Sublime
TYPE these words!
Before the test,
m
ake sure you
study and know
t
hese five words!Slide5
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
With a partner, brainstorm a list of automated equipment you use daily.
3 minutes . . .GO!
Write it down!Slide6
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
Quickwrite
Write down at least 4 ideas of how things will be in 2037
(Take about
5
minutes . . .)
Write it down!Slide7
Setting:Setting as character
What is setting?
Other books/stories/movies that use the setting as character?
The time and place in
w
hich a story takes place
Write it down!Slide8
Text structure: chronological order
What is chronological?
What is text structure?
The way the author organizes information
In TIME order; as the events occur
Look at the PDF of “There Will Come Soft Rains”
TYPE in your NOTES!Slide9
Inferences
What you know
What you read
Making an inference!
Write down
two inferences you have to make as you are reading/listening to the story!Slide10
Sara
teasdale’s there will come soft rains
This poem plays a part in the story and is obviously what Ray Bradbury named his short story after.
What predictions can you make about the story based on the poem?
There will come soft rains and the smell of
the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmer-
ing
sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.Slide11
READ/Listen to
“there will come soft rain”Slide12
Ray Bradbury published this story in 1950. What was happening around the time that this story was written?
The U.S. economy was recovering from the Great Depression.
WWII ended in 1945. Does anyone remember how/why?
The United States entered into the Cold War with Russia in the late 40’s.
More women were working. Why?
Many new homes were built after WWII. Most of them were in suburbs. Why?Slide13
1940
2040
Plot the following points on
a
timeline on your own paper:
When did Bradbury write the story?
When did the story take place?
What is today’s date?
What other dates (from previous slide) might be important to the story?
What can you infer about the story based on the dates above?
Write it down!Slide14
Post-reading!
How do you know the people of the house are dead?
What was unique about the nursery?
What two things are being contrasted in the story?
What cleans the house?
As everything is continuing as usual in the house, what is actually happening?
What happens to the dog once he enters the house?
How is the house “killed”?
At the end of the story, what still remains?
What are some examples of personification in the story?
PROVIDE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE AS YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS!!!Slide15
Inferences
What you know
What you read
Making an inference!
What two inferences did you make?Slide16
MOOD = ME (how “the reader” feels about the the story)
The writer creates a mood in the story with word and setting choices. As a result, the reader is led to a specific emotional response to the story.
What is the mood of the house’s announcer?
How does this (along with the setting) affect the mood of the reader?
Type this in your notes!Slide17
TONE = “
THEm” (how “the author” feels about the story)
Listen to the afterward by Ray Bradbury.
Tone is the
writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers.
Tone
may be playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc
.
How does Mr. Bradbury feel about technology? What is the tone of his story as a result?
Type this in
your notes!Slide18
The Bombing of Hiroshima and nagasaki
Read the article and complete the questions!
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasakiSlide19
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
The line “It was the children’s hour” refers to a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What is it called when an author does this?
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Children's Hour.
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study I see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence:
Yet I know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.
A sudden rush from the stairway,
A
sudden raid from the hall
!
By
three doors left unguarded
They
enter my castle wall
!
They
climb up into my turret
O'er
the arms and back of my chair
;
If
I try to escape, they surround me;
They
seem to be everywhere.
from
The Children’s Hour
Compare and contrast this poem with the particular part of the story in which it occurs.Slide20Slide21
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What did you think?