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Bellringer: April 30Answer in YOUR NOTES!!!What do you think?

Technology will be the salvation of humankind.

Technology will be the destruction of humankind.Slide2

KNOWING OUR FATETechnology and Nature in “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray BradburySlide3

Before We BeginThings I need to know about the text

Literary terms I need to reviewSlide4

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray BradburyThings to know about the story before we begin.Slide5

SUMMARYThis is a science-fiction story that is set in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. The futuristic house is the only one remaining in the city and still serves its now absent family, following the same daily routines as it always has. In the end, a fire starts and the house is destroyed.Slide6

Let’s take a look at SMART houses…Living Tomorrow: house of the future (4:37)Slide7

Permanent ShadowMore information on the nuclear blast effectsSlide8

“There Will Come Soft Rains”by Sara TeasdaleThere will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,And swallows circling with their shimmering 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.

How does the poet imagine nature would respond to the eradication of humankind? Slide9

Organization“There Will Come Soft Rains” is in chronological order.

This, of course, means that the story plays out in order of time.

In fact, the house actually keeps a time schedule that should help take the reader through the routine of the day.Slide10

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

Literary concepts to know about the story before we begin.

Science Fiction

Characterization

Irony

Imagery

Figurative LanguageSlide11

CharacterizationDirect

Indirect

The process of creating a character.

Just describing something superficial that can’t be used to identify personality

When an author just states a character’s personality

Thoughts

Speech

Effect on Others

Actions

Looks

When an author shows a character’s personality though theirSlide12

IronyVerbal

Dramatic

Situational

characterized by a contrast between what the expectations of a situation are and what is really the case

Something merely funny or unfortunate

When someone says the opposite of what is meant

When the audience knows something a character doesn’t

When an actual outcome is a reversal of the expected oneSlide13

ImageryAdjective and adverb use

Verb selection

Figurative Language

Vivid descriptive language that appeals to the senses

An actual picture

Using descriptive words to describe things (blue, tall, round) or actions (quickly, sadly)

Selecting strong verbs to add extra description (He shuffled vs. He walked)

A comparison that isn’t literally true, but emphasizes some similar aspect Slide14

Figurative LanguageMetaphor

Simile

*Personification*

A comparison that isn’t literally true, but emphasizes some similar aspect

Just describing something (He is really tall)

Comparing two things, usually by saying something is something else or by converting one item into an adjective

Comparing two things using like or as

Assigning human characteristics to something inhumanSlide15

Before reading summaryBased on what we just discussed, how might Bradbury use imagery, characterization, and irony?

Share with your elbow partner.Slide16

During ReadingWe are going to use PALS to read “There Will Come Soft Rains.”We are going to use the full 32-minute cycle to get as far as we can in one day.

See your PALS reference sheet for instructions if you should forget a step.Slide17

Step 1: Coach and Read (5 minutes per partner)Partner A Partner B

Begin reading out loud for 5 minutes.

Follow along silently as your partner reads out loud. If partner struggles with words/sentences, help.

Follow along silently as your partner reads out loud. If partner struggles with words/sentences, help.

Start over and read out loud for 5 minutes.Slide18

Step 2: Retelling (2 minutes)checkPartner A Partner B 

Ask partner: “Tell me about the first part of what we just read.”

Tell your partner what happened first. Then ask your partner, “What happened next?”

Continue to swap roles until you’re told to stop.Slide19

Step 3: Paragraph Shrinking (5 minutes per partner)CheckPartner A

Partner B

For the next five minutes, continue reading from where you both left off, but only read 1 paragraph out loud at a time.

Follow along silently. Help your partner if he or she struggles with words/sentences.

At the end of each paragraph ask: “Who or what was the paragraph about?”

After the answer, ask your partner: “What is the most important thing you have learned about that who or what?”

Finally, say, “Tell the main idea in 10 words or fewer.” Count to help your partner keep track. Ask your partner to shrink it if necessary.

Switch roles after 5 minutes, and continue until told to stop.Slide20

Step 4: Prediction Relay (5 minutes per partner)checkPartner A

Partner B

Your job is almost the same as last time. Only now you predict what the next paragraph is about before beginning to read.

Your job is almost the same as before.

Now the first step is to stop your partner at the end of the paragraph and ask: “How correct was your prediction?”

Then ask: “Who or what was the paragraph about?” After the answer, ask your partner: “What is the most important thing you have learned about that who or what?”

Finally, say, “Tell the main idea in 10 words or fewer.” Count to help your partner keep track. Ask your partner to shrink it if necessary.

Switch roles when told to do so, and continue until you’re told to stop.

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Vocabulary WorkHere are some words from the text that you should probably learnSlide22

BoundedDEFINITION: Walk or run with leaping strides.EXAMPLE: The cheerleaders bounded down the hall.

EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT: “In the nursery the jungle burned. Blue lions roared, purple giraffes bounded off.”Slide23

CavortingDEFINITION: jump or dance around excitedly.EXAMPLE: On graduation day, the grads were cavorting through the street.EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT: “The nursery walls glowed. Animals took shape: yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, lilac panthers cavorting in crystal substance.”Slide24

KneadingDEFINITION: the act of pressing or squeezing repeatedly

EXAMPLE: The physical therapist spent time kneading my shoulder.

DEFINITION FROM THE TEXT: “The rooms were

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with the small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal. They thudded against chairs, whirling their mustached runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust.”Slide25

SublimeDEFINITION: supreme, splendid.EXAMPLE: The 18 layer wedding cake was sublime. I ate most of it myself. EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT: “And one voice, with sublime disregard for the situation, read poetry aloud in the fiery study, until all the film spools burned, until all the wires withered and the circuits cracked.Slide26

PerishedDEFINITION: suffer death in a violent, sudden, or untimely wayEXAMPLE: The potted plants in the yard perished in the storm. There was little left.

EXAMPLE FROM THE TEXT: “’Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly;’”Slide27

After ReadingAnswer the following: How does Bradbury create his theme about the relationship between technology, humans, and nature?Think About:

The outcome of the story

The roles of tech, humans, and nature

His use of: Personification

His use of: Characterization

His use of: Irony

Remember to use your new words!Slide28

HOMEWORK:Complete the response for “There Will Come Soft Rains” and submit it next class.