Unit One: Price of Progress There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury Lesson Topic: There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury Essential Questions: 1. How has technology affected society? 2. How does the use of setting, figurative language, and irony develop the plot of the story? 3. What is the theme of the story and how does it relate to today s society? I Can Statements: 1. Identify figurative language used in the story. 2. Explain the use of irony 3. I can understand parallel plots 4. Determine the theme or central idea of the story Common Core Standards to be emphasized RL.10.2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail 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. RL.10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings RL.10.5 Analyze how an author s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise Materials Needed: 1. Short story located in text book pg. 612 2. Handouts- writing and literary terms, story map, venn diagram Performance Tasks Day One: 1. writing about technology 2. discuss as a class 3. Ray Bradbury biography 4. Power of nature discussion 5. Background information to introduce story 6. Start reading story in class- students take turns Day Two: 1. Finish story 2. Fill out sheets- guided reading and story map 3. Class discussion 4. Make connections to previous short story and informational text pg. 1
SETTING The setting is the time and place of a story. Setting can sometimes just be a backdrop to the story and others time it is an elemental part of the plot. The setting can help shape the story and without it, the story would not be the same. For example, if we were reading about naval ships docked in a harbor, it would make a difference to know that the time and place of the story was December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. What is the setting of the story? Time: Place: How is this important to the theme of the story? WRITING What a journal entry on the benefits and negatives of technology? How do they help and hinder society? Journal entries need to be at least five sentences long. Work on sentence structure, how you start your sentences, grammar and punctuation. Give specific details/examples. pg. 2
THOUGHTS WHILE READING While reading the story, think about these questions: 1. What use is all our cleverness, without the wisdom to accept our vulnerable position in the universe? 2. This story was written in 1951 during the Cold War, there are many technological advancements mentioned in this story. What technology do we have today that compares to the technology mentioned in the story? LITERARY TERMS/ELEMENTS- list examples used in the story. Irony: Personification: Simile: Metaphor: Mood: Foreshadowing: pg. 3
VOCABULARY Define each vocab word and write your own sentence using each word correctly. 1. Paranoia: Sentence: 2. Tremulous: Sentence: 3. Psychopathic: Sentence: VENN DIAGRAM A Venn diagram allows you to compare and contrast two things. In this case, you will be comparing and contrasting the short story By the Waters of Babylon and There Will Come Soft Rain. The center circle is what is similar between the two stories. Differences are placed in outer circles. pg. 4
Title: Author: Exposition Point of View: Setting: Characters: List name and brief descriptions label as round/flat/dynamic/ static Protagonist: Antagonist: Situation: Others: Rising Action/ Conflict(s): Climax: Falling Action: Resolution: Theme: pg. 5
Language Find five prepositional phrases used in the story. Write the complete sentence below, underline the prep phrase, double underline the object, circle the preposition, draw an arrow to the word being modified, and label as adjective or adverb. Example: In the living room, the voice clock sang. Adverb 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pg. 6