10.-There-Will-Come-Soft-Rains.-lesson---Anthology

ThereWillComeSoftRains/RayBradbury/CreatedbySanDiegoDistrictUnit4Title:ThereWillComeSoftRainsSuggestedTime:3days(45minutesperday)CommonCoreELAStandards:RL.9-10.1,RL.9-10.2,RL.9-10.4,RL.9-10.5,RL.9-10.10;W.9-10.1,W.9-10.4,W.9-10.9,SL.9-10.1;L.9-10.1,L.9-10.2,L.9-10.5TeacherInstructionsPreparingforTeaching1.ReadtheBigIdeasandKeyUnderstandingsandtheSynopsis.Pleasedonotreadthistothestudents.Thisisadescriptionforteachersaboutthebigideasandkeyunderstandingthatstudentsshouldtakeawayaftercompletingthistask.BigIdeasandKeyUnderstandingsHumansandtheirinventionsarenotabletowithstandthepowerofnatureandtechnologyisnoreplacementfornature.SynopsisThisclassicRayBradburyScienceFictionstoryissetinthefutureafteranuclearArmageddoninwhichafullyautomatedhousegoesthroughthemotionsofitsfinalday.Thehourspassasthehousetriestosaveitself.Butalas,natureprevailswhenafallentreebranchcausesthedemiseofthehouseinafierybattle.Therearenohumancharactersinthisstory,butBradbury’suseofextendedpersonificationestablishestheautomatedhouseandnatureasmaincharacters.ThereWillComeSoftRains/RayBradbury/CreatedbySanDiegoDistrict2.Readtheentireselection,keepinginmindtheBigIdeasandKeyUnderstandings.3.Re-readthetextwhilenotingthestoppingpointsfortheTextDependentQuestionsandteachingTierII/academicvocabulary.DuringTeaching1.Teacherreadsthetextaloudwhilestudentsfollowalong.2.Studentsandteacherre-readthetextwhilestoppingtorespondtoanddiscussthequestions,continuallyreturningtothetext.Avarietyofmethodscanbeusedtostructurethereadinganddiscussion(i.e.,wholeclassdiscussion,think-pair-share,independentwrittenresponse,groupwork,etc.)TextDependentQuestionsText-dependentQuestionsEvidence-basedAnswersWhatistheorganizationalstructureofthisstory?Whateffectdoesthestructureofthetextcreateonthestoryitself?Provideevidencefromthetexttosupportyourresponse.Thisstoryfollowsachronologicalstructure.Thevoiceclock,initalics,keepslistingthetimeasthehousegoesthroughitsday.Thechronologicalstructurecreatesanorderlyeffectatfirst,butasyoureadonyourealizethingsareoutoforder.Onpage306,thestorybeginswiththeline,“Inthelivingroom,thevoiceclocksang…asifitwereafraidnobodywould.”WhatliterarydeviceisBradburyusing?Whatistheeffectoftheauthor’suseofthisliterarydevice?Provideevidencefromthetexttosupportyourresponse.Bradburyisusingpersonification.Thisissignificantbecauseithelpsthereadertounderstandcharacterizationanditalsoisacluetothetheme.ItisevidentfromearlyinthestorythattherearenohumancharactersandthroughpersonificationBradburymakesthehousethemaincharacterofthestory.Whatdoyouknowaboutwhathashappenedtothiscity?(pg.306)Thecitywasruinedfromsomesortofnuclearblast.Itdescribestherubbleandashesandtheradioactiveglow.Onlines31-33,“Teno’clock.Thesuncameoutfrombehindtherain.Thehousestoodaloneinacityofrubbleandashes.Thiswastheonehouseleftstanding.Atnighttheruinedcitygaveoffaradioactiveglowwhichcouldbeseenformiles.”Rereadpage308,fromline46-50.WhatisironicabouttheHedescribesthehouseastryingtoprotectfromintrudersThereWillComeSoftRains/RayBradbury/CreatedbySanDiegoDistrictauthor’sdescriptionofthehouseasona“mechanicalparanoia”?whenithearsthescurryingofotherwisesilentanimals.Whenitgetsnoanswer,itshutsitselfup,tryingtokeepeverythingsafefromtheoutside.Therealityisitcouldnotprotectagainsthuman’sowndevelopedtechnologyandthatthetechnologysurvivedbeyondthehumans.Rereadtheparagraphbeginningonline54onpage308,“Thehousewasanaltarwith…butthegodshadgoneaway,andtheritualofthereligioncontinuedsenselessly,uselessly.”WhatliterarydeviceisBradburyusinghereandhowdoesitcontributetothemessageisheconveying?(pg.308)Bradburyisusingmetaphor.Heiscomparingtherelationshipofthehumansandthetechnologytothatofthosewhopracticeanorganizedreligion.Inthiscase,thehumanswerethegods,programmingandcontrollingthehouseuntilitactedwithoutcommand.Nowthehumansaregoneandthehousecontinuestofollowtheirteachingswithoutquestion,regardlessofthefactthattheyhavebeendestroyedbytheverytechnologytheycreatedandworshipped.Lookatline58onpage308.WhatpointisBradburymakingbyintroducingthedogatthisjunctureinthestory?(pg.308)Thedogmakesitswaythroughtheatomicwasteandisfranticallytryingtofindthefamily.Thehousekeepsworking,notreallyrealizingthatthefamilyisgone.Thisshowsthevastdifferencebetweenanimalinstinctsandtheconnectionhumansandanimalshave,totheconnectionhumanshavetothetechnology.Whereasthehouseisbeingdescribedashavinghuman-likecharacteristics,butitdoesnotevenrealizethefamilyisgone.Itismindlesslygoingthroughthetasksthatithasbeenprogrammedtodo.Lookatpage310.Howdoestheauthordescribethenursery?Whatissignificantaboutthewaythenurseryisdecorated?Itisatechnologicallycreatednaturescene,settorevealitselfataspecifictimeofday.Suggestingthatthechildreninthehouseexperiencenaturethatismanipulated,asopposedtohavingauthenticexperiences.Thefamilyevenusestechnologytocreatethefantasticalelementofnature,pinkandpurpleanimals,etc.ThehousechoosesapoematrandomwhennopreferenceisgivenfromMrs.McClellan.Readthepoem.WhatisthethemeofthepoemandwhydoestheauthorincludeitwithintheThispoemisabouttheeffectsofwar.Natur