1. WRITING USING ANALYSIS AND HIGH LEVEL THINKING SKILLS What’s in a Quality Explanation of Evidence?

2. The Explanation Guidelines An explanation should…  First explain the significance of the evidence  What is so important in that piece of evidence? Why should I be looking at it? What should I be thinking about it?  Second explain how the evidence connects to the question  Use the language from the identified theme!  Be detailed and specific

3. Example 1 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. He wrote, “The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room” (Bradbury 2). Even when the author states outright the lions, or danger, is coming, George cannot shake his admiration of this technology. It is clear something is off, and his wife is incredibly shaken by it, but George is too distracted my the genius of the room to anticipate the disaster that awaits him. Therefore, because he has relied on this technology for too much and, in turn, become utterly entranced by it, he is almost welcoming the disaster. The lions were coming, and George was too blinded by the gadgets to get out of the way.

4. Example 1 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. He wrote, “The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room” (Bradbury 2). Even when the author states outright the lions, or danger, is coming, George cannot shake his admiration of this technology. It is clear something is off, and his wife is incredibly shaken by it, but George is too distracted my the genius of the room to anticipate the disaster that awaits him. Therefore, because he has relied on this technology for too much and, in turn, become utterly entranced by it, he is almost welcoming the disaster. The lions were coming, and George was too blinded by the gadgets to get out of the way.

5. Example 1 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. He wrote, “The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room” (Bradbury 2). Even when the author states outright the lions, or danger, is coming, George cannot shake his admiration of this technology. It is clear something is off, and his wife is incredibly shaken by it, but George is too distracted my the genius of the room to anticipate the disaster that awaits him. Therefore, because he has relied on this technology for too much and, in turn, become utterly entranced by it, he is almost welcoming the disaster. The lions were coming, and George was too blinded by the gadgets to get out of the way.

6. Example 1 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. He wrote, “The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room” (Bradbury 2). Even when the author states outright the lions, or danger, is coming, George cannot shake his admiration of this technology. It is clear something is off, and his wife is incredibly shaken by it, but George is too distracted my the genius of the room to anticipate the disaster that awaits him. Therefore, because he has relied on this technology for too much and, in turn, become utterly entranced by it, he is almost welcoming the disaster. The lions were coming, and George was too blinded by the gadgets to get out of the way.

7. Example 2 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. The promise of this disaster becomes clear when Bradbury wrote, “He knew the principal of the room exactly. You sent out your thought. Whatever you though would appear. ‘Let’s have Aladdin and his lamp,’ he snapped. The veltland remained; the lions remained” (Bradbury 3). The room is supposed to be controlled by the minds of its inhabitants. This means whatever someone wants to appear on the walls should appear on the walls; however, George witnesses a very unnerving change in the moment. The room is no longer listening to him which means the room is no longer subservient; it is in control. What this means is that George and Lydia let the technology infiltrate their home and their lives so much that it literally evolved into an entity much stronger than either one of them. Because they relied on technology too much, allowing it to overtake their family, they lost control and opened the door for disaster as it prepares to overtake their lives.

8. Example 2 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. The promise of this disaster becomes clear when Bradbury wrote, “He knew the principal of the room exactly. You sent out your thought. Whatever you though would appear. ‘Let’s have Aladdin and his lamp,’ he snapped. The veltland remained; the lions remained” (Bradbury 3). The room is supposed to be controlled by the minds of its inhabitants. This means whatever someone wants to appear on the walls should appear on the walls; however, George witnesses a very unnerving change in the moment. The room is no longer listening to him which means the room is no longer subservient; it is in control. What this means is that George and Lydia let the technology infiltrate their home and their lives so much that it literally evolved into an entity much stronger than either one of them. Because they relied on technology too much, allowing it to overtake their family, they lost control and opened the door for disaster as it prepares to overtake their lives.

9. Example 2 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. The promise of this disaster becomes clear when Bradbury wrote, “He knew the principal of the room exactly. You sent out your thought. Whatever you though would appear. ‘Let’s have Aladdin and his lamp,’ he snapped. The veltland remained; the lions remained” (Bradbury 3). The room is supposed to be controlled by the minds of its inhabitants. This means whatever someone wants to appear on the walls should appear on the walls; however, George witnesses a very unnerving change in the moment. The room is no longer listening to him which means the room is no longer subservient; it is in control. What this means is that George and Lydia let the technology infiltrate their home and their lives so much that it literally evolved into an entity much stronger than either one of them. Because they relied on technology too much, allowing it to overtake their family, they lost control and opened the door for disaster as it prepares to overtake their lives.

10. Example 2 In “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury shows his readers that relying too much on technology will lead to disaster. The promise of this disaster becomes clear when Bradbury wrote, “He knew the principal of the room exactly. You sent out your thought. Whatever you though would appear. ‘Let’s have Aladdin and his lamp,’ he snapped. The veltland remained; the lions remained” (Bradbury 3). The room is supposed to be controlled by the minds of its inhabitants. This means whatever someone wants to appear on the walls should appear on the walls; however, George witnesses a very unnerving change in the moment. The room is no longer listening to him which means the room is no longer subservient; it is in control. What this means is that George and Lydia let the technology infiltrate their home and their lives so much that it literally evolved into an entity much stronger than either one of them. Because they relied on technology too much, allowing it to overtake their family, they lost control and opened the door for disaster as it prepares to overtake their lives.

11. The Explanation Guidelines An explanation should…  First explain the significance of the evidence  What is so important in that piece of evidence? Why should I be looking at it? What should I be thinking about it?  Second explain how the evidence connects to the question  Use the language from the identified theme!  Be detailed and specific An explanation should not…  Summarize the piece of evidence  Be repetitive  Analyze something not present in the piece of evidence