Friday, September 4, 2015 STUDENTS PREPARE TO TAKE NOTES. Read the poem, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Annotate the poem in the right margin as you read. Write a question that you have about the poem below the poem. “There Will Come Soft Rains”

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? What examples of figurative language are in the poem? personification simile Use the right margin.

Write a response to the poem– What do you think of when you read the poem? Write it below the poem.

Paraphrase the poem stanza by stanza in the left margin.

What are the topics discussed in the poem?

What might be one theme of the poem? What is the relationship between the topics in the poem? What line or lines from the poem might best explain the theme?

 Students are introduced to the short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains” through explication of the poem by the same name, learning vocabulary, review of tone, setting, and author prior to reading the short story.

 Preview the vocabulary words to see which ones you are familiar with.  Class completes vocabulary chart.  Suggested opportunity for learning-Find definitions for and learn vocabulary on the extended vocabulary list.

 mental disorder characterized by delusions; unreasonable fears.

 powerful; of great size

 flapped or vibrated rapidly

 managed or controlled through clever moves

 trembling, quivering, timid, fearful

 unaware

Make notes in your packet to understand when the story was written and when the story was set.

 Read the first page of the graphic novel.  From this first page, what do you wonder about?  From this first page, what do you predict?

“There Will Come Soft Rains” Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Open the textbook to page 283. Read the introductory information. Be prepare for brief discussion. Follow along and read silently as the teacher reads aloud. Be prepared for comprehension questions.

How many people lived in the house? How do we know? What adjectives are used to describe them? What page and paragraph contains this information? STUDENTS TAKE NOTES AS NEEDED.

What are three different tasks the house performs to help the family? What tone is created through the house performing these tasks? What adverb is used in the description? What page and paragraph contains this information?

What task do the robot mice perform? What verbs describe what the mice do? What type of verbs are used? What time do the mice begin their task? What page and paragraph contains this information?

What adjectives are used to describe the dog? What tone is created through the description of the dog? What does the dog want? What happens to the dog? What pages and paragraphs contain this information?

What card game does the house set up to be played? What food is prepared? What else is prepared at this time? What pages and paragraphs contain this information?

What animals are described on the walls of the nursery? How are these animals created? What adjectives are most evocative in the description of these animals? What pages and paragraphs contain this information?

What other tasks does the house perform? What feeling do we get from these tasks being performed? What feeling is created as the house reads the poem? What page and paragraph contains this information?

What time does the house begin to die? What event begins the death of the house? What doe the house try to do? What feeling do we have during this part of the story?

What other questions do you have about the story?

HOMEWORK: - Review vocabulary for quiz next class. - Review your notes from the story in addition to any online resources that help you better understand the story. - Begin thinking about what might happen in a Utopian short story set in the future Los Angeles.

 Students read pages  Students take notes of observations and questions.  Students find five significant quotations and respond to them in double entry journal format.

 DAILY WARM-UP Tuesday, September 16, 2014  Review your notes and the book for a quiz on the short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” (Five minutes)  Take the quiz.  Correct the quiz.

 Review of tone and theme.  Authors establish tone through details and word choice.  The tone at different points in the story helps the reader to identify the theme.

 Distribute hand outs  Use this timeline to record what the automated house tells its owners to do at different times of the day: TimeAction to be taken 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

 Ray Bradbury writes a story where the house is personified and serves as the protagonist of the story. Write quotations to show what actions the house takes What feeling does this create?

 How do we feel about the house?  How does that help create the tone?