1. Ray Bradbury

2. Students will identify, determine, and explain the mood and tone in a piece of literature. Students will identify the conflict that exists within literature. Students will use inferring strategies to determine author’s meaning. Students will identify and explain overall theme in a work of fiction. Students will cite textual evidence to support responses. Students will use vocabulary in context strategies to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Objectives:

3. How do you think the world will be different in the next 50 years from now? Do Now:

4. What interesting fact do we learn in the opening paragraph in regards to the setting? Comprehension Check:

5. Read the first column and stop after reading paragraph 8. Infer what everyone is doing INSIDE and why no one is OUTSIDE. Making Inferences:

7. In reading the dialogue exchange between Leonard and the police officer on page two, how would you best describe the police officer’s tone? Tone

8. What conclusion can you draw when Leonard gets into the police car? Drawing Conclusions:

9. How does Leonard’s house stand out from everyone else’s in the city? What inference can you make from this? Comprehension Check:

10. What is the mood of the final paragraph? What words are used to create this tone? Determining For Importance:

11. Identify and explain the overall THEME to this story. Determining For Importance:

12. Leonard Mead is the only human character in the story. Who—or what—appears to be in charge of this future world? Can you foresee this fiction someday becoming a reality? If so, how? In other words, how might this be happening already in our culture, society, and world? Post Read Questions