1. November 22, 2011 DO NOW: TURN IN ESSAY TO MS. C TAKE OUT ISN
GRAB A TEXTBOOK
BE READY FOR A WARM-UP
November 22, 2011

2. Objective
I will be able to recognize personification and use chronology to track events in a story.

3. ISN pg. 64 The sailboat danced gracefully past us.
Directions:
Read the sentence, think about the meaning, notice how personification creates a word picture. Identify the personification in each sentence by underlining it, and circle the thing/object giving the human quality.
The sailboat danced gracefully past us.
The flames ate hungrily at the burning house.
The once-proud trees bent meekly before the storm.
The broad, flat rock lay sunning itself by the stream.

4. WARM-UP! Review of term
Write a love letter to Ms. C’s teddy bear using personification.
This love letter should be 3-4 sentences long and include at least 4 examples of personification!
Personification – is a type of figurative language where human characteristics are given to nonhuman things. Objects, ideas, places or animals may be given human qualities.
It helps the writer create an exciting picture in the reader’s mind.

5. Quick-write pg. 64 Imagine the world of 2026.
Try using personification in your writing piece
In what ways will it be different from the world today?
What kinds of new technologies,
if any, will have changed the way people live?
What would you find in a home of the future?”

6. Group with colors and share

7. Group! ISN pg. 64
Write the definitions of each vocabulary word. Underneath, write Bradbury's usage. Then…. write your own
Paranoia
Tremulous
Oblivious
Sublime

8. The Cold War
Bradbury wrote this story in 1950, during “Cold War” between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
This was a time where the U.S. and Russia fought over many political issues and military dominance.

9. Fear of Nuclear War
They have air raid sirens, shelters are erected, and the general public is busy learning the art of "duck and cover.“
The development of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the 1950's brings the threat of war closer than ever to the North American home front.

10. Soft Rains
Matter that falls from the sky after a nuclear explosion. Small particles can come down in the form of ash.

11. Close reading: “There Will Come Soft Rains” poem
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
What are soft rains?
Why does the ground smell?
Is it making the swallows chirp? (birds)
Complete a close reading individually. Be ready to share with your group

12. Think about it
How does the poet imagine nature would respond to the eradication of humankind?

13. Hiroshima after the nuclear bomb

14. Smart House
A type of house that is computerized and can operate functions on its own.

15. Silhouettes of a family

16. Theme
Bradbury believed that advances in science and technology should never come at the expense of human beings.

17. vocabulary word _______________
1. Because of the man’s unreasonable suspicions he felt safe only at home.
vocabulary word _______________
The majestic mountain of Yosemite are long remembered by visitors.
vocabulary word______________
Her hands were shaking while she waited for the curtain to rise.
vocabulary word ______________
When Tom is watching a basketball game on TV, he is not aware of anything else.
Vocabulary word ___________________
paranoia
sublime
tremulous
oblivious