Task: Read the Picture Book and come up with a thematic statement.

CHOICE

Task: Go over Plot PowerPoint

 

Task: Read the short story, A Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury and answer the discussion questions

 

Task: A Sound of Thunder Comic Assignment

Task: Read the short story, Harrison Bergeron and answer the questions

 

Task: Go over the Paragraph PowerPoint

How to write a paragraph

Task: Integrating Quotations Package

Task: Go over Character Analysis Assignment

 

 

Task: Watch the clip

 

Questions

1. Explain what George and Lydia see in their first visit to the playroom; be specific (1-2).
Why does it make him laugh when she almost cries? Give quotes as evidence.
2. Why is Lydia unhappy in her home (3)? Contrast this with the way George seems to feel.
Give quotes as evidence.
3. What did the kids used to create in the playroom (4)? Why is it so important to the adults
that the room has not changed lately?

4. Maclean explains what’s wrong and gives advice (8-10). Summarize and give your own
opinion of his ideas.

5.What happened to George and Lydia in the room? How is this possible?

6. Is “The Veldt” still applicable today? Does this story have any application in our modern
world?
7. What comment is the author, Ray Bradbury, making about future technology? Think about
who really parents the children, how Lydia feels that she doesn’t have enough to do, and the
fact that Peter and Wendy think about death so often.

 

Task: The Veldt Mind Map Assignment