Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"There Will Come Soft Rains" Text and Task Rotation

Text of "There Will Come Soft Rains"


There Will Come Soft Rains
pgs. 215-220
(to be completed for class work)

Mastery

Between pages 215 and 220, you will find four “Words to Own” on the bottom of the pages. 
1.   Define each of them.
2.   Which words are nouns?
3.   Which words are adjectives?

Understanding

Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human qualities. 
Ø Find four examples of personification in the text.
Ø Recopy the entire sentence, underlining the human trait and circling the object being personified. 

Example:  The fumes from the factory punched and pinched at my lungs.  
Interpersonal

Is the day near when “housework” will mean “work done by a house”?  In what ways does your house “work” for you already? 
Self-Expressive

Imagine that you are given the task of selling this neat house (before it destroys itself).  Using the template directly (or recreating a similar one), create a sign advertising this house. 
Include:
Ø a creative hook that will draw the reader into the advertisement
Ø a list of helpful features
Ø a picture of one of those features
Ø a technological “contact” mode

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