“The Pedestrian” Reading Check Quiz Answer each question with concise and accurate responses. Who is the protagonist of the story? What is the protagonist’s job? What is the protagonist doing in the story? Who or what does he meet during the course of the story? What is odd about who or what he meets? Where is the protagonist at the end of the story?

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Literary Focus Setting and Mood Notice how the setting creates a mood of foreboding – a feeling that something is wrong. Words like “dark windows”, “graveyard”, “gray phantoms”, and “tomblike” suggest ruin and death. Page 10

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Reading Focus Cause and Effect Here, we learn the cause of the buckling sidewalk: No one has walked on these streets for ten years. Page 11

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Literary Focus Plot The conflict is introduced. Leonard Mead is stopped by the police on his nighttime walk. Page 12

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Reading Focus Making Predictions When you read that the police officer has a metallic voice, you might predict that the inhabitants of the car are not human. When the voice says that writing is not a profession, you might predict that this society does not respect artists. Page 12

Literary Focus Setting The setting becomes more ominous. The houses are tombs; the people are like the dead. Page 12

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Reading Focus Making Predictions This description of the back of the car as a prison leads us to predict that Mead is in big trouble. Page 13

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Literary Focus Setting and Mood The repeated use of the word “empty” ends the story with a mood of horror. Page 14

BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH Bradbury often uses futuristic settings to comment on the way we live today. What aspects of modern life might he criticize? How does knowing about the life of an author add to a reader’s understanding of a text?

How important are the settings in a story? What important events occur at the various settings? How do the settings help to create the mood of the story?

Literary Response “The Pedestrian”   Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. How does Bradbury use setting and conflict in the story to build suspense and create a specific mood? Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

Literary Response Planning Stage   List the important details about the setting List the important details about the conflict List the important details about the protagonist Select the details that will best help you to share your own conclusions and judgments about the text.

Annotations Specific Setting Page # Important Event Reason the Event was SIGNIFICANT Specific Setting Provide a phrase that describes the setting Include an illustration 10 11 12 13 14 What role does the setting play in depicting the mood of the story? Annotations *Focuses on the important literary elements and skills

Literary Terms

Define each literary term Define each literary term. Rephrase, paraphrase, and use your own words to simplify the meaning. Identify an event in the story that illustrates or shows each literary term in “The Sniper”. List each event next to the literary term. *Use three events for the “rising action” Locate an image to depict your visualization of each event. Insert the image into your story map next to the event and literary term. Select an excerpt from the text that matches each event. Be sure to use significant details as your examples.

Dictionary definition of the literary term Identified event from the text Image to visualize the event Direct quote or excerpt from the text

Dictionary definition of the literary term Identified event from the text Image to visualize the event

Literary Response “The Pedestrian”   Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. How does Bradbury use setting and conflict in the story to build suspense and create a specific mood? Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

Planning Your Response How does Bradbury use setting and conflict in the story to build suspense and create a specific mood? Examine the question carefully and think about how you can best respond to each section. *List the details from the text that you would use in your answer. How many paragraphs would you use to express your ideas in an organized response? *List the paragraphs and state what would be the main idea or purpose/function of EACH paragraph. Select a couple of DIRECT QUOTES to use as TEXTUAL EVIDENCE to support your claims. *Copy the quotes exactly as they appear in the text and include the page number where each can be found.

SETTING EVENT CONFLICT