Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! How well do you know the stories?
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Short Story JEOPARDY! All Summer in a Day The Naming of Names Zoo Science- Fiction Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Elements
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Daily Double Graphic and Sound Effect! DO NOT DELETE THIS SLIDE! Deleting it may cause the game links to work improperly. This slide is hidden during the game, and WILL not appear. In slide view mode, copy the above (red) graphic (click once to select; right click the border and choose “copy”). Locate the answer slide which you want to be the daily double Right-click and choose “paste”. If necessary, reposition the graphic so that it does not cover the answer text. Daily Double!!!
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The planet Venus, where it rains everyday, the sun only comes out once every 7 years, and the people live underground.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD When the student remembered that Margot was locked in the closet and had missed seeing the sun.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The plant life was described like a jungle and forests that grew and died rapidly. The plants were colored like rubber, stones, ash, cheese, and the moon.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Bradbury describes Margot like a dusted old photograph that has been whitened, he says that the color has been drained from her hair, eyes, lips, skin, and that is she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Margot tells her parents that returning to Earth so that she can see the sun is vital to her survival.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The introduction of the Bittering family on the Martian landscape and Harry’s sense that danger is present
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD All the rockets have been destroyed on Earth and the people on Mars have lost all contact with Earth.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD When Harry takes a swim and accepts the fact that change is inevitable
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The atomic war has ended on Earth and people have come to Mars in search of those who had come 5 years earlier, but the Earthlings only find Martians
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Much like the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, Harry’s wife convinces him to eat of the Martian food, and Harry begins to evolve from earthling to Martian- He names things using a Martian language and begins to establish a Martian culture, much like Adam creates a naming system and culture in the Bible
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The bars create an illusion of safety, making both the earthlings and the horse-spiders feel safe from one another.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The climax is when the point of view shifts from the earthlings’ vantage point to the horse-spiders’ vantage point, and readers see that both species enjoyed viewing the strange animals
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Just because others may seem different, they are not necessarily dangerous. In fact they may be more similar than one thinks.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD They both thought they saw the strangest creatures ever
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Readers know that the horse-spiders appreciated Professor Hugo because they stayed for Professor Hugo’s parting words once they were home
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Isaac Asimov
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD By tossing a coin
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Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Earth has just won an intergalactic war against the Denebians, yet Henderson seems uneasy about something
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Man is a better problem solver than is a computer, or a computer is only as powerful as the people who provide the input and who analyze the output
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Residents of Maple Street see a flash of light in the sky and hear a bizarre noise
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Residents cannot explain strange occurrences and begin accusing one another of being dangerous aliens.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD One of the residents shoots and kills another resident
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Aliens are seen manipulating the power sources on Maple Street because they know that humans’ self-destructive behavior will aid them in taking over Earth.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Humans are the real monsters who destroy one another based on the fears and prejudices they harbor.
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD conflict
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Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD foreshadowing
Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD 3 rd person omniscient