1. Responses/Assignments
The illustrated man
Responses/Assignments

3. Who is ray Bradbury & What is the im?
As you read through information about Ray Bradbury, highlight two different items:
1. Highlight in one color information about Ray Bradbury.
2. Highlight in another color information about Illustrated Man.
* Provide a key/legend for your colors, please.*
Be ready to share your information! 

4. prologue
Read the prologue. Be ready to share your insights.

5. “the veldt”
DISCUSSION QUESTION:
What message is Bradbury aiming to convey to us about how we should and should not live our lives?

6. “the veldt”
1. Identify three features of the Hadleys’ Happy-life Home and three conveniences it is designed to provide.
2. Identify three topics of “The Veldt.” (Remember that topics are single words or short phrases.)
3. What is one message Bradbury is giving to the reader? Do you agree with this message? Explain. Use text evidence to support your position.
4. Is Bradbury’s view of technology primarily positive or negative in “The Veldt”? Provide text evidence to support your answer.
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: Several books and movies that you may be familiar with reflect a fear of advanced modern technology gone awry. List the titles of three of these movies/books and describe the occurrences in each of them that reflect a fear of technology.

7. “kaleidoscope” & “The other foot”
1. Explain why the first story is entitled “Kaleidoscope.” There’s no actual kaleidoscope, so the meaning must be metaphorical or symbolic.
2. Bradbury wrote the story before the space age, which began in the 1960s. What parts of the story are believable? What parts are not believable? Provide four details as to why each is believable or unbelievable.
3. Come to a consensus about what the theme of the story is and write it down. Explain why you think this is the theme; use textual evidence to support your answer.
4. Explain why the second story is called “The Other Foot.”
5. Explain why the little boys are so excited at the beginning of the story. (2 points)
6. With what word(s) does Bradbury identify the little boys? Would he use the same language today? Why or why not?
7. Come to a consensus about what the theme of the story is and write it down. Explain how this theme is revealed in the story; provide textual evidence.
8. Interpret what Willie means at the end of the story when he says, “Seems like for the first time today I really seen the white man—I really seen him clear.”

8. Handouts 18 & 30 (Packet) Handout 18: Restlessness vs. Rootedness
Restlessness = anxious, always moving, antsy, not comfortable with how things are, not complacent, not sitting still or staying in one place
Rootedness = calm, okay with how things are, grounded, at peace with certain things, comfortable
Handout 30: Virtues & Vices
Virtues = a specific moral quality regarded as good
Vices = an evil or bad habit

9. Handout 28: Technology: Friend or Foe
Handout 28 (Packet)
Handout 28: Technology: Friend or Foe
This handout is in regards to “The Long Rain.”
- Provide examples from the story.
- You do not have to cite evidence, just explain.
- Your responses should be 2-3 sentences in length.

10. Handout 24: A Life of Purpose
Handout 24 (Packet)
Handout 24: A Life of Purpose
- Provide ONE guideline for living well as suggested by each story.
- These should be in your own words; it should be something that makes sense to you.
- Your responses should be at least 1 sentence in length.

11. Handout 20: The Dangers of Disconnecting
Handout 20 (Packet)
Handout 20: The Dangers of Disconnecting
This handout is in regards to “No Particular Night or Morning.”
- Your responses should be 2-3 sentences in length.
- You do not have to cite evidence, just explain.
- Do not complete Part B. (Extra Credit Opportunity)

12. Handouts to be completed
Handout 18: Restlessness vs. Rootedness Handout 20: The Dangers of Disconnecting Handout 24: A Life of Purpose Handout 28: Technology: Friend or Foe Handout 30: Proverbs (Virtues/Vices) Handout 34: Peekabo Extra Credit: Handouts 20-Part B, 29, & 35

13. Written response (must have textual evidence)
CHOOSE BETWEEN THESE RESPONSES: (AT LEAST 150 WORDS)
1. Write another story that might have been told by one of the Illustrated Man’s tattoos.
2. Write a letter to Ray Bradbury sharing an opinion/s about the stories we’ve read thus far.
3. Compare and Contrast two characters from the various stories we have read.
4. Write a newspaper article about one of the events in the book/stories.
5. Write why you want a Marionette and what you would do if you had one.
6. What would you do if this was the last night of the world?