1. Welcome! May 2nd, 2018 Wednesday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Wednesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to discuss the prompt with your group. Make sure you stay on task! 
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. What if all food was eaten in pill form?
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3. Home of the Future
Watch the video (link below) about a proposed “house of the future.”
Then, with your groupmates…
Discuss: would you want to live in such a house? Why or why not?
What additions could you give to the house to improve it? Brainstorm with your group and write down at least three of your best ideas on the handout.
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4. “The Veldt”
A “home of the future” is the focus of Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt” is about a such a house. Not to spoil anything, but… things don’t exactly go as planned.
Follow along with your text as we listen to the audiobook (link below).
Feel free to annotate as we read.
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5. “The Veldt”
Now that we’ve finished reading, it’s your job to respond to the reading questions on your handout. Just like with our Harrison Bergeron questions, it will be your job to type your responses to the analysis questions on a document titled “The Veldt” and share it with my If you finish early and would like some extra credit, in the same document, you have two choices: either write a continuation of the story OR write a new story set in the same universe. The amount of extra credit you receive will depend on the amount of effort you put forth into the assignment. Impress me! 