1. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
Ray Bradbury

2. RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says Explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
This is the academic vocabulary:
Cite—verb--quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
Analyze—verb--examine methodically and in detail, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
Explicit—adjective--stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Textual Evidence---noun--is evidence from a text (fiction or nonfiction) that you can use to illustrate your ideas and support your arguments. All textual evidence should: Support a specific point. Be cited with a page number at the end of the sentence – He shouted “no more stone soup” (14).
Inference—noun--a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Conclude---verb--bring (something) to an end or arrive at a judgment or opinion by reasoning.

3. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
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4. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
Paranoia
Cavorting
Tremulous
Oblivious
Sublime
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5. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
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With a partner, brainstorm a list of automated equipment you use daily.
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6. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
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Quickwrite
Write down at least 4 ideas of how things will be in (Take about 5 minutes . . .)

7. Setting: Setting as character
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The time and place in
which a story takes place
What is setting?
Other books/stories/movies that use the setting as character?

8. Text structure: chronological order
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What is text structure?
The way the author organizes information
What is chronological?
In TIME order; as the events occur
Look at the PDF of “There Will Come Soft Rains”

9. Inferences
What you know
What you read
Making an inference!
Write down two inferences you have to make as you are reading/listening to the story!

10. Sara teasdale’s there will come soft rains
There will come soft rains and the smell of
the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmer-
ing sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
This poem plays a part in the story and is obviously what Ray Bradbury named his short story after.
What predictions can you make about the story based on the poem?

11. READ/Listen to “there will come soft rain”

12. Ray Bradbury published this story in 1950
Ray Bradbury published this story in What was happening around the time that this story was written?
The U.S. economy was recovering from the Great Depression.
WWII ended in Does anyone remember how/why?
The United States entered into the Cold War with Russia in the late 40’s.
More women were working. Why?
Many new homes were built after WWII. Most of them were in suburbs. Why?

13. What can you infer about the story based on the dates above?
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1940
2040
Plot the following points on a timeline on your own paper:
When did Bradbury write the story?
When did the story take place?
What is today’s date?
What other dates (from previous slide) might be important to the story?
What can you infer about the story based on the dates above?

14. Post-reading! How do you know the people of the house are dead?
What was unique about the nursery?
What two things are being contrasted in the story?
What cleans the house?
As everything is continuing as usual in the house, what is actually happening?
What happens to the dog once he enters the house?
How is the house “killed”?
At the end of the story, what still remains?
What are some examples of personification in the story?
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15. What two inferences did you make?
What you know
What you read
Making an inference!
What two inferences did you make?

16. MOOD = ME (how “the reader” feels about the the story)
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The writer creates a mood in the story with word and setting choices. As a result, the reader is led to a specific emotional response to the story.
What is the mood of the house’s announcer?
How does this (along with the setting) affect the mood of the reader?

17. TONE = “THEm” (how “the author” feels about the story)
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Listen to the afterward by Ray Bradbury.
Tone is the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers.
Tone may be playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc.
How does Mr. Bradbury feel about technology? What is the tone of his story as a result?

18. The Bombing of Hiroshima and nagasaki
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19. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
The line “It was the children’s hour” refers to a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What is it called when an author does this?
from The Children’s Hour
Between the dark and the daylight,      
A whisper, and then a silence:     
When the night is beginning to lower,
Yet I know by their merry eyes
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,     
They are plotting and planning together     
 That is known as the Children's Hour.
 To take me by surprise.
I hear in the chamber above me     
A sudden rush from the stairway,      
 The patter of little feet,
A sudden raid from the hall!
The sound of a door that is opened,      
By three doors left unguarded     
And voices soft and sweet.
They enter my castle wall!
From my study I see in the lamplight,     
They climb up into my turret      
 Descending the broad hall stair,
O'er the arms and back of my chair;
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,      
If I try to escape, they surround me;      
And Edith with golden hair.
They seem to be everywhere.
Compare and contrast this poem with the particular part of the story in which it occurs.

21. “There Will Come Soft Rains”
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