for Thursday

Three awesome extended (ie. paragraph long) examples of imagery from 'A Sound of Thunder'

Post them on your blog please!

In class work Thursday Friday

finish the questions for The Landlady

Remember that 3, 4 &5 require paragraph answers.

If you are finished.

read A Sound of Thunder

begin the comprehension questions

Homework for Monday

Please finish your podcast

include...

• your reading of the climactic scene/moment
• your explanation of why it is the climax
• background sound effects and music (which run throughout your reading and explanation please)

Any questions which have not yet been completed for The Landlady MUST BE COMPLETED!

A Sound of Thunder

Read it here.

Make sure you know these words by using them in new sentences to show their meaning.

Comprehension Questions. Answer each in one sentence please.

1. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
2. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
3. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
4. How many years did the men travel?
5. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
6. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
7. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
8. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
9. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?
10. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
11. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
12. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
13. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
14. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
15. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? 

Answer each of the following questions using proper paragraph form.

1. Look at foreshadowing here.

now watch this....


 There are a number of moments of foreshadowing in the opening of the story (exposition). Give two examples and explain what they foreshadow. 

Imagery.....
imagery is the use of langue to describe something using the senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell.




Try the exercise with this one.

Try the exercise with this one.

2. The author uses a great deal of imagery in the story. Give three good examples and explain how each is used to enhance the storytelling.

3. The author uses figurative language throughout the story. Give examples of similes and metaphors, explaining what they are and how they are used.

4.  What is inferred by the 'Sound of Thunder' through most of the story? What is inferred at the end of the story?

For Monday

work on your one sentence answers

think about music and sound effects for your podcast

If you haven't finished.......

The vocabulary. all of it.

download and play with one of the audio tools for podcasts

 Garageband, Audacity, AudioBoo 

The Landlady

The Landlady Questions

Vocabulary

1. Check out this awesome word list. here
Find each of these words in the story, and copy out the sentence where they are found. Use each in a good sentence to show your understanding of their meaning.

Write sentence answers for these questions.

2. Find the definition of foreshadowing here. Post it. This story is full of foreshadowing, can you think of an example? 

3. How is foreshadowing different than inference? How is it the same? Give an example of inference in this story.

4. Look up the 'smell of burnt almonds' on Google. How does this change your appreciation of the story?

Answer the following in paragraph form.

5. This story also uses some excellent imagery. Find two examples. 
Explain what kind of imagery is used in each and how each helps tell the story.
(you may need a reminder of what imagery means) 

6. What has the Landlady been up to? Be sure to give at least two examples to prove your point.

7. The story seems to stop very quickly. What do you think of it? Do you like or dislike the ending? Explain why.

Podcast!
8. The climax of a story is the point of highest tension. What is the climax of this story? Make a podcast to prove your point. present the climax in your podcast with appropriate background sound effects and music. Discuss why it's the climax as well.  Use  Garageband, Audacity, AudioBoo  or any other sound recorder.


9. Bonus! If you finish the other questions, contact me for bonus stuff!