Ray Bradbury's Stories - Quizzes, Vocabulary Games, and Analysis Activities (Volume 2)
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Ray Bradbury, are featured: "All Summer in a Day," "The Veldt," "The Pedestrian," and "The Flying Machine." Collectively, the narratives represent the science fiction, supernatural fiction, and horror genres. Answer keys are included. Materials are made for Google Drive, offering self-grading functionality and automated feedback via Google Forms. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Determine the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Discern the functions of given details
Describe the tone of given excerpts
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including double negative, foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research as needed to answer questions about historical context
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
More resources for teaching Bradbury's stories ("There Will Come Soft Rains," "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed," "The Fog Horn," and "The Emissary") are available here.
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Ray Bradbury, are featured: "All Summer in a Day," "The Veldt," "The Pedestrian," and "The Flying Machine." Collectively, the narratives represent the science fiction, supernatural fiction, and horror genres. Answer keys are included. Materials are made for Google Drive, offering self-grading functionality and automated feedback via Google Forms. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Determine the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Discern the functions of given details
Describe the tone of given excerpts
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including double negative, foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research as needed to answer questions about historical context
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
More resources for teaching Bradbury's stories ("There Will Come Soft Rains," "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed," "The Fog Horn," and "The Emissary") are available here.
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Ray Bradbury, are featured: "All Summer in a Day," "The Veldt," "The Pedestrian," and "The Flying Machine." Collectively, the narratives represent the science fiction, supernatural fiction, and horror genres. Answer keys are included. Materials are made for Google Drive, offering self-grading functionality and automated feedback via Google Forms. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Determine the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Discern the functions of given details
Describe the tone of given excerpts
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including double negative, foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research as needed to answer questions about historical context
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
More resources for teaching Bradbury's stories ("There Will Come Soft Rains," "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed," "The Fog Horn," and "The Emissary") are available here.
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres: