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              "There Will Come Soft Rains" Quizzes, Inference Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games
Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching the science fiction short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a craft analysis exercise, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will:
- Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly 
- Isolate numerous examples of sensory language 
- Define words and phrases as they are used in the text 
- Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings 
- Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences 
- Discern the intended effects of the author's narrative techniques 
- Draw parallels to currently existing technologies 
- Consider themes in context 
- Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence 
- Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision 
- Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literature 
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching the science fiction short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a craft analysis exercise, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will:
- Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly 
- Isolate numerous examples of sensory language 
- Define words and phrases as they are used in the text 
- Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings 
- Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences 
- Discern the intended effects of the author's narrative techniques 
- Draw parallels to currently existing technologies 
- Consider themes in context 
- Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence 
- Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision 
- Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literature 
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
 
          
          
        
         
          
          
        
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Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching the science fiction short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a craft analysis exercise, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided.
