Week # 5 September 19-23, 2011

Literature: Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains"
Writing: Process paper - ASOT Literary Analysis
Vocabulary: manipulate, oblivious, paranoia, silhouette, sublime, tremulous, shriveled, acrawl, radioactive, titanic, inconvenience, miniature, burrows, incinerator, yelping
Academic words: consequent, crucial, initial, shift, survive

Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due: every week (any day, so prepare)

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #5 - ASOT additional words
2. Literary analysis - introduction

Tuesday
1. Discuss how technology might have taken over life? If it does, what will happen? What are some limitations of technology?
2. Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" and answer a study guide.
3. Analyze a literary element: chronology and personification.

Wednesday
1. Reading check.
2. Vocabulary practice.
3. Write body paragraphs for the literary analysis.

Thursday
1. Learn academic words and use at least one academic word from the list to write a paragraph describing the initial crisis and consequent problems when technology fails and causes widespread trouble.

Friday
1. View Ray Bradbury video.
2. Answer video guide.

Friday
1. Write the conclusion for the literary analysis.
2. Write the final draft after peer review.