Students will read and analyze Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" in order to explore how word choice can reveal author's purpose.
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:
"The Pedestrian," by Ray Bradbury
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Today's Lesson Notes:
Tonight's Homework:
Today, we discussed how word choice can provide powerful hints into revealing a work's theme(s) and an author's purpose.
(BCRs must contain five complete sentences. No partial credit is awarded)
Jeralexia Mitchell
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbury Was Trying To Say In The Story That New Modern Technology Is Turning For The Worst. The Story Made It Seem Like Taking A Walk By Yourself Is A Crime. Technology Is Taking Away Jobs, Human Nature, And Everything. The Human Society Is Going To Become More Lazy. Making Us More Dependably On Technology Than Doing Things For Themselves. It Seem Like He Was Trying To Get Through To The Younger Kids Telling Us Technology Isn't Everything. Like Really? Do We Need Talking Cars? No.
i think Ray Bradbury might of said "technology is used in Differnt ways" some people abuse the power of technology by Spending hours on it and relying on it. The man was walking at night and the police was making reason to Arrest Ray because HE thought Ray Bradbury was up to somthing And by LAW the policeman have the rights to Arrest him for supicious behavior.
ReplyDeleteAna Rodriguez
ReplyDeleteI think that Ray Bradbury was trying to say that technology could get way better than what it is right now or that they trying to make it better in the future. also maybe he was trying to say that technology can get more stricter and can take him for a personal research.
Marcus Ford
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbury is talking about how technology is making our country for the worse. It seem like he is trying to make a statement that technology needs to improve. He's also trying to say basically kids depend on technology most of the time instead of using other resources. This is what i think Ray Bradbury is trying to say about technology.
Ray Bradbury basically saying that technology is making us as people lazy. I think he is trying to say that we need to try things the old way. I also think he is trying to say that we need to stop depending on technology because it wont always be here, it can easily go away. I Think he likes to technology simply because he was walking around trying to see what was going on with the world, But at the same time he doesn't want to depend on it like everyone else. That's what I think.
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Quiana Miller:
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbury might have been saying that technology is making everyone lazy. We're becoming so lazy that we have technology handling our jobs for us. Bradbury was saying that depending on technology isn't the best way to handle a job. Technology can become corrupt and will eventually mae mistakes. I also believe that Bradbury was saying that just because we invent/develop new things, it doesn't mean that people will always use it because there's nothing wrong with old fashion things.
Malik Jackson
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbrury is saying our generation is lazy because of technology. In a way he is right but at the same time he is wrong. He is right because we have kids that just listen to I pods,get in the computer, and play video games all day. He is wrong because some kids use technology for educational purposes like for home work, research ect. So I agree with him in some ways but in other ways he is wrong.
He thinks technology is a bad thing. Ray Bradbruy thinks it will be dominant.Technology will prevent physical activities.I think that technology is bad both way because you can do alot of things with technology but it can also cause death and problems. He also is saying that technology wont always be here so we wont have nothing to use if there is no technoloy.
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Jaime Blair
ReplyDeleteIn the story I think Ray Bradbury was trying to say that technology is one of the main causes of why people are inactive. Now that technology is much more advanced, we depend more on that then of our brains. Ray is saying that we as people should take more time and go outside. Technology isnt that bad , yet anyway but its starting to currupt our generation. So as Ray was saying we have to stop depending on something thats not always going to be here.
*Jasmine May..,!*
ReplyDeleteI personaly think that Ray Bradbrury was trying to say that technology has made an huge impact on our society.But only the impact wasn't a good one.People are starting to abuse technology.Instead of them solving things out mentally or with books, they reffer to technology.Its ok to use techology when you know your limits.Plus we need to learn how to be more independent when it comes to technology.Whats the point of having a brain if your not goin to use it.
Ray Bradbrury was trying to get the message across that technology has a big impact on society. In the story Mr.Mead was unaware of certain things do to not having updated technology. I believe that the author made a good theme in this story because alot of people wouldn't no what to do without technology and the world would be confused. For example without tech. we students may not get as good as an education. Technology is starting to be the new way of life!
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SYEPHEN DOUBA
ReplyDeleteI think mr leonard mead is saying in thet story that the new technology is bad bcause he was just walking and they took him so it is like its taking away the humanhobbes thinks you like to do u can`t do it no more because of the technology while if it was a real person the person would have understand he was walking because he likes to do that and he is sigle he don not wantto stay home
Roshequa Simpson
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbury Was Talking About The Way Technology Affects People. For An Example When People Get Around Cellphones Or Cars Or Any Electronic There Mentality Changes. In This Story There Was A Talking Car, Why Would There Ever Be A Talking Car? This Story Shows The Negative Affects That Technology Has On Our Society. That Is What Ray Bradbury Was Explaing In This Text. I Also Figured Out A Theme.
Janaya Adams:
ReplyDeleteI think Ray Bradbury was talking about that technology is not really important. In this story technology is used as a bad thing because in the story there society was based of technology. This story is giving us a hint on what our society is turning into. Technology is bad and is turning people into things they are not like the police officer and the police car. That is what I think Ray Bradbury was talking about in the text.
What Ray Bradbury Might Have Been Saying About Technology.Is That Modern Technology Is Going For The Worst.It Is Messing Up People Making Them Be More Lazy Do There Work From.People Are Loseing Their Jobs.Also It Was Bad Because The Whole Society Was Based On Technology.Evrybody Used Technology so Nobody Would Not Go Out No More.So It Was A Crime For People To Beso Walking Out Late On Their Own.
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GiaVaughna FOrbes
ReplyDeleteI Think What Ray Bradury Was Trying To Say Is That Technology Its Really Not That Important. I Say Thiss Because People Get Around Techonology They Stop Focusing On The Things That They Are Suppouse To Do. Mr.Lernard Was Just Walking. But The Police Thought That He Was Doing Something He Had No Business Doingg. I Think That Technology Has Gotten Worst Now And Days.