Today's Objective:
Students will read and analyze Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" in order to explore how word choice can reveal author's purpose.
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:
"A Sound of Thunder," 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.
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The way I think of Eckles is that he has a alot of mouth but he cant back it up with action and that he does not follow direction cause Travis told him to stay on the path and he did't listen. yes I do know some one like this he talk alot of stuff but he cant back it up
ReplyDeleteRyan E. Russell
ReplyDeleteI think that Eckles does know how to follow directions. I also think that he is a know it all. The reason why i say this is because. When reading the text i felt the part when travis was explaining to him to stay on the path. I felt that Eckle didnt believe him and that he felt what he knew was correct. i came up with this conclusion because if he took what travis said seriously then he wouldnt have picked up the dirt.
Sharod mack
ReplyDeleteMy opinion on Eckles is simple,he's got to much mouth,he's a know it all and he doesnt do what he's told.for example,in the story on the part where travis tells him to stay on the path as they search for the t-rex he gets frightened and runs off the path only to almost be eaten by the creature.Eckles doesnt really remind me of anyone i know but still he is really normal of a person.
I think Eckles is all mouth and no action. When it really happen he punk out. The reason I think that is because every time Travis tell him to do something he be scared for real. For example when Travis tell him to stay on the pathas they search for the T-Rex he gets frightened and runs off the path only to almost be eaten by the creature. Eckles doesnt really remind me of anyone I know.
ReplyDeletemaurice flemming
ReplyDeleteI think eckles is all talk and no action he geting paid like 10,000 to kill T-rex but when it time to kill them he is running awny from them also he do not follow direction cause Travis told him to stay on the path and he did't listen.eckles do remind of someone in real life Manny Pacquiao.
(malik flemming)I think Eckles does alot of talking and does not do alot of action.I say that because he was scared when some real action came his way.I think that because he ran away from the T-rex and he was getting a lot of money. he remind me of some who is bout to get into a fight that talk alot and can't fight and loses
ReplyDeletemichael ledbetter
ReplyDeleteI think Eckels is weak mentally he does not know how to deal with dangerous situations. for example in the story he saw the T'rex and ran off of the course. which changed things in the future when they came back to the present. which effected his life from the way it was before he went back to the past. in conclusion this is what i think about eckels.
Cassandra-West
ReplyDeleteIn my option I think that Eckels think that he is a bad boy , but when it come down to business or to the real thing he act like a different person. Another thing is eckels can not follow directions that was giving to him. For example he was suppose to stay on the path so it won't mess up the time line instead he did the opposite and walked the wrong path. Another example is when he saw the T'rex he didn't know how to handle it so he ran but yet he said it can dell with dangerous animals never say something that you can't accomplish.
my opinion of eckles is that he is a punk.he is full of shit. i feel this way because in the story eckles picked the biggest gun,bragged on how he is bored and how he has killed every animal,how he is ready to try something new and exciting. but when it comes down to that new and exciting experience he backs down,runs away and messes up the future. all because he could not follow directions and wants to brag and act like he is the shit and is not scared of nothing. but in all reality he is and could not handle the experience.do i know anyone like eckles? yes i do.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion of Eckles is that he is showoff. He would boast about what he had done in the past and how he was so tough. I think he just wanted the people to like him and know that he wasn't a coward. I also believe he is a little curious. I believe that's the reason he stepped off the path just to see what would happen. All he wanted to know was is something really going to happen or is this whole thing just a game. He just wanted them to know that he was the real thing and not someone who didn't know what he was doing. In real life I know a lot of people like that, most people in the world are like that. They pretend like they know what they are doing and they may say that they have done it before and when it really happens they don't know how to do it.So many people in the world are like Eckles in a real life crisis.
ReplyDeleteIsaac
ReplyDeleteI think Eckels is a scared person. Travis told him to stay on the path, he was scared and moved from it. He is also someone who doesn't care much about directions. Travis also told him not to hunt any dinosaur but to hunt the ones with the red color. But he wanted to hunt all kind of dinosaurs. I don't know any body like him in my real life.
Deonte Copeland
ReplyDeleteI think that Eckles is a type of person that is always talking, with no action. I say that because when action came his way he ran as quickly as he could. For example, when he saw the t-rex he ran off without no hesitation. Also i feel like this because Eckles didn't have no type of experience, but he wouldn't tell nobody, that bad things happend to him. And Eckles reminds me of a boy named Jarell because he always had alot of mouth, but was never about that life .
I think that Eckles is the type of person who would be cautious about what is going on around him and would respond to anything that looks like something that would be dangerous. I feel this way because Eckles seems to show alot of how much he doesn't like whats around him so thats why I belive that Eckles is cautious. I know someone who fits this character very well in real life. Dominic Williams
ReplyDeleteMy opinion of Eckles is that he talks too much about nothing and braggs alot about how he killed a bunch of animals. Eckles doesnt know how to act when things get out of hand for example when he ran off path and effected some things in the future and when he saw the T-rex he ran off course instead of killing it.
ReplyDeleteTory Nickens
ReplyDeletei think Eckles dont know how to follow directions very well. i think he is curious but scared because he asked a lot of questions and he stepped of the path thinking it was a game or if someting was really going to happen. i think he is also a show off or a try to be bad guy beause he thought he knew what to do with a gun but he could have ruined the past and could have died.i think that if he would listen and stop thinking he knows everything maybe the bad things wouldnt have happened to him.theres a lot of people in real life who acts just like this character,and a vlot of people i know who acts like this character. i think that its not cool to act like that because people will get tired of you quickly then you wont have nobody.
Brianna Dunn
ReplyDeleteMy opinion of Eckles is that he is mouth almighty. Eckles is the guy that have all the mouth and hard headed that does not listen. throughtout the story he was worth bs. Travis told him to stay on the path and he didnt.Eckles gets the biggest gun and dont know how to work it. when the guy behind the desk told them what happen Eckles should have just went home instead of faking like he goes hard.