Tuesday, September 27, 2011

"A Sound of Thunder" - Sept. 27 (1B)

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.

What is your opinion of Eckles? Why do you feel this way about him? Do you know anyone like this character in your real life? Post your comments in a BCR at the foot of this blog entry in a five-sentence BCR by the start of next class.

(BCRs must contain five complete sentences. No partial credit is awarded)
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I Feel That Eckle Is A Very Emotional Person I Feel This Way Because Of The Fact That Hes Scared To Change The Past Among The Time Machine. When He Talks About The Time Machine And How You Can Be Affected By The Past Because Of One Little Thing. For Example The Butterfly That Was Killed Could Change Everything Even If It Seems Impossible To Do. This Book Was Good And Resourceable Because It Tought Us About Going Back In Time And The Detrimental Value To That And What Can Happen If You Mess With Time. I Dont Know Anyone Like This But Im Pretty Sure That If I Did I Would Probally Change My Values To Theirs.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Varian McCray
    To me i feel and think that Eckles was more a emotional and down to earth person .He had his moments to were he was very interest with what he was surrounded by. I felt that he was observing the jungle and the atmosphere of it. Then he also had his moments to were he was scared by what he was experiencing

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Varian McCray
    To me i feel and think that Eckles was more of the down to earth and emotional guy of the group.
    He had his moments to were he was very interested by what he was seeing and what he was surrounded by. I felt like he was observing the jungle as he went along. Then he had his moments were he was frighted by what he was experiencing up close in person.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM

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  5. Dorian ClemonsSeptember 30, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    I think Eckles is a really good person at heart. He never wanted to hurt anyone or change the future. He felt bad about it as soon as he realized what he'd done. I know someone like Eckles; me. Whenever I do something that disappoints someone, I start to feel guilty about it immediately.

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  6. Kayla Coleman- NolanOctober 1, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Kayla Coleman- Nolan
    I believe that Eckles was brave. I think he is brave because he actually when back in time to shoot dinosaurs. Even being up close to a dinosaur is a very bold move or thing to do. I would say my grandmother is brave in a way. I say that because she will do anything to make sure we're safe and go out of her way to do it.

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  7. brandon mccallumOctober 2, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Mr.eckles is a very over protected person he didn't want leasperence to touch nothing that not mark in paint.But leasperence was right the smallest thing change there future.And I think he should be over protected because he was right about killing a small animal could mess up the future.So he warned everyone but leasperence didnt listen.

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  8. brandon mccallumOctober 2, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    I would had stress to everyone that this can change the future like eckles did.

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  9. daja ballengerOctober 2, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    I feel as though , mr eckles is a scaredy cat because he got himself into this job.This job requires confidence and following directions.He did neither he was scared and stepped off the path , he was told not to.I feel this way because you should be confident in everything you do.My brother reminds me of mr eckles because hes also a scaredy cat , he scared of things most 8 year olds shouldn't be scared of.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Jasmine Lewis
    I fell as though Eckles care about alot of things an is strong and brave. But at times he can get a little shakend. Once it was time to shoot the Dinosaur he ha got scare and ran, which made me think of him as a punk. Once he knew he had change the future he felt really bad and maybe even heart broken. He really didnt mean to he just got so scared and ran, didnt think he was going to hurt a thing. Eckles is a very nice person but takes things to heart.

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  11. Christian CooperOctober 2, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    I Feel That Eckels Is A Emotional Person But He Is Not So Smart Because If He Was Scared While He Was Back At The Office He Should Have Never Went. Also He Let The Pressure Of His Surroundings Get To Him. I Feel This Way About Him Because He Was'nt Very Smart Going Their In The First Place An Risking A Generation Of Animals An Humans Life.Yes I Do Someone Like This An I'm Trying To Help Them Change That. In Conclusion This Is My Opion Of Eckels.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Sunsurae Morris
    My opinion toward Eckles is he doesn't think before he acts. The biggest rule before getting out the time machine was to not step off the path because it may or may not change the future. Eckles gets scared and runs of the path. Eckles stepped on a butterfly and it changed the future. Going in the future Eckles realize by killing that butterfly it changed the spelling in the future. I don't know anybody in my life that acts like Eckles. Everyone that I hang with takes caution when it comes to important rules.

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