Tuesday

Today, we are going to discuss the story "There Will Come Soft Rains", give you time to fill in the short story outlines, and work on the blog assignment below.


HW: On your blogs you will outline the day routine of the family that lived in the house.   You will do this by going back through the story and marking what happens with the house and when it happens.  Create a hour-time line.  Example: 8 am: "Time to Run".  The house plods the children out the door to go to school.   The garbage door opens indicating that the father will be leaving for work.  The house begins to clean... Please do not skip anything or your blog grade may suffer.  You will need 3-4 detailed sentences per time.


Note - you might have a quiz that includes how the following poem fits in with the theme of the short story: