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Ray Bradbury Theater: “The Veldt” Movie Lesson Plan

February 7, 2018 By

So you just taught “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury and your class loved it. You’re wondering if there’s a short “The Veldt” movie that you could show–there is–but you don’t want to be “that teacher” who just shows movies all the time. Sounds like what you really need is a “Veldt” movie lesson plan. It […]

Filed Under: Movies, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Short Stories, The Veldt

Lesson Plan: Theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury

February 5, 2018 By

Summer vacation never gets old. Never. Even after nearly 20 years of teaching, I feel a wave of joy as the end of the school year approaches. And then one year, they changed the school calendar so the school year started two weeks sooner than normal. I felt like those kids in “All Summer in […]

Filed Under: All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury, Short Stories

Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” Summary, Analysis, Lesson Plans

A Sound of Blunder A warm phlegm gathered in Mr. Eckels’s throat: he swallowed and pushed it down. Mr. Eckles had just taught Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” short story during a principal’s observation and his “Sound of Thunder” lesson plans didn’t go very well. His students’ eyelids had blinked over their stares, and […]