Just in case.....

Finish all comprehension questions for "A Sound of Thunder."

Introduction to Fiction Genres

Old School Fiction Genres

	Folktales:  These feature common folks, such as peasants, and commonplace events.   There maybe be some "make-believe" elements, like talking animals, but the stories, overall, sound logical - even realistic.  Folk tales seek to explain things about life, nature, or the human condition. pick a place, find a folktale
	Fairy Tales:  Also called "magic stories," these are filled with dreamlike possibility. Fairy tales feature magical and enchanted forces.  They often have a "happily ever after" ending, where good is rewarded and evil is punished. pick a place, find a fairy tale
	Fables:  Short stories, in verse or prose, with a moral ending.  These types of stories are credited Aesop (6th century BC), who told tales of animals and other inanimate objects that teach lessons about life.  pick an animal, find a fable
	Legends:  While based in history, these stories embellish the life of a real or imaged person. Often their abilities are supernatural, or God-like. The facts and adventures of the person are exaggerated, making the individual famous for their deeds. pick a place or legendary hero, find a legend
	Myths:  Some stories have to be told as related tales to be meaningful.  Myths portray themselves as representing a distant past.  They contain common themes and characters, often "gods."  Myths attempt to explain the beginning of the world, natural phenomena, the relationships between the gods and humans, and the origins of civilization. Myths, like legends, are stories told as though they were true. pick a natural event or recurring phenomena (or place), find a myth

Modern Fiction Genres

FANTASY: contains elements that are not realistic

• talking animals 
• magical powers 
• other than human characters
• often set in a medieval world 
• often involving mythical beings

 HISTORICAL FICTION:  stories centered around the basis of a partially historical situation

• a novel set in a historical period 
• the characters are plausible or even based on actual historical characters
• the setting is correct for the time period and location

MYSTERY:   stories about the unraveling of something strange or unknown

• solving a puzzling event or situation  
• solving a crime 
• centred around a person who investigates 
• centred around a person or persons employed to obtain secret information

 REALISTIC FICTION:    stories that take place in modern times

• characters are human and could actually exist
• characters are involved in events that could happen. 

SCIENCE FICTION:   stories that often tell about science and technology of the future

• involving partially true fictions laws or theories of science 
• often set in the future 
• often set in space
• often set on a different world 
• often set in a different universe or dimension

SUSPENSE:  stories that keep you on the edge of your seat

• involving adventure and danger
• can be tied to any of the above genres

COMING of AGE:  stories about growing up

• characters are usually young people
• often they are forced to make a series of choices that change their lives
• often the main character is in the middle of something they don't understand until the end of the story

A Sound of Thunder

Read it here.

Make sure you know these words by using them in new sentences to show their meaning.

Comprehension Questions. Answer each in one sentence please.

1. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
2. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
3. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
4. How many years did the men travel?
5. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
6. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
7. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
8. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
9. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?
10. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
11. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
12. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
13. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
14. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
15. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? 

Answer each of the following questions using proper answer form.

1. What is inferred by the 'Sound of Thunder' through most of the story? What is inferred at the end of the story?

2. The author uses a great deal of imagery in the story. Pick an awesome paragraph with at least three good examples and explain how each is used to enhance the storytelling. everyone gets a different paragraph. First come first choice.

Alice - A touch of the hand.....

Krys - Eckels stood smelling of the air....

Petar - Eckels swayed on the padded seat.....

Stan - The Jungle was high and the jungle was broad....

Aylin - 

David - They let themselves be led along the metal path...

Alex - "So what?" Travis snorted quietly....

Leo - The monster at the first motion.....

Anna - Crushing certain plants...

Melissa, Dominic - The tyrant lizard raised itself......

Aleady started bonus

Frazer, Fexy, John, Christopher, Sai - It came on great oiled....

Look at foreshadowing here.

now watch this....

3. There are a number of moments of foreshadowing in the opening of the story (exposition). There are even more throughout the story as a whole. Give at least 5 examples from the whole story and explain what they foreshadow. 

BONUS SECTION

Anaphora Get the definition/explanation from vocabulary.com
give some examlpes from the story.

examples of metaphor

simile

symbolism  from the story.

Homework reminder

All Raymond's Run questions to be finished by Friday please!

For friday

One word list completed please.

Stay awesome!

Raymond's Run Questions

1.Check out these two awesome vocabulary lists from our story.

here and here.

For each word, please find it's place in the story, find a synonym (here) and write it.

Then use each new word in a sentence to show your new understanding.

ALERT! There are a couple of doubles, just do each word once ;) 

2. Revisit your inference definition. Find two examples in the text and discuss each.

3. Consider how Sqeaky is described in the story using imagery. Give three examples and discuss.

4. Raymond is described in a very particular way, by his actions. Give example and explain how and what this tells the audience about him.

a link to the story here

Inference

If you have completed all of the questions to the Landlady.

Check with me first.

Then you will be allowed to click here.

use your inference skills to determine what is happening.

Post it in your blog. Be detailed.

then find someone else who has done the same. Share your ideas.

How does it change your initial impressions?

Raymond's Run

The Landlady bonus questions

bonus 1
Yellow chrysanthemums, according to the Society of American Florists, mean "secret admirer."  Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn.

What does this mean to the story?


bonus 2

“Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person...he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of? Pickled walnuts? New leather? Or was it the corridors of a hospital?
Research these smells and then consider what they foreshadow. Discuss.