Science Fiction Review

From there will come soft rains

How does the setting advance the author's purpose for this science fiction story? (DOK 2) (RL3)

• The story contains more than one antagonist.

• There is only one house left on the planet.

• The story takes place in the future.

• The story could have more than one ending.

From there will come soft rains

What ends up destroying the home? (DOK 1) (RL4)

• Fire

• Nuclear explosion

• Problems with maintenance

• Nothing, it was the only house still standing at the end.

From there will come soft rains

What character in the story would be considered dynamic? (DOK 2) (RL3)

• Mother

• Father

• None

• Son

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

From there will come soft rains

What part of the story tells us that man may have quit stimulating his own mind? (DOK 2) (RL4)

• When the family did not care that the paintings had been destroyed.

• When the house was reading a poem for the mother.

• When the robotic mice were cleaning the rooms.

• When the bed tried to rock the family to sleep.

From there will come soft rains

Which theme statement from the story could be relevant for your life today? (DOK 2) (RL2)

• Not everything is what it seems.

• Technology is evil.

• Technology can take the place of a human's purpose.

• Every home should have a backup plan for a nuclear war.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

From there will come soft rains

Which field of science would study the twist of reality in this story? (DOK 2-3) (RL1)

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

• All the above

From The Veldt

What can we assume about this society in the future, which advances the author's purpose? (DOK 2-3) (RL6)

• The weak minded will not survive.

• People will become more neurotic in the future.

• All children will disobey their parents.

• Mechanical animals will have the ability to become real.

From The Veldt

How do we know that the children are spoiled? (DOK 1) (RL4)

• The role of parent and child has switched.

• The children do not have to do anything for themselves.

• They talk disrespectfully to their parents.

• All of the above.

From The Veldt

"The house clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them" is an example of what type of figurative language? (DOK 2) (RL4)

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

From The Veldt

What possible element of science, but not developed, does this story fall under? (DOK 2) (RL1)

• Natural occurrence

• Social organization

• Technological development

• Outer Space