There Will Come Soft Rains (goes with CR)

Draw what you think the house looks like at the beginning of the story. Use details from the story. (pages 43-44)

Personification is when writers give human qualities to things that are not human. Which three of these are examples of personification from page 43 in the Close Reader?

• "the voice clock sang"

• "memory tapes glided under electric eyes"

• "in the city of Allendale, California"

• "the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh"

What does the author mean by "a metal throat" in line 25 on page 44?

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why does the city glow? (pg. 44)

• All of the lights that are lit up

• The headlights from the cars

• It is radioactive

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Describe what is happening at the house when the story begins.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the story, the author writes, "The house stood alone in a city of ------ and ashes." (pg. 44, lines 35-38)

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What do you think happened to the rest of the city?

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How many people lived in the house? (pg. 45)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

We know the number of people who lived in the house because ________.

• The author tells the reader, "Five people lived in this house."

• The number of breakfasts the stove makes

• The shadows on the western facing wall

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Draw the shadows of the family members on the wall. (pg. 45)