The Illustrated Man (1st 'chapter')

Welcome! Please reply to this post. You don't have to reply to all the posts in one night. Also, remember that you have to earn 50 points a week from the cards on the filing cabinet in the back of the room. DON'T TAKE THOSE CARDS HOME! You can put a card on my desk with a note that you need it photocopied, or you can take the card to your seat and copy it, or you can just read it. By the way, on the cards, the point values are called 'miles.'You can save up and do 100 points in a week and nothing another week, like we discussed in our meeting... or nothing for 3 weeks and 150 points in one week, etc.

Remember, you don't have to do the reading log, so you may find that you're reading less than before, but responding to this post and doing the activities on the yellow cards will be time consuming, so you may find that you are spending as much time analyzing a book as you used to reading it.

You do need to read the stories from the text in class, but you don't need to answer the ?'s at the end of the story. You don't need to read the workbook stories or do those activities. You don't do the reading log.

Please don't read ahead in the Illustrated Man because I may ask you to make predictions. Maybe, if you insist on reading ahead, I can create a different post for every chapter, and you can reply to each chapter at your pace. We'll see if I can keep up. If you MUST read but find yourself ahead, for now, read a different book of your choice, and try to stay with the group with The Illustrated Man until I can get ahead and get questions posted for other stories.

Okay, here we go:

You should have checked out The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

By Friday, I would like for you to read two of the stories: The Illustrated Man (that's the name of the first "chapter"... each chapter is it's own short story) and The Veldt.

Then, respond to this post - 10 questions per story; if you need help adding a comment to the post, let me know at break or at lunch. If I'm not in my room, see if I'm in Ms. Dunlap's room. Anyway, here's what you need to answer:

1. What is your name (first and last)?
2.How many pages to you typically read a night?
3.What is your favorite book?
4.What genre do you typically read (fantasy, biographies, etc.)?
5. In the first story you read, entitled "The Illustrated Man," give an example of how the author uses ONE of the 5 elements of showing writing... be specific. For example, in the first paragraph, no two sentences begin with the same word.
6. WHOA... I have to finish typing the questions later :) My baby is getting fussy (I'm at home) and it's time for me to give her a bath and put her to bed... I just wanted to start giving you the questions so you're not confused (like Frances was!) ;)
Okay, I'm back...
6. Give an example of a sensory detail in "The Illustrated Man" - something we hear, taste, or smell.
7. What kind of opinions do you have of people who have lots of tattoos? What challenges would the illustrated man face as a member of society in the year 2007? What advantages would he have, if any, by the fact that his tattoos move and tell stories? What are some possible dangers he would face because of that (moving tattoos)? What advantages and disadvantages does he have with that particular spot on his back that can show the future?
8. In the story, Ray Bradbury makes reference to several well known artists (Picasso, for instance). Research one of the artist mentioned and tell me something interesting that you learned.
9. Find two vocabulary words that you did not know before - define them.
10. Find an example of a power verb from the story.