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There Will Come Soft Rainsby Ray Bradbury

• Pre-reading webquest
• Ive numbered the questions youre doing and
  highlighted them in yellow. Write the number and
  your answer on your own paper.

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Part 1 Author

• Read about the author at the following link
• http//www.raybradbury.com/
• 1. Write down 5 facts about Ray Bradbury.

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Part 2 Title

• Read about Sara Teasdale at http//www.poets.org/p
  oet.php/prmPID/658
• 2. List 3 facts about Sara Teasdale.
• Read There Will Come Soft Rains and the
  commentary included at http//www.poemhunter.com/p
  oem/there-will-come-soft-rains/
• 3. What do you think the poem means? Explain in 3
  to 4 complete sentences.

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Part 3 The Power of Technology

• Answer the following questions on your own paper.
• 4. Think about the word technology. Write a
  definition before you click again!
• Technology is a tool that helps a person
  accomplish a task. Something as simple as a
  hammer or screwdriver is technology. List five
  items in the room that represent technology and
  how.
• 5. Name one of the many technological advances
  today and how it is or will benefit society.

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Part 3 The Power of Technology

• Many pros and cons exist about technology.
  Imagine life without email or instant messaging,
  but what is happening to peoples handwriting
  skills or their ability to spell correctly? 6.
  Name another form of technology that has both
  pros and cons and explain the pros and cons.
• 7. Name two everyday items that use computer
  chips to help them function better.
• 8. Make a list of when various technological
  devices (about five) were invented such as the
  microwave, cell phone, computer, Internet, etc.
  Write a paragraph about your life without some of
  these devices.

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Part 3 The Power of Technology

• Check out Bill Gates house at http//www.usnews.c
  om/usnews/tech/billgate/gates.htm
• 9. Choose the four rooms you like best. List them
  and one fact about each.

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Credits

• http//www.ask.com/web?qWhenwasthecellphonei
  nvented3Fqsrc0o333ldir
• http//www.raybradbury.com/
• http//www.plazaboricua.com/anil/archivo/fabulas2/
  cuentos/august2026.html
• PowerPoint version
• http//www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/658
• http//www.cs.rice.edu/ssiyer/minstrels/poems/223
  .html
• http//www.bartleby.com/verse/
• http//www.teaneckschools.org/schools/bf/resources
  /webquests/softrains/softrains.htm