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Name: _____________________________ Period: _______ Date: ___________ Directions : Read Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Pedestrian.” Complete the following activities before, during and after you read it. Before Reading Activities for “the Pedestrian” VOCABULARY: Word Know It Don’t Know It Meaning/Illustration/Example/Sentence Revue Halt Dystopia Conflict Murmur Antiseptic Tendencies Totals: Directions: Fold the paper in half and check the appropriate box

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Page 1: Web viewDirections: Read Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Pedestrian.” Complete the following activities before, during and after you read it. ... Word: Know It;

Name:  _____________________________   Period:  _______   Date:  ___________

Directions:  Read Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Pedestrian.” Complete the following activities before, during and after you read it.   

Before Reading Activities for “the Pedestrian” VOCABULARY:  

Word Know It

Don’t Know It

Meaning/Illustration/Example/Sentence

Revue

Halt

Dystopia

Conflict

Murmur

Antiseptic

Tendencies

Totals:

 Directions: Fold the paper in half and check the appropriate box for each term.

Then..

I know 6-7 Words: Without support, complete the fourth column.

I know 3-5 Words: With a device or dictionary, complete the fourth column.

I know 0-2 Words: With a device, a dictionary or your notebook, complete the fourth column.

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Prewriting:  Write 2 - 3 sentences answering the following prompt:  Imagine the future of this 

world. Write about what you think the world will be like in 50 years. How might new technology 

revolutionize your everyday tasks?

During: While Reading “the Pedestrian” answer the following questions. 

1.  What did Mr. Leonard Mead most love to do?     2.  What year is the story set?    3.  Why did Mr. Leonard Mead change to sneakers?    4.  How do people react when they see Mr. Leonard Mead walking?    5.  Who does Leonard Mead ask, “What’s up on channel 4, channel 7, channel 9?”     6.  What is Mr. Leonard Mead’s attitude toward the shows on television?  Provide support (quotes from the story) in your answer. 

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    7.  How many years has Leonard Mead been walking has he does?   

 8.  How many people live in the city?    9.  How many police cars are there?     10.  Where was Mead on his way to when he was stopped by the police car?   

 11.  What is Mead’s profession?     12.  Why does the voice from the police car respond “No profession”?     13.  What does Mead’s profession reveal about his character and his place in society?     14.  What is significant about the following simile?  How does it add to the mood and/or theme?              The light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest.  

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   15.  What does Mead realize about the car?      16.  Where is Mr. Mead going to be brought?      17.  What crime did Mr. Mead commit?     18.  What do you think Bradbury is telling us about television’s role in society through this story? (HINT:  What is Bradbury’s message or moral in this story, what is he warning the reader about?) 

           

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After Reading “the Pedestrian” Answer the following questions.  I. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story. simile____________________________________________________________________________

● example:_________________________________________________________________             

metaphor______________________________________________________________________

● example:_________________________________________________________________

setting ___________________________________________________________________

● What is the setting of the story?_____________________________________________

protagonist____________________________________________________________________

● Who is the protagonist of this story?_________________________________________

antagonist_____________________________________________________________________

● Who is the protagonist of this story?_________________________________________

theme________________________________________________________________________

● What is the theme of the story?______________________________________________

 

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II. UTOPIA VS. DYSTOPIA:  Fill in the following chart with specific examples from the story. ● In the LEFT SIDE of chart below, list three qualities of the society described in “the 

Pedestrian” which are ideal or utopian and briefly explain why these qualities are positive.

● On the RIGHT SIDE of the chart below, list three qualities of the society described in “the Pedestrian” which are scary/negative or dystopian & explain why these qualities are negative.

 Utopian Qualities Dystopian Qualities