The Sound of Thunder

We will be reading another short story - The Sound of Thunder and writing a descriptive paragraph.   
Practice the vocabulary on this website:

https://quizlet.com/61635420/a-sound-of-thunder-ray-bradbury-flash-cards/

Here is the comic book version of the story:  

Comic version of A Sound of Thunder Click here...https://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/all-ive-got-to-worry-about-is-shooting-my-dinosaur/sound-of-thunder-ec-comics-1/

The employees at EC Comics loved Sound of Thunder so much they adapted it for comics. But, they didn’t credit Bradbury at all. Legend has it that Ray saw the story and sent them a nice note about what a great adaptation it was – a diplomatic way to get credit, for sure!   His name is at the bottom of this one...

Here is an old video that could help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgbZAwIhVw

Give Peace a Chance

After Veterans Week we have had some great discussions about Peace.   Now we will read stories about Peace and put our ideas together into a poem!  


Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes:
Listen to the story:
Chapters 1 - 3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9

Read the story:
Read the story
How to make a Crane

Period 2 -  Try writing an Acrostic poem about Peace.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

Period 3 and 4 - Try writing a Diamante poem about Peace.  Your first word is Peace - follow the directions from there.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

The Saint Mother Teresa High School Peace Prize!
Who will YOU nominate?   Design a poster or google slides to tell us more about your person:

Read about those who have won the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace initiatives:
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace

We will be practicing the Prayer for the 21st Century and reading short stories about Peace.