The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Slides, Assignments, & Activities
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The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit Assignments And Activities - Introduce your students to the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury. This short story package has everything you need to teach the story and includes resources to assess student understanding, as well as get them working on their creativity and writing skills. You'll find a PowerPoint presentation that guides you through the unit, reading questions, figurative language activity, and a creative writing assignment with a template!
Included In The Pedestrian Short Story Unit:
➡️ The Pedestrian Presentation: This 18-slide PowerPoint presentation to guide you as the teacher through the lessons includes author biographical information, pre and post-reading discussion questions, a figurative language activity, a creative writing assignment, and a link to a video adaptation. You'll never be looking for things to do with your class for this story when you use this resource!
➡️ Reading Questions (Answer Key Included): This set of questions guides students through the key elements of "The Pedestrian," focusing on plot, character analysis, and themes of isolation and technology. The included answer key allows for quick grading and helps facilitate meaningful class discussions.
➡️ Figurative Language Activity (Answer Key Included): In this activity, students will identify and label examples of figurative language within the text. This worksheet enhances their understanding of metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, or alliteration.
➡️ Continue the Story Creative Writing Assignment: At the end of “The Pedestrian,” Leonard has been arrested and is being transported to The Psychiatric Center for Research of Regressive Tendencies. Students will pick up where the plot leaves off by continuing the narrative to tell what happens to Leonard next.
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