Please read the following slowly to the class. Stop at the underlined words. Give the students time to write the missing words, but don’t repeat the word for them. This is a listening activity.
Cloze Notes – Put
these in your NOTES
Background on the cold
war
In 1949 the
Ray Bradbury
When Ray Bradbury was asked about predicting future events and future technological inventions in his writing, he responded, “That’s not my business. My business is to prevent the future.” In other words, throughout his career, Bradbury has tried to guide his readers toward a future that is more humane.
At
age twelve, Bradbury began writing stories on a toy typewriter.
In his early days as a writer, he wrote about ghosts and dinosaurs, growing
up in the
Please read the following slowly to the class. Stop at the underlined words. Give the students time to write the missing words, but don’t repeat the word for them. This is a listening activity.
Cloze Notes – Put
these in your NOTES
Background on the
_________
In _________ the
Ray Bradbury
When Ray Bradbury was asked about _________ future events and future technological inventions in his ________, he responded, “That’s not my business. My business is to prevent the ________.” In other words, throughout his career, Bradbury has tried to ________ his readers toward a future that is more humane.
At age________, Bradbury began writing stories on a ________ typewriter. In his early days as a_______, he wrote about ghosts and dinosaurs, growing up in the________, and going to Mars.