"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury

For this assignment use the notes and sketches you made in class today as your rough draft.

Begin by taking one piece of blank paper. You may use any color.

Fold it in half to make a card you can open.

On the front draw a large frame.  Neatly write the title and author: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. Add a picture. You may sketch, draw, paint, or collage any cover design you like. You may make your border fancy.

In side the card draw two frames.

 In one frame create a second piece of art.  Again, you may sketch, paint, collage, etc.  In the other frame write a  $1.00 response to "The Veldt".  Remember, each word is worth one cent.  A, an and the are free.

In your response you may want to answer these things:

• In the story, what is the future like?
• What was your reaction to the ending?
• Who, or what, were the villains in the story?
• Did everyone "get what they deserved?"
• What is Ray Bradbury saying about his society?
• How is this story still relevant, meaningful, to our world today?

Write neatly. Be careful about spelling, capitalization and punctuation.  All of these count. You may type.


For extra credit:

1. Select one of the other radio dramas from Bradbury Thirteen listed below.
2. Listen to it.
3. Draw two frames on the back of your card.
4. Illustrate the top frame with a picture, the title of the drama and the author.
5. Write a 75 cent response to it in the bottom frame.  
6. Earn extra credit in English.

Links to other Bradbury 13 Episodes:

• "Kaleidoscope" about a crew that survives a rocket's explosion.\
• "A Sound of Thunder" about a time travel trip that goes wrong.
• "The Happiness Machine" about a man with a machine to make you happy.
• "Night Call, Collect" about a man who gets a phone call after the world has ended.