7th Grade Short Story Discussion Board by Stephanie Day https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl Made with a wish on a star en-us 2018-04-11 00:20:04 UTC 2020-11-03 20:55:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Thank You Ma'am sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250524265 Mrs. Jones is a woman of modest income. Give three pieces of evidence from the text that show the $10 she gives Roger is actually quite a sacrifice.]]> 2018-04-11 00:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250524265 Thank You Ma'am sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250524462 Roger's face is dirty and he washes up in Mrs. Jones' sink. What point is Hughes trying to make with the extended elements involving Roger's dirty face and the warm water? Keep in mind the religious tones.]]> 2018-04-11 00:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250524462 Thank You Ma'am legocy04 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250727319 When Roger was in Mrs. Jones' house, he had plenty of chances to leave with her pocketbook. But he did not leave. Do you believe that Mrs. Jones was testing him or was it pure carelessness.]]> 2018-04-11 14:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250727319 Thank You Ma'am oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250731456 Why didn't Mrs. Jones take him to jail so she didn't have to deal with him anymore?]]> 2018-04-11 14:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/250731456 Thank You Ma'am dwayson14 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251209344 . Why do you think Mrs. Jones handles the situation the way she does in the story? What is she trying to accomplish? How do you think this experience is likely to affect Roger? 

]]> 2018-04-12 15:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251209344 Thank you Ma'am ali_hardesty408 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251568784 Why do you think Mrs. Jones opens the door?

Why did the boy not run out the door when he had the chance?

How do you think Mrs. Jones felt after she released the boy?]]> 2018-04-13 14:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251568784 Thank You Ma'am sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251599711 Explain how Mrs. Jones fulfills the role of temporary mother to Roger. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your answer.]]> 2018-04-13 15:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/251599711 Thank You Ma’am 48mitchell48 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252189038 Why do think it said “She had everything in that purse EXCEPT a hammer and nails”?]]> 2018-04-16 15:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252189038 Thank You Ma'am marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252224569 Why do you think she kept going on about his dirty face. (Not just because it was dirty.) Do you think it has a deeper meaning?

]]> 2018-04-16 16:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252224569 Thank you Ma'am laurenallie_621 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252261051 Would you describe Ms. Bates as 'poor'? if you think so, why? and if you think she is not poor, why? ]]> 2018-04-16 17:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252261051 sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252741344 The Veldt

In The Veldt, author Ray Bradbury repeatedly uses personification to give human traits to Happylife Home operating system.  Find and write down two lines ( the full sentence) where personification is used.]]> 2018-04-17 19:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252741344 sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252742934 The Veldt

We’re told that the Happylife Home system cost “thirty thousand dollars installed.”  Bradbury published this story in 1951 and, due to inflation, it turns out that $1 in 1951 is worth about $9 today.  Given this, how much would the Happylife Home system cost in today’s dollars? Would there be a market today for such a system?  Why or why not?]]> 2018-04-17 19:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/252742934 The Veldt legocy04 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253011445 1. How do you think that David McClean the psychologist felt at the end of the story?

2. If we are able to create a house like The Nursery would you buy it ( not knowing that 2 people may have died because of it)?

3. Do you think that the children killed the parents or was it a big illusion?]]> 2018-04-18 14:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253011445 The Veldt ali_hardesty408 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253011697 1. why do you think they called it a nursery?
2. why do you think the kids were amagioning the parents dying?
3. what do you think happened to David McClean?
 ]]> 2018-04-18 14:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253011697 The Veldt laurenallie_621 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253057165 1. Do you think that the children are really 'Cold Hearted'? Why?

2. Do you think the Parents saw something like this reality coming? Why?

3. Is David McClean in on this? Why?]]> 2018-04-18 15:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253057165 The Veldt marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253057415 What kind of relationship do the Hadleys have with their children?

]]> 2018-04-18 15:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253057415 The Veldt oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253061452 Do you think the parent actually died, or were they just terrified because it felt so real, and lions were chasing them? Because they kept saying they weren't real, they just seemed like they were. 

]]> 2018-04-18 15:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253061452 The Veldt marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253063017 What do you think it meant when the children said, "Oh, they'll be here directly." to Mr. McClean?]]> 2018-04-18 15:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253063017 The Veldt oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253064484 Do you think that the children were possessed? ]]> 2018-04-18 15:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253064484 The Veldt marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253067096 How do you think George Hadleys old wallet had drops of saliva on it and been chewed and had blood smears over it?]]> 2018-04-18 15:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253067096 The Veldt dwayson14 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253102474 How do George and Lydia's reactions to the nursery and the lions differ?]]> 2018-04-18 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253102474 The Veldt sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253182636 Early in the story, what evidence are we given that the Happylife Home system has not made either of the adults particularly happy? What message might Bradbury be trying to deliver here?]]> 2018-04-18 19:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253182636 The Veldt sdaycchuntingtown https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253183328 Bradbury uses two interesting similes when he described the children, Peter and Wendy. First, post the two similes he uses to describe the children's physical traits. Then, explain what's ironic about these simile choices. ( Not everyone needs to post the two similes but everyone does need to post their thoughts as to the irony of the similes.)]]> 2018-04-18 19:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253183328 The Veldt 48mitchell48 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253899348 Why do you think that the kids completely settled down and had a picnic at the end of the story?]]> 2018-04-20 16:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/253899348 if you think that the children were possessed then what do you think they were possessed by? ali_hardesty408 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/254462632 2018-04-23 15:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/254462632 The Veldt laurenallie_621 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/254486987 I don't know if this is the simile you were talking about but;
"Wendy and peter were coming in the door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles." 

I think this is weird foreshadowing somehow because at the end of the story, they're having a picnic and they are acting all sweet when David McClean is about to be 'eaten' by the vulture... :)]]> 2018-04-23 16:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/254486987 The Necklace legocy04 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/255342759 1. How giving is the husband to Mathilde? Give reasons why.

2. Is it selfish when Mathilde said that she would not go to the party unless she did not look "poverty-stricken"?

3. How does Mathilde's selfishness backfire on her?

4. Is this a ironic story? If so, why?

5. What would you do if you were in that situation.]]> 2018-04-25 17:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/255342759 The Necklace dwayson14 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/255688183 Why does Madame Loisel begin to cry after she reads the invitation?


What is an example of foreshadowing in “The Necklace”?


What is the moral of the story in “The Necklace”?
]]> 2018-04-26 15:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/255688183 The Necklace marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256325334 How does Madame Loisel's character change as a result of the hardships she has to go through?]]> 2018-04-29 18:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256325334 The Necklace oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256508281 Why does Madame Loisel not tell that she lost the necklace, and that she was going to buy her a new one? 

]]> 2018-04-30 13:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256508281 The Necklace dennyjordan0727 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256634603  Why didn’t the lady tell the woman that the necklace was fake then she wouldn’t have to spend 10 years to buy a New real One ?]]> 2018-04-30 17:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/256634603 Lamb to the Slaughter oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257278967 What do you think the husband told to his wife? And why do you think the Author didn't tell what he was going to say? 

]]> 2018-05-02 14:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257278967 Lamb to the slaughter oliviald0605 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257280761 Do you think Mary Maloney was justified? ]]> 2018-05-02 14:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257280761 dennyjordan0727 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257286071 Lamb to the Slaughter

 Do you think she was in her right mind when she hit her husband ]]> 2018-05-02 15:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257286071 Lamb to the Slaughter legocy04 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257375190 1. Why was Mrs. Maloney laughing at the end of the story? Give reasons why.

2. Do you think that she was insane when she killed Patrick or did the mysterious thing that Patrick said have anything to do with the murder?

3. Is the lamb leg a symbol in the story?




]]> 2018-05-02 17:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257375190 Lamb to the slaughter 48mitchell48 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257632491 Why do you think Mrs. Maloney killed her husband Patrick? 
Why was Mrs. Maloney laughing at the end?

]]> 2018-05-03 13:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/257632491 lamb to the slaughter ali_hardesty408 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258057126 why do you think she was crying when she found her husband dead on the floor?
do you think that Patrick told Mary that he was leaving her?

]]> 2018-05-04 14:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258057126 Lamb to the slaughter dwayson14 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258066527 How is the story ironic?]]> 2018-05-04 15:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258066527 ali_hardesty408 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258233264 2018-05-05 16:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258233264 Lamb to the Slaughter marigo2005 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258323194 1. What sort of story does this title lead you to expect?
2. In this short story when does it become obvious that Mary Maloney was going to kill her husband?]]> 2018-05-06 17:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/258323194 https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/887832885 2020-11-03 20:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sdaycchuntingtown/shf33ij63tgl/wish/887832885