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THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS

Ray Bradbury, 1920
A voice sings a wake-up call to the inhabitants of the house as the story begins. There's just one problem with this scenario. All the people who lived in the house have vanished! The voice-clock is completely unaware that the humans are gone, so the voice sings on, calling the family to breakfast. The stove prepares breakfast, yet no one eats it. It is August 4, 2026, according to the voice, which recites the calendar of activities for the day.​
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Above image is from graphic novel; image on right was created by StoryboardThat.com.

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​Resources
  • ​Short Story
  • Short Story with More
Literary Terms
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Irony
  • Allusion
  • Repetition
Lesson Idea
  • Have students create a Storyboard like the one on the right above or using a template.
  • Storyboard Template
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 Read by Leonard Nimoy (14:44 minutes)
Read by Stephanie Swan Quills (17:43 minutes)
Graduate Student Rendition
Poem by Sara Teasdale
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  • Home
    • About Vikki Costa
  • Science Fiction
    • Teaching with Science Fiction
    • Characteristics of Science Fiction
    • Writing Sci Fi
    • SciFi Short Stories >
      • Soft Rains
      • Road Not Taken
      • California Dreamer
      • Folding Beijing
    • SciFi Novels >
      • Frankenstein
      • Journey to the Center of the Earth
      • The Time Machine
      • I, Robot
      • A Wrinkle in Time
      • Ender's Game
      • Jurassic Park
      • Japan Sinks
      • Three Body Problem
      • The Age of Miracles
    • Sci Fi Movies >
      • Them!
  • Movies
  • Technology
  • Global Education
  • NASA's BEST Workshops
    • Read Write Like Engineer
    • STREAMing
  • Informational Text
  • Visual Thinking
  • Hodgepodge