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Quickwrite
Think back to a time when you were faced with making a hard decision. After reflecting, do you think you made the right choice? Would your life be different if you could change your selection? Do you have any regrets? Explain your response.
Think back to a time when you were faced with making a hard decision. After reflecting, do you think you made the right choice? Would your life be different if you could change your selection? Do you have any regrets? Explain your response.
The Ray Bradbury Audiobook: "The Rocket" (The Illustrated Man)
"The Rocket" by Ray Bradbury (short story)
"The Rocket" by Ray Bradbury (short story)
Summary
After Reading
Reflection
1. Do you agree with how Bodoni spent his family’s money? Explain your response.
2. Using either Bramante or Maria, tell me how your selected characters’ traits assisted the author with developing as well as advancing the plot of the story ("The Rocket").
Reflection
Regardless if we agree or disagree with Fiorello Bodoni’s decisions, we cannot deny that “The Rocket” is a story about a father’s love and the sacrifices he was willing to make for his family. After all, it was the children’s happiness that allowed Maria to finally understand Bodoni’s choices, and the hopes that he had for their children. It’s interesting, but realistic that the children never knew about the cost of Bodoni’s decisions. I am sure that our parents have also made numerous unknown sacrifices for us.
Task: Tell your parents about the story we read in class. Ask them if they can tell you about a sacrifice that they have made for you/your family that you may not know about. Afterwards, tell them thank you and let them know that you love them. (Hugs and kisses are optional but add a nice touch.) Write down your experience in your journal.
Reflection
Select a quote that you believe applies to Ray Bradbury's "The Rocket" (The Illustrated Man). You will need to mentally explicate your selection and explain how you believe the quote connects to the story in your response.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
John Lennon
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Albert Einstein
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Pablo Picasso
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
Kurt Vonnegut (Mother Night)
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
John Lennon
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes
“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
Stephanie Meyer, Twilight
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
Oprah Winfrey
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
Vincent van Gogh
1. Do you agree with how Bodoni spent his family’s money? Explain your response.
2. Using either Bramante or Maria, tell me how your selected characters’ traits assisted the author with developing as well as advancing the plot of the story ("The Rocket").
Reflection
Regardless if we agree or disagree with Fiorello Bodoni’s decisions, we cannot deny that “The Rocket” is a story about a father’s love and the sacrifices he was willing to make for his family. After all, it was the children’s happiness that allowed Maria to finally understand Bodoni’s choices, and the hopes that he had for their children. It’s interesting, but realistic that the children never knew about the cost of Bodoni’s decisions. I am sure that our parents have also made numerous unknown sacrifices for us.
Task: Tell your parents about the story we read in class. Ask them if they can tell you about a sacrifice that they have made for you/your family that you may not know about. Afterwards, tell them thank you and let them know that you love them. (Hugs and kisses are optional but add a nice touch.) Write down your experience in your journal.
Reflection
Select a quote that you believe applies to Ray Bradbury's "The Rocket" (The Illustrated Man). You will need to mentally explicate your selection and explain how you believe the quote connects to the story in your response.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
John Lennon
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Albert Einstein
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Pablo Picasso
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
Kurt Vonnegut (Mother Night)
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
John Lennon
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes
“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.”
Stephanie Meyer, Twilight
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“You can have it all. Just not all at once.”
Oprah Winfrey
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
Vincent van Gogh
Food for Thought . . .
Read "3 Life Lessons from Ray Bradbury We Can't Afford to Ignore" by End Paper.
Take Aways
Take Aways
- This story is about a father providing an experience for his children so that they can realize that it is possible to obtain their dreams.
- No one wants to hear that something is impossible or beyond their ability.
- Subsisting is not living.
- Humans are creatures that must grow and advance.
- Financial inequality
- Strength of family
- Power of imagination
- Parents and sacrifices
Extra Credit: Comic Strip
Did you know that "The Rocket" was originally named "Outcast of the Starts"? Below are copies of a comic strip that was created based upon the story. For extra credit, illustrate at least one event in the story. You can also illustrate a series of connected events or the entire story. You can draw or digitize (Canva, PowToon, Adobe Spark, Make Beliefs Comix, Pixton, Storyboard, etc.) your comic strip