By Ray Bradbury
A Reader Response Activity
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Write down three technological features (either
present day or futuristic) that you would like to
have in your house to make your life easier. For
each choice explain how your feature would be a
positive in your life and a negative.
For example Ms. Walker and Mr. Wilson both
want to have a set of diaper changing arms in their
babies’ rooms. The positive result of these arms
would be, obviously, no more changing of poopy
diapers. The negative impact would be less time
that the babies have contact with their parents and
yet more time with technology.
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Pay attention to what you are thinking and
feeling and your opinions. In doing so, you are
responding to literature using reader response.
Reader response is the relationship between the
reader and the text. These responses differ
between all students as they are based on each
persons own experiences, prejudices, biases,
and conceptions. Your answer is unique and
reveals something about you as a person, as
well as the text you have read.
General:
 What do you think?
 How do you feel?
 What is your opinion?
You will be asked specific questions for The
Veldt, but pay attention to: your reaction to the
parents and their relationship with their
children, the rules of the house, the suspense
created by Bradbury
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Read The Veldt and complete reader-response
acvitities.