Ray Bradbury: Short Stories Lesson Plan

The Butterfly Effect

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to see how a phenomenon described in the text applies to their own personal lives, and the lives of everyone they know.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4

Structure:

In “A Sound of Thunder,” we see how small things can result in big changes. By merely killing one butterfly, Eckels changes the whole world. In this activity, students will try to come up with an example of “The Butterfly Effect” in their own lives.

This example doesn’t have to be about a life-changing event. It can be about sports, school,...