The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Number: 20 students Age: 20 – 25 Language School Level: Advanced Aim(s): Make students reflect about the excessive use of the technology  

1. SHORT STORY
LESSON PLAN
L U C A S L O R R A N
M A U R I C I O C O E L H O
W I L L I A N A R A Ú J O

2. CONTENTS
• Student’s profile
• The Veldt
• Black Mirror’s episode
• Pre-activity
• While-activity
• Post-activity
• Microteaching
• References

3. STUDENT’S PROFILE
• Number: 20 students
• Age: 20 – 25
• Language school
• Level: Advanced
• Aim(s):
• Make students reflect about the excessive use of the technology

4. THE VELDT
RAY BRADBURY (1950)
The Hadley Family lives in a technological house
named “The Happylife Home” which does every task
for them. The two childrens, Peter and Wendy
become fascineted with the nursery, a virtual reality
room able to reproduce any place they imagine.
The parents, George and Lidi start to wonder if there is
something wrong with their way of life. They got
confused that the nursery stuck on a African setting:
the veldt, with lions in the distance, eating a dead
figure and they hear familiar screams.
Then, George and Lydia decided called a psychologist
who warms them to turn off the house and move for a
while to live by themselves.
The plot twit happens, when the children locked their
parents inside of the nursery and it is implied that the
lions ate George and Lydia.
The short story ends with the children enjoying lunch
on the veldt and the lions eating a dead figures in the
distance.

5. PLAYTEST

6. PRE-ACTIVITY
Time Material Description of
the activities
Objectives
15’ Computer
Projector
Black Mirror
video
Conversation
with the
Students
The trailer of
Black Mirror’s
episode
Playtest
To access
student’s
background and
reflect about
the extreme use
of technologies.

7. PRE-ACTIVITY
• “Have you ever watch it?”, “Did you like it?”, “Do you like this
kind of movies/TV series?”, “Do you like this theme?”
• “What did you understand?”, “What do you think about virtual
reality (VR)?”, “Do you think it could happen in real life?”

8. WHILE-ACTIVITY
Time Material Description of
the activities
Objectives
30’ The Veldt
(short story)
Read
4 or 5 groups
to answer the
questions
Discuss about
it
To understand
the main idea
of the text and
discuss about
it.

9. WHILE-ACTIVITY
• “What is the main message in The Veldt?”
• “What kind of relationship do the Hadleys have with their children?”
• “How is the nursery suppose to work?”
• “ What are three details in The Veldt that suggest a futuristic setting?”
• “What unusual technological devices are there in The Veldt?”
• “How does technology, as a theme, influence The Veldt?”

10. POST-ACTIVITY
Time Material Description of
the activities
Objectives
30’ Computer
Speakers
T will ask Ss how
a media can
influences another
media
The Veldt by
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Ss will have to
produce another
media inspired
by the short
story (e.g. a
picture, a poem,
(another) short
story etc).
To produce
something
related to the
short story.

11. LET’S PRACTICE!

12. REFERENCES
• BRADYBURY, RAY. The Veldt. Available at: <
https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/163728/T
he%20Veldt%20-%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf> Access on: 13.jun.2018
• E-NOTES. The Veldt Questions and Answers. Available at:
<https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/topic/veldt>. Access on:
13.jun.2018

13. THANK YOU