Essay after There Will Come Soft Rains

You will write a compare and contrast essay about the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," by Sara Teasdale and the short story, "There WIll Come Soft Rains," by Ray Bradbury. Use your Cornell Notes from the class analysis of the poem and short story to guide you as you write the essay.

GRADED ON THE FOLLOWING: 

1. Introduction with a thesis                                                                                                                             YES      NO       5 points

2. Definition of a utopian society,                                                                                                                  YES      NO       5 points

3. Describe with examples from both texts what the authors say about utopian societies                   

YES    NO     10 points

4. Compare/ contrast the authors' thoughts about human life                                                          YES    NO     10 points

5. Compare/contrast the authors' thoughts about nature and how it will or will not succeed when humans are gone                                                                     YES     NO       10 points

6. Include examples about nature's success                                                                                               YES     NO       10 points

7. Compare/contrast the author's thoughts about technology                                                          YES      NO      10 points

8. Include examples of the specific uses of technology                                                                         YES      NO      10 points

9. Explain which factor survives (humans, technology, or nature)                                                                    YES      NO      10 points

10. Conclusion to summarize your points                                                                                                    YES      NO      10 points

11. Your opinion about living in a utopian society                                                                                     YES      NO      5 points

12. Typed or NEATLY written                                                                                                                            YES      NO      5 points