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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2013. EPub.

• The story opens with the sound of a clock announcing repeatedly that it is seven o'clock and time to wake up.

• Readers learn that the house is empty, but the clock continues its announcements over and over.

• The action shifts to the kitchen of the house, where an automated stove makes a full breakfast for four.

• From the two coffees and two glasses of milk, readers infer that two adults and two children are expected at breakfast.

• Another automated voice announces the date--August 4, 2057--and the location--Allendale, CA.

• It issues helpful reminders about birthdays and other special occasions, bills that need to be paid, and so on.

• The voice urges the residents to be off to school and work.

• A box...

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