Use these activities to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity. 

ACTIVITY: “Foreshadowing and Fulfillment”

“A Sound of Thunder” contains a few instances of foreshadowing, a literary device that hints at what is to come later in the story. However, foreshadowing is often easier to spot after having read the whole story.

Part A: Re-read the story, looking specifically for places where future outcomes were predicted or hinted at. Create a T-chart to document at least three findings of foreshadowing:

• On the left side, write the “hint” or instance of foreshadowing. You can write the exact quote, or paraphrase if it’s several sentences long.
• On the right side, write how the foreshadowing was fulfilled. How did the event that was hinted at come true later in the story?

Part B: Choose one instance of foreshadowing and its fulfillment and create an illustration of it to present to the class. Options for your illustration include:

• Create a small poster, dividing the paper into two sections, and draw the moment of foreshadowing on one side and the moment of fulfillment on the other.
• Create a comic strip to show various stages of foreshadowing and fulfillment.