To the Residents of A.D. 2029

by Bryan Woolley

Alev Senem ÖZAKIN Çağatay ERGEN

Lukash LABAJ Orhan SELEN

Author’s life

Bryan Woolley’s life wasn’t always in Texas. After several unsatisfying

jobs and graduating at Texas Christian University and Harvard, he

served as an Associated Press corrospondent in Oklahoma.

Then, he was city editor of The Anniston Star Press in Alabama.

In 1969, he joined the Courier-Journal in Louisville,Kentucky. He

worked at there for seven years.

In 1976, he joined the Dallas Times Herald.

Author’s life

Until his retirement, he worked at Dallas Morning News.

He has seventeen books.

He got many awards including the Pen West Literary

Journalism Award.

He has two married sons and two granddaughters. He

lives in Dallas with his wife.

Write the connotations of the

following words.

Now is the time to THINK !

What do you think about the future? Will it be good or not?

What will be the most significant changes in our lives?

What will be vital for us to live in the future?

How will people survive if the changes will not be in favor of mankind?

Summary of the storyThe title of this story alone shows us that the story is

about the future. There is this place called Collin County in Texas, USA. Building a new courthouse and a jail in McKinney, the Collin County Historical Commission decides to bury a time capsule that will be opened in A.D 2029. The author of this story is asked to write a letter as a literary contribution to the content of this time capsule. Having no limitations in the selection of a topic, he decides to write about how we have failed to preserve the nature and how we are still continuing to destroy it even more. With a more clever mind that understands how we repeat our mistakes with every generation, he decides to give advice to the Residents of A.D 2029, the people of the future, for them not to repeat the same mistakes. Listing four pieces of advice in the end of his letter, he finishes what he is asked of by the Historical Commission.

Organization of the Paragraphs

He talks about the reasons as to why he is writing and the current status of the USA.

He lists some of the problems and the mistakes that mankind has done so far.

He talks about some problems that could remain unsolved even in the future.

He ends his letter with four wishes

We hope we won’t scare any of you…

A bit of Discussion Wars! Fight!

After reading the story, do you

believe in the author’s claiming that

he refuses to be pessimistic about the

future? Tell your reasons.

Character Analysis

The Writer – Bryan Woolley

He is optimistic about future.

He is pesimistic about today.

He has hopes about future.

He thinks in an objective way while trying to

analyze today’s world.

Character Analysis

Mrs. Elisabeth Pink

She is the one who is responsible for contents

of the time capsule.

She is assumed to be a friend of the author.

Character Analysis

The Mankind

According to what the author says, the

mankind has destroyed and defiled the nature.

We repeat the same mistakes over and over

again, troubling our own future.

Match the words with their

meanings.

… a) Vicinity

… b) Hunky-dory

… c) Postulated

… d) Quaint

… e) Retrospect

… f) Beleaguered

… g) Schism

1) Claimed

2) Division

3) Worried,tormented

4) An act of thinking about past

5) Attractive because of being

unusual

6) Satisfactory and pleasant

7) The area immedieately

surrounding something

Fill in the blanks with the suitable words below.

schism, vicinity, hunky-dory, postulated, retrospect, beleaguered, quaint

1) There is no hospital in the immediate ________________ .2) They ____________ a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container. 3) In the west part of the country, there are some _________ villages. They

are very old, but pretty as well.4) Perhaps, in ___________, I shouldn't have gone.5) You can't lose your temper one minute, and then expect everything to be

__________ again.6) The arrival of the fresh medical supplies was a welcome sight for the

________ doctors working for the refugee camps.7) There is a widening _________ between Church leaders and politicians.

Put the words below under their grammatical categories.

Nouns Adjectives Verbs

Vicinity, postulate, retrospect, fulfill, survival, capsule,

nourish, usable, highest, responsible, undrinkable,

transportation, continental, resources, realm, pessimistic,

beleaguered, heal, profound, feed

Fill in the blanks with the suitable prepositions.

1) I wish I could report ____ the future that our current status is hunky-dory.

2) Until recently, it was possible ____ Americans ____ believe that.

3) The people ____ the United States have enjoyed the highest standart ___ living.

4) Sometimes, we've ever been wasteful ___ human life itself.5) Lately, we've begun ___ realize that we're ___ trouble.6) We've poured so much filth ____ our water that much ___ it is

undrinkable, and no life can live ___ it.7) Even the life ____ the ocean, the great mother ___ us all, is

threatened.8) We continue ___ depend ___ unrenewable resources.

Speak Up!

1) If you were the author of this short story, what else

would you advise the people of future? Discuss with

your partners.

2) In groups of five, discuss how the situation may be

in A.D. 2100. List at least five things that you expect

to happen.

Be the Author…

1) The author wrote this story to adress the citizens of

America in A.D. 2029. write a letter to the citizens of

your country in A.D. 2029 to give advice, and inform

them about your country and the situation we are now

going through.

2) Write an argumentative essay about the topics given

below:

*Technology and its effects

*How humanity consumes the resources

Thank you for listening.