The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell
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AUTHOR’S CRAFT OF WRITING- ATMOSPHERE
While you are listening to the music selections write down your feelings (minimum of 5 words)
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Reflection: (THINK/PAIR/SHARE)
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Read this paragraph, some of the words from the original text have been replaced with words that are less
effective, more bland, overused, or boring. For each underlined word or phrase, come up with two possible
replacements – choose words or phrases that are more expressive and paint a more vivid picture in the
reader’s mind.
“It’s rather 1. unknown—“
“What island is it?” Rainsford asked.
“The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island,’” Whitney replied. “A 2. descriptive name, isn’t it?
Sailors have a 3, strange fear of the place. I don’t know why. Some superstition—“
“Can’t see it,” remarked Rainsford, trying to 4. look through the dank tropical night 5.you could
almost touch as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
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2.
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4.
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ANNOTATIONS
Choose a combination of Annotations to equal 10 pts. Use your own paper and attach to worksheet.
***Stipulation: Combination of annotations must include at least one of each type.
(1 pt) Text to Self- Can you relate to the characters in the story?
(2 pts) Text to Text- How is this text similar or different from other things you have read?
(3 pts) Text to World- How are events in this story similar to things that happen in the real world?
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION-Rainsford
Speech
Thoughts
Effect on others toward the
character.
Actions
Looks
EXAMPLE FROM TEXT
What does the
character say?
What is revealed
through the
character’s private
thoughts and
feelings?
What is revealed
through the
character’s effect on
other people?
How does the
character behave?
What does the
character look like?
PLOT SEQUENCE- EXPOSITION
WHAT IS THE SETTING OF THE STORY?
WHO DO YOU MEET (CHARACTERS)?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
IDENTIFY THE VALUE
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
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Identify
the meaning of the word that is underlined using context clues.
1. Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--"
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2 "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it
pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
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3. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and
terror.
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4. Some wounded thing--by the evidence, a large animal--had thrashed about in the underbrush; the jungle
weeds were crushed down and the moss was lacerated; one patch of weeds was stained crimson.
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The Most Dangerous Game
Name and class_______________________________
by Richard Connell
AUTHOR’S CRAFT- DIALOUGE
DIALOUGE OBJECTIVES:
1.______________________
STAPLE YOUR QUOTE TO THIS PORTION OF YOUR
WORKSHEET.
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
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INDIRECT CHARATERIZATION- GENERAL ZAROFF
Speech
Thoughts
Effect on others toward the
character.
Actions
Looks
What does the
character say?
What is revealed
through the
character’s private
thoughts and
feelings?
What is revealed
through the
character’s effect on
other people?
How does the
character behave?
What does the
character look like?
IDENTIFY THE VALUE
What is the value that General Zaroff portrays?
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ANNOTATIONS
Choose a combination of Annotations to equal 10 pts. Use your own paper and attach to worksheet.
***Stipulation: Combination of annotations must include at least one of each type.
(1 pt) Text to Self- Can you relate to the characters in the story?
(2 pts) Text to Text- How is this text similar or different from other things you have read?
(3 pts) Text to World- How are events in this story similar to things that happen in the real world?
PLOT SEQUENCE- RISING ACTION
What trials does the protagonist have to overcome?
How is the protagonist growing as a character?
What is your prediction of the ultimate struggle the protagonist is going to have to face?
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
Choose the best word for each sentence. You may use a dictionary to find the definition and then place it
in the correct sentence.
a. aristocrat b. cultivated c debacle d. feudal e surmounted
A _________________________voice marked by a slight accent that gave it added precision and deliberateness, he
said, "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my
home."
He had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face--the face of a man used to giving orders, the
face of an ________________________.
There was a medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of ________________________ times with
its oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory tables where twoscore men could sit down to eat.
"After the ________________________ in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to
stay there.
The general smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced an obstacle and ________________________ it with success.
The Most Dangerous Game
Name and class_______________________________
by Richard Connell
AUTHOR’S CRAFT OF WRITING- EPHIPHANY
YOUR EXAMPLE:
ANNOTATIONS
Choose a combination of Annotations to equal 10 pts. Use your own paper and attach to worksheet.
***Stipulation: Combination of annotations must include at least one of each type.
(1 pt) Text to Self- Can you relate to the characters in the story?
(2 pts) Text to Text- How is this text similar or different from other things you have read?
(3 pts) Text to World- How are events in this story similar to things that happen in the real world?
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
RAINSFORD
GENERAL ZAROFF
PLOT SEQUENCE- CLIMAX
WHEN DOES THE CHARACTER FACE HIS ULTIMATE STRUGGLE?
FALLING ACTION
THE FALLING ACTION OCCURS RIGHT AFTER THE CLIMAX.
LIST THE FEW EVENTS THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE RESOLUTION.
DENOUEMENT
HOW DOES THE AUTHOR TIE UP LOOSE ENDS? WHAT
DOES THE AUTHOR LEAVE THE READER TO PONDER AT THE
END?
REVEW FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS:
HOW DOES THE AUTHOR DEVELOP SUSPENSE IN THE STORY?
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JANE SCHAFFER PARAGRAPH
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