“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”

By Richard Connell

Common Core Reading Standards being assessed:

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

*Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense and humor.

Understanding Awesome Vocabulary……

affable

Friendly, pleasant, and easy to talk to

ADJ

condone

To overlook, forgive or disregard

verb

deplorable

Deeply regrettable; unfortunate

ADJ

elude

To escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness, or skill

VERB

quarry

The object of a hunt; prey

NOUN

scruple

An uneasy feeling arising from one’s conscience or principles

NOUN

solicitously

With an expression or care or concern

adverb

tangible

Capable or being touched or felt; having actual form and substance

ADJ

uncanny

So remarkable as to seem supernatural

ADJ

zealous

Intensely devoted and enthusiastic

ADJ

Chateauis a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications

NOUN

Ideas to think about…• What kind of game d0 you

think of when you hear the title of this story?

• Is it sport, a game of chance, a

race?

• Or did you think of something else altogether?

Word WEB…

The Most Dangerous

Game

Hunting

Reason

ship

Dog

game island

mansion

Dangerous

survival

Let’s make a prediction about the storyUsing at least one of these words in a sentence.I predict this story will be (about)…..

Reading groups

7 groups of 4 (I choose) Literature books

Page 39 Read aloud to each other

  Building Suspense The success of "The Most Dangerous Game" depends in large part on building suspense. In executing this task, the author wastes no time. In the first fifty words, he

Building Suspense The success of "The Most Dangerous Game" depends in large part on building suspense. In executing this task, the author wastes no time. In the first fifty words, he

BUILDING SUSPENSE• Success of story depends on suspense• Waste no time

• In the first fifty words, the author…• establishes the existence of a mysterious island • shrouds the island in the “thick warm blackness” of a “moonless Caribbean night”• the main character, Rainsford, hears a gunshot coming from the direction of the island, falls overboard and

swims to the island • character finds thick jungle and a chateau on a bluff • At the chateau, the first person to greet Rainsford is a giant

What happens next? That is the question the author wants the reader to ask as he unfolds his tale.

CHARACTERIZATION

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization

DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

 tells the audience what the personality of the character is Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl

were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.”

Explanation: The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.”

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

There are four different methods of indirect characterization: T.O.A.D

Thoughts Others’ opinions Actions/Looks Dialogue

TOADThoughts What is revealed through

the character’s private thoughts and feelings

Other’s Opinions What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?

Actions/Looks What does the character do? How does the character behave? What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

Dialogue What does the character say? How does the character speak?

On the back of the “during read” handout… Write two examples of direct characterization for

Rainsford and Zaroff? Two for indirect? Rainsford: Direct Characterization

1. 2. Rainsford: Indirect Characterization1. 2.

Zaroff: Direct Characterization1. 2.

Zaroff: Indirect characterization1. 2.