Most Dangerous Game vs The Hunger Games

OBJECTIVE/ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Define and identify types of conflict in short stories.
Analyze the character development, interaction, and influence of each on the plot and seeting


Bell Ringer:
Monday: How did Rainsford change throughout the story?

Questions for discussion:
1. What do you like/ dislike about Rainsford?  Explain
2. According to Zaroff, what is the most Dangerous game? Based on this attitude, would you call Zaroff civilized?  Why/ Why not?
3.A.  Early in the story, what fears does Whitney believe jaguars feel?

(b)  How does Rainsford’s attitude toward these animals differ from Whitney’s?

4.  (A) Near the end, with what words does Zaroff congratulate Rainsford?

                   b)  What action does Rainsford then take?

5.How might Rainsford’s experience on the island change him?  Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

6. (a)  What is the main conflict in this story?  Explain.

 (b)  Is the main conflict primarily internal or external?  Explain

7. Use the below chart to provide specific details that reveal conflicts other than the main conflict.

Rainsford vs Nature

Rainsford vs Himself

 8. Is there a resolution in this story or does Rainsford experience an epiphany with no real end to the conflict?  Support your answer with details from the story.

9. (a)  Identify three inferences you made while reading this story and the details you used to make them.

(b)  Did making inferences improve your understanding of the story?  Explain.

10. List 3 examples of internal conflict
List 3 examples of external conflict

Key Vocabulary Term(s) (needed to perform the current lesson)

- Internal and external conflict, resolution, epiphany - Palpable, indolently

MATERIALS NEEDED

- Notebook - Pencil/Pen

- Notebook - Pencil/Pen

- Prentice Hall Literature Book - Notebooks - Paper - Pencil/Pen

Complete the Plot structure chart for Wednesday

After discussion, students will watch the movie The Hunger Games and complete the Comparison/ Contrast packets.

Assessment:  Test/ Comparison / Contrast Charts

Standard(s):

1.3.9.C:   Analyze the use and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors, includingcharacterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, mood, and style

Intro to Most Dangerous Game

OBJECTIVE/ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Define and identify types of conflict in short stories.
Bell Ringer:
Monday:
1. "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.
A. Lazy; Idly    B.   Able to be felt; easily perceived  C. Useless; Hopeless  D.  Misgivings about something one feels is wrong

Tuesday:
2. The sleepy cat yawned INDOLENTLY.
A. Lazy; Idly    B.   Able to be felt; easily perceived  C. Useless; Hopeless  D.  Misgivings about something one feels is wrong

Wednesday:
3. Her SCRUPLES prevented her from lying.
A. Lazy; Idly    B.   Able to be felt; easily perceived  C. Useless; Hopeless  D.  Misgivings about something one feels is wrong

Thursday:
4. My attempt to catch the mouse was FUTILE.
A. Lazy; Idly    B.   Able to be felt; easily perceived  C. Useless; Hopeless  D.  Misgivings about something one feels is wrong.

Read p200 and discuss external and internal conflict, resolution, and epiphany

-Discuss the Different types of conflict:

Man vs

Man vs

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Man vs

Man vs

- Discuss the author Richard Connell

- Read and discuss “The Most Dangerous Game” pp214-235

- Vocabulary Terms:  Palpable, indolently, scruples, futile

Questions for discussion:
1. What do you like/ dislike about Rainsford?  Explain
2. According to Zaroff, what is the most Dangerous game? Based on this attitude, would you call Zaroff civilized?  Why/ Why not?
3.A.  Early in the story, what fears does Whitney believe jaguars feel?

(b)  How does Rainsford’s attitude toward these animals differ from Whitney’s?

4.  (A) Near the end, with what words does Zaroff congratulate Rainsford?

                   b)  What action does Rainsford then take?

5.How might Rainsford’s experience on the island change him?  Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

6. (a)  What is the main conflict in this story?  Explain.

 (b)  Is the main conflict primarily internal or external?  Explain

7. Use the below chart to provide specific details that reveal conflicts other than the main conflict.

Rainsford vs Nature

Rainsford vs Himself

 8. Is there a resolution in this story or does Rainsford experience an epiphany with no real end to the conflict?  Support your answer with details from the story.

9. (a)  Identify three inferences you made while reading this story and the details you used to make them.

(b)  Did making inferences improve your understanding of the story?  Explain.

Key Vocabulary Term(s) (needed to perform the current lesson)

- Internal and external conflict, resolution, epiphany - Palpable, indolently

MATERIALS NEEDED

- Notebook - Pencil/Pen

- Notebook - Pencil/Pen

- Prentice Hall Literature Book - Notebooks - Paper - Pencil/Pen

Assessment:  Test/ Comparison / Contrast Charts

Standard(s):

1.3.9.C:   Analyze the use and effectiveness of literary elements used by one or more authors, including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone, mood, and style

Scarlet Ibis

Tuesday and Wednesday:

Objectives
Students will be able to:
1.  Develop an understanding of symbols
2.  Read a piece of quality literature and analyze the symbolism in the story

Scarlet Ibis

Bell Ringer:  Tuesday: Define Pride
                         Wednesday:  Should the narrator be blamed for                            Doodle's death?  Why or why not. Goals:

1. Students will review"The Scarlet Ibis" on page 350 of their text.
2. Students will review key points from their reading
3. Students will discuss  predictions made about the main Characters
4. Students will identify and discuss literary terms:  Symbolism, Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing

5. Students will discuss and analyze the theme of the story

Teacher/ students will review their notes/ inferences

-Students will answer the following questions:

Literary Terms:

A. From what point of view is the story told?

B. Who are the two main characters?

C. What are the the settings in the story?

D. The author has said that the setting acts like another "character" in the story.  Why is the setting so important>

E. List 2 examples of foreshadowing?

F. What does the scarlet Color symbolize in the story?

G. What does the ibis symbolize in the story?

Analysis and Comprehension:

1. Do you blame the narrator for Doodle's fate?Why or why not?

2. Why does the narrator cry when everyone congratulates him for teaching Doodle to walk?

3. What do the narrator's tears reveal about  his conflicted, or mixed, feelings?

4. What does Doodle do with the dead ibis?

5. What do you think motivates Doodle to treat the Ibis as he does?

6. Why do you think the narrator sets such demanding goals for Doodle?

7. After Doodle's death, how do you think the narrator felt about his expectations of Doodle?

8. Symbolism and Allegory: Make two columns:  Doodle   and   Ibis

fill in both sides of the chart with descriptions of Doodle and the bird's physical characteristics.  Match up similar traits.

Journal: 

Quotation analysis: 

Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."  

 How does this author use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story?  (If you look closely, you will see that the author refers to pride several times after this quote.  Each time, he is referring back to the original quote.)  

**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above.  Next, find several references of "Pride."  Why does the author continuously refer to pride throughout the story?  What does pride mean to him?

Explain the quote using examples from the story.

(You may write in first or third person.  If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You are the narrator)

This should be a 1 1/2 - 2 page entry.

Remember, you are explaining the quote and analyzing the mind frame of the narrator.

Worksheet:

Students will complete structure worksheet

**Journal and worksheet - due on Friday

Closure:  How does the narrator's pride influence his expectations of his brother?
Assessment:  Discussion/ Questions/ chart/ worksheet

Standards:

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.

R11.B.2: Standard - 1.2.10.D: Analyze inferences and draw conclusions, citing textual support, based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.

R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.

-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text

-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language