Most Dangerous Game Reading Activities

LAFS.910.RL.2.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. LAFS.910.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

LAFS.910.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

LAFS.910.RL.1.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

“The Most Dangerous Game” - Day 1

Name ___________________________ Date ____________

Reading Activities for “The Most Dangerous Game”

PART A. Thinking About Plot
What is the best movie you have ever seen?
OR
What is the best story you have ever read?

Write a 3-5 sentence summary of that movie or book.

Turn to a partner and share your summaries.

Stop here to take notes listed below this worksheet.

PART B. Exposition – Tracking Details about Character and Setting
While reading pages 54-60, write down important details that help you see the characters and the setting.

Page
Characterization details
Setting details
54

56

57

58

59

60

PART C. Independent Reading and Notetaking

For homework, read pages 61-65, and continue writing down important details that help you see the characters and the setting.

Page
Characterization details
Setting details
61

62

63

64

65

Next class, you will take a comprehension test on pages 54-65 of the story.