2nd Week August 31- September 4, 2009

English IA College Prep Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #2 Week #2
Aug. 31- Sept. 4, 2009

Topic: “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
Vocabulary Words: dank, palpable, opaque, lacerate, palatial, bizarre, amenity, affable, cosmopolitan, condone, droll, scruple, bland, grotesque, opiate, sallow, solicitous, venerable, deplorable, zealous
HOMEWORK: TMDG Project – Due: Monday Sept. 7
Vocabulary – Every Thursday

Activities:

Monday
1. Quiz #1. Discuss.
2. Distribute literary terms handout and vocabulary handout.
3. Read “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell.
HOMEWORK: Read the rest of the short story at home. Be prepared tomorrow.

Tuesday
1. Discuss CONFLICT, SUSPENSE, FORESHADOWING, CHARACTERS/CHARACTERIZATION, IMAGERY, and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Find and identify examples from text.
2. Discuss Library visit and project. (Photocopy project details prior to discussion.)

v Specific Information: The students will need to look at resources with information on 19th c. hunting. Information on Richard Connell, author of "The Most Dangerous Game" will also be helpful. Knowing the author's background will help students know the author's motive or purpose for writing a story with hunting at the center of the plot. At the end of the project, the students will recreate scenes from the short story applying their knowledge and interpretation.
Draw lots for project and parts of the story.
v Rainsford (draw character and use quotes for direct and indirect characterization)
v (2) General Zaroff (draw character and use quotes for direct and indirect characterization)
v (3) Malay-man catcher (draw or create a model and use direct quotes to describe the catcher and identify the mood evoked through descriptive language)
v (4) Burmese tiger pit (draw or create a model and use direct quotes to describe the pit and identify the mood evoked through descriptive language)
v (5) Draw a MAP from the yacht to the island and Rainsford’s destination from place to place on the island (use 5 vocabulary words, quotes, and legends to identify the places he has been)

3. Work on Diction, p. 3

Wednesday
1. Discuss TMDG project.
2. Mr. Casteel's visit.

Thursday
Visit the library.

Friday
1. CONFLICT Chart.
2. Review parts of speech, preposition, and prepositional phrases.
3. Prepare for Tuesday’s quiz.