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Language and Values Exploration in "Most Dangerous Game" Study Session

Engage in a comprehensive study session analyzing values, vocabulary, and themes in "Most Dangerous Game." Explore how personal values are learned and changed through experiences. Dive into character analysis and thematic elements with the ELA notebook activities provided.

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Language and Values Exploration in "Most Dangerous Game" Study Session

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  1. Friday 9/20/19 • On Desk: agenda, Daily Review Grammar page, ELA notebook, grading pen • In Class: Agenda and Most Dangerous Game • At Home: Vocab. Squares and AIR reading

  2. “Most Dangerous Game” vocabulary • 1. tangible • 2. cultivate • 3. Placid • 4. Palpable • 5. zealous • 6. indolently • 7. affable • 8. imprudent

  3. Essential Questions:Analyze the importance of our personal values. 1. How do people learn values?  From whom or what do people learn values? 2. How do values shape the life of an individual and the choices that individual makes? 3. How can an individual's values change based on life experiences?

  4. FIRST READ-your ELA Notebook-set it up • Please read the first through page 11 • In your ELA notebook-answer the following- • What do you notice? (Who, what, where, when, why) • List vocabulary terms that are unfamiliar or stand out to you • Connect the story with something else you have heard, read, or learned… • Answer-How do people learn values? How can an individual’s values change based on life experiences? • When you finish, work on your vocabulary squares, or read silently

  5. As a table: • Explain how beginning the story with the dialogue between Rainsford and Whitney contributes to both the author’s characterization of Rainsford and the story’s mood. Cite evidence from the story in your response.

  6. First Read Comprehension • 1. Where did Rainsford spend his first night being hunted? • 2. How does Zaroff stock his island with his new kind of animal? • 3. Why has Zaroff chosen an island for his hunting?

  7. BIG IDEA-THEME • Establish a theme at your table and choose ONE piece of evidence or specific example to support your table’s theme

  8. Answer the following questions in your ELA Notebook • 1. What mood is Connell trying to establish in the opening pages of the story? Identify words and phrases the author uses to establish this mood. • 2. Connell uses figurative language (simile, metaphor, and personification) to create strong sensory impressions in the reader. Identify several examples of figurative language in the opening pages of the story and tell what effect each creates as well as the overall effect. • 3. Does Rainsford's perspective on hunting shift throughout the story? Give evidence to support your answer.

  9. Symbols-concreate object with an abstract meaning • Island • Blood • darkness

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