The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell
Read page 1and 2 aloud with your group. After Reading: In the “Thinking about Reading” section of your notebook, write The Most Dangerous Game at the top of a blank page. Describe the setting (WHEN, WHERE, and MOOD). Make a list of the characters (2 characters).
Read page 3 and 4 silently by yourself. After Reading: ADD to the setting (where is Rainsford now?). Add to the character list (two new characters).
Follow along as you listen to pages 5 and 6 After reading: What is “the most dangerous game”? Why is the island called “Ship-Trap Island”?
Read page 7; stop at the end of the first column on page 8. After reading: Explain how the hunt works. What is General Zaroff’s complaint?
Follow along as you listen to the rest of page 8, 9, and 10 After reading: Begin a list titled “Traps” and explain the first trap that Rainsford created.
Read page 11 and the first paragraph on page 12. After reading: Add the second and third traps that Rainsford created to your list and explain each.
Follow along as you listen to page 12. After reading: Who won the game? How do you know?