“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

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“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling Before and During Reading Skills

Text Preview What is the literary focus in this text? Define and describe the reading focus in this teleplay. What is the writing focus and what are you asked to do as you read?

Author Information Read the “Meet the Writer” section on page 834. Make a list of at least three important facts you learn about the author. Write a question you would like to ask him about his work or life.

More Author Information Early in his career he wrote scripts for realistic live dramas about serious issues, such as racism, ruthless business people, and union organization. Television networks regularly censored his work. In the late 1950s, Serling turned to science fiction, as it allowed him to address society’s problems without being censored.

Analyzing Visuals Construct a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two pictures below. Be sure to include at least three facts in each section of the diagram.

Everyone makes snap judgments sometimes. Quick Write Snap Judgments A snap judgment is when you make a decision about someone or something based on very little information. Everyone makes snap judgments sometimes. Think of a time when you made a snap judgment about someone else or when someone made a snap judgment about you. Why might it be a mistake to judge people without knowing their full “story”?

Vocabulary For each of the terms below, please write a definition, construct an original sentence to demonstrate your understanding of the term, and create a narrative story that includes each word and demonstrates your understand of each. Your story may be funny, silly, dramatic, or scary!! Transfixed Intimidated Defiant Idiosyncrasy Menace Converging

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”   Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the characters and action to tell the story. What was Rod Serling’s message or theme based on the characters and events of this play? Explain your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

Use the chart below to keep track of the events from the play. During Reading Skills Use the chart below to keep track of the events from the play. Act 1 Act 2 Characters Setting Events Inferences

During Reading Skills Important Terms Scripts written for television or the movies are different from scripts written for the stage. A teleplay is a script written for TV. A screenplay is a script written for movies. Both kinds of scripts may contain directions for the cameras to help record the action. https://vimeo.com/168014736 Monster’s video – 25 mintues https://vimeo.com/64184342 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet – Twilight Zone (24) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8imklDkUds Modern Clip – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjqebj9ATkA Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Ride