The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
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Pre-Reading Questions and Vocabulary for 'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Game Theory
Pre-reading questions and vocabulary exercises for the short story 'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell. Students are asked to respond in complete sentences and write first before speaking. The pre-reading questions cover various topics related to dangerous activities, hunting, and animal feelings. Vocabulary words are also provided with definitions and images for inferring meaning.
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The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
Pre-Reading Questions
Number your paper & respond in
complete sentences.
WRITE FIRST,
SPEAK SECOND!
Please wait to share.
Pre-Reading
- What is the most daring thing you’ve
ever done? It can be something as extreme
as bungee jumping or as simple as a
rollercoaster ride...anything that makes you
a little nervous...
Pre-Reading
3. For what reasons do you think
that people participate in
dangerous activities?
Pre-Reading
- What are your general
views on hunting?
Pre-Reading
- Some people hunt just for sport. In other
words, they don’t hunt for food, but they
hunt for fun and to practice their skills.
What is your opinion about this?
(Cecil the Lion)
Vocabulary
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Infer the word’s meaning
based on the image!
Vocabulary for “The Most Dangerous Game”
receding v. used as adj.: becoming more distant.
disarming adj.: removing or lessening suspicions or fears.
prolonged v. used as adj.: extended.
imprudent adj.: unwise.
surmounted v.: overcame.
unruffled adj.: calm; not disturbed.
invariably adv.: always; without changing.
diverting adj.: entertaining.
impulse n.: sudden desire to do something.
protruding v. used as adj.: sticking out
Richard Connell: author of “The Most Dangerous Game”
Began writing @ 10 years old
Covered local baseball games for the newspaper his father edited in Poughkeepsie, New York.
He later studied at Harvard
University in Boston.
He wrote for both the college newspaper
and The Harvard Lampoon, the school’s
famous humor magazine.
He went on to write hundreds of short
stories, novels, and screenplays.
However, only one short story is
widely read--Connell’s 1924,“The
Most Dangerous Game”
Literary Elements
“The Most Dangerous Game”
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PAPERS. EVER!
During Reading
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Read along
After Reading
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Culminating Project! 100 pts.
Assessment
Grade!
Directions: Choose ONE of the following projects to complete as your final assessment for
The Most Dangerous Game unit.
The Most Dangerous Game Performance Task
Option #1: ESSAY Choose ONE of the following topics and write a 5 paragraph essay.
- You are free-lance writer for the hunting magazine Outdoor Life. You are been asked to write an article about the extreme hunting experience which took place on Ship Trap Island. Within the article, make sure to include both Rainsford’s and Zaroff’s beliefs in regards to hunting, and explain in detail what makes them similar and different from one another as hunters.
- You are a police officer compiling a background on Zaroff once the island has been discovered. This background will be used during the court case against him, assuming he survived. Compile a background of his life in Russia, why he left, and what he’s been doing on the island since leaving. State what he would have been charged with, and why.
- Assuming Zaroff has survived, he is claiming innocence by reason of insanity for the crimes he has committed. You are a psychologist who has been charged with diagnosing Zaroff to determine his mental status before going on trial for his crimes. Discuss his behaviors, and what disorders he may have, and what information can be found to back up this diagnosis.