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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

  1. 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

  1. What are your general

views on hunting?

Pre-Reading

  1. 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”

DO NOT LOSE THESE

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.