The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Short Story Presentation & Activities
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Short Story Unit - You can introduce your students to this short story by Richard Connell with these ready-to-use short story resources. With an abundance of activities and assignments, you can pick and choose the resources that suit your plan and timeline. The unit includes a PowerPoint presentation to lay it all out for you, as well as a full-text version of the short story, a board game activity, a creative writing assignment, notes on the author, the genre, literary devices, a guided analysis, and more!
Included In The Most Dangerous Game Short Story Unit Resource:
➡️ The Most Dangerous Game Presentation: This 30-slide presentation to guide you through the lesson includes discussion questions, author biographical information, historical context, information on the genre, notes on multiple literary devices including irony and symbolism, notes on building suspense, link to the video clip version of the story, a creative writing activity, and more!
➡️ A Print-Ready Full Text of the Short Story with Graphics: This printable version of The Most Dangerous Game includes engaging visuals to help students immerse themselves in the story.
➡️ The Most Dangerous Game Board Game: A fun and interactive board game that tests students’ knowledge of the story. Featuring questions on basic comprehension, vocabulary, and deeper literary analysis, this game reinforces understanding in an engaging, competitive format.
➡️ Mapping Out Ship Trap Island: Using evidence from the text, students will create their own map of Ship Trap Island. This activity enhances reading comprehension, encouraging attention to detail and spatial reasoning while making the setting of the story come to life.
➡️ Figurative Language Hunt Assignment: Students will hunt through the text for examples of figurative language, labeling and analyzing their use. This assignment helps reinforce literary devices such as metaphors, similes, and personification, allowing students to deepen their understanding of the text.
➡️ Guided Analysis Assignment with Answer Key: In this guided activity, students will explore key literary elements in The Most Dangerous Game, including theme, character development, and conflict. The accompanying PowerPoint with answer key helps facilitate class discussion or individual review.
➡️ General Zaroff’s Hunting Log Creative Writing Assignment: Students will step into the mind of General Zaroff, crafting journal entries from his perspective at different moments in the story.