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 PowerPoint Presentation: This 31-slide PowerPoint 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!

➡️ The Most Dangerous Game Activities And Assignments:

• A print-ready full text of the short story with graphics
• A board game for students that asks basic comprehension, vocabulary, and analysis questions.
• Mapping out Ship Trap Island (students use text evidence to map out the island)
• Figurative Language Hunt assignment (labelling figurative language from the story)
• Guided analysis assignment where students examine different literary elements from the text (answer key in PowerPoint presentation)
• General Zaroff's hunting log creative writing assignment (students write from Zaroff's perspective at different points in the story)

What Teachers Are Saying About This Short Story Unit Resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is my second story unit from Presto Plans and I have really enjoyed using it because it gives me options and keys. It also adds insight and a fresh take on stories that I have read many times. The kids really enjoy it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students have been enjoying this unit all week! The activities really bring the story alive. The slide show is fantastic and provides much needed historical context for the story. I am thrilled with this purchase! Tomorrow we are playing the "Less Dangerous Game" as a concluding activity and the kids are super excited!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I just finished using this resource. The PowerPoint was very useful in guiding my students through the story. I also used the board game activity for my observation and it went extremely well. My students also enjoyed playing the game.

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