Friday, September 16, Adjectives, Dangerous Game

Objective: Students will be able to identify adjectives in short fiction that describe mood and create forehadowing. Students will anaylze, interpret short fiction and acertain character traits.

DO NOW

In a short 5 sentance paragraph, explain to me what an adjective is how recognizing them can help you identify foreshadowing, mood and character traits.

1. Read analyze, interpret Dangerous Game. Make predictions and add onto plot stucture.

2. Answer the following Questions about Dangerous Game. Each answer should be 2-3 sentances:

a. At dinner on page 12, why is the reason that Zaroff says he is bored with hunting? What kind of quarry does he want to hunt and why?

b. On page 17, NOW why is General Zaroff bored? List some of the adjectives that Zaroff uses to describe the sailors. Now what does the General want to do?

c. How will the character traits of each Zaroff and Rainsford predict their behavior? In other words, knowing what we know about each of them, what do you think is going to happen?

3. Either do a Venn Diagram or draw a picture of Rainsford and/or Zaroff and label them with character traits (adjectives). Make it look nice for the hallway!! Neatness counts a lot on this one!

4. Exit pass

HW - Complet essay - typed and double-spaced - due monday no exceptions! You may print it and give it to me, gmail it to me or bring in a flash drive to print here.