In today’s episode of the Teaching ELA Podcast, we discuss “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. After a brief summary, we take a look at teaching conflict, suspense, and other literary elements that make this classic a great teach for an ELA classroom. We also look at two ideas for writing a comparison essay using “The Most Dangerous Game” as inspiration.
Three Important Takeaways
- A Wordsplash Lesson takes about 2 minutes to prepare. You can use it right now!
- The Super Bowl of Hunting: Teaching Conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is the one thing to focus on that makes teaching the rest of the unit easier
- There are a couple opportunities for writing comparison essays.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- “The Most Dangerous Game” Teaching Page at ELACOMMONCORELESSONPLANS.COM
- Suspense in “The Most Dangerous Game” Lesson Plan
- 4 Conflict Lesson Plans/Handouts
- Link to Context Clues Challenge
- Most Dangerous Game WordSplash
