11TH GRADE ENGLISH

MR. SUAREZ

BY ROD SERLING (TEXT PAGE 697)

OBJECTIVES

• 1. TO READ, COMPREHEND, AND INTERPRET A SCREENPLAY

• 2. TO RELATE A CONFLICT IN DRAMA TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

• 3. TO MAKE PREDICTIONS

• 4. TO ANALYZE CONFLICT IN DRAMA

• 5. TO BUILD VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT AND LEARN THE WORD ROOT -SIST-

• 6. TO RECOGNIZE PRONOUN AND ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT

• 7. TO WRITE A FINAL SCENE USING SCRIPT FORMAT

• 8. TO RESPOND TO A SCREENPLAY THROUGH WRITING, SPEAKING ANDLISTENING, AND PROJECTS

CONFLICT IN DRAMA• CONFLICT IS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES THAT

DRIVES THE ACTION IN A LITERARY WORK. THE CONFLICT CAN

OCCUR WITHIN A CHARACTER OR BETWEEN A CHARACTER AND AN

OUTSIDE FORCE, SUCH AS ANOTHER CHARACTER. BECAUSE

PLAYWRIGHTS CAN'T REVEAL A CHARACTER'S THOUGHTS THE

SAME WAY A SHORT STORY WRITER WOULD, A CONFLICT THAT

OCCURS | CHARACTER MUST BE PRESENTED THROUGH WHAT THE

CHARACTER SAYS OR THROUGH WHAT OTHER CHARACTERS SAY

ABOUT HIM OR HER. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE DRAMAS TEND TO BE

LONGER WORKS, THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE CONFLICT. AS

YOU READ, NOTE THE CONFLICTS THAT OCCUR AT DIFFERENT

LEVELS—BETWEEN • INDIVIDUALS, BETWEEN GROUPS AND

INDIVIDUALS, AND BETWEEN GROUPS.

PREDICT

• ONE OF THE QUALITIES THAT MAKES THIS SCREENPLAY

SUCCESSFUL IS SERLING'S ABILITY TO BUILD SUSPENSE, A FEELING

OF INTENSE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF EVENTS. TO GET

THE MOST OUT OF THIS SCREENPLAY OR ANY OTHER PIECE OF

SUSPENSEFUL LITERATURE, PAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN TO

PREDICT, OR MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS, ABOUT WHERE THE

STORY IS HEADED. BASE YOUR PREDICTIONS ON CLUES THAT THE

AUTHOR PROVIDES. YOU MAY WANT TO NOTE THE CLUES AND

YOUR PREDICTIONS IN A CHART LIKE THE ONE BELOW, REVISING AS

YOU ENCOUNTER NEW INFORMATION.

THINK

• TEACHER SAY THAT THE SCHOOL DAY WILL BE EXTENDED.

• STUDENTS RESPOND

• WAIT

• IT WAS ONLY A RUMOR

• THE STUDENTS RESPONSE IS SIMILAR TO TO THAT OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE SELECTION

USING THE WORD ROOT -SIST

•WORDS THAT CONTAIN THE ROOT -

SIST- HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH

STANDING. FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSIS-

TENT PERSON IS ONE WHO STANDS

FIRM AND DOESN'T GIVE IN.

MATCH EACH WORD ON THE LEFT WITH ITS DEFINITION ON THE RIGHT. WRITE THE LETTER OF THE DEFINITION ON THE LINE NEXT TO THE WORD

IT DEFINES.

• 1. ASSISTANT A. A FORCE THAT STANDS AGAINST OR IN OPPOSITION

TO SOMETHING

• 2. RESISTANCE B. STANDING IN AGREEMENT WITH

• 3. CONSISTENT C. TO TAKE A FIRM STAND AND DEMAND SOMETHING

• 4. INSIST D. SOMEONE WHO STANDS READY TO HELP

USING THE WORD BANK

•FLUSTERED SLUGGISHLY

ASSENT PERSISTENTLY

DEFIANT SCAPEGOAT

METAMORPHOSIS

WRITE THE WORD BANK WORD THAT CAN REPLACE THE ITALICIZED WORD OR PHRASE

IN EACH SENTENCE.

• 1. CATERPILLARS UNDERGO A (CHANGE) IN ORDER TO BECOME

BUTTERFLIES.

• 2. ONE STUDENT BECAME THE (PERSON BLAMED) FOR ALL THE

OTHERS IN THE CLASS.

• 3. THE RUNNER IN LAST PLACE MOVED (AS IF LACKING ENERGY)

• 4. SOLDIERS ARE TAUGHT NEVER TO BE (BOLDLY RESISTING) TO THEIR

SUPERIORS

• 5. THERE WAS (AGREEMENT) BETWEEN THE ENEMIES THAT FINALLY ENDED

THE FIGHTING.

ANALOGIES: FOR EACH RELATED PAIR OF WORDS IN CAPITAL LETTERS, CHOOSE THE PAIR THAT BEST EXPRESSES A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP. FILL IN THE

LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE.

1. SCAPEGOAT : BLAMED 2. ASSENT :

DISAGREEMENT

A. TEACHER : TAUGHT A. SHOUT : SPEAK

B. HERO : PRAISED B. YES : MAYBE

C. ENEMY : HELPED C. ENTRANCE : EXIT

D. PLAYER : TEAM D. TODAY :

TOMORROW

WELCOME BACK!

BUILD SPELLING SKILLS: F SOUND SPELLED PH

• IN SOME WORDS IN ENGLISH, THE F

SOUND IS SPELLED PH. THIS SPELLING

MAY APPEAR IN THE BEGINNING,

MIDDLE, OR END OF A WORD. NOTICE

THAT THE WORD BANK WORD

METAMORPHOSIS CONTAINS THE

/SOUND SPELLED PH.

COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A WORD THAT CONTAINS THE/SOUND SPELLED PH.

THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD IS GIVEN AS A CLUE.

• 1. VIDEO GAMES DISPLAY EXCITING COMPUTER G______S.

• 2. YOUR SECOND YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE IS CALLED YOUR SO_________ YEAR.

• 3. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO AN OUT-OF-TOWN FRIEND, JUST PICK UP THE T______

• 4. A PICTURE THAT YOU TAKE WITH A CAMERA IS CALLED A P___________

• 5. THE WORDS ON MAPLE STREET ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A PREPOSITIONAL P__________

• 6. IF YOU WRITE A PERSON'S LIFE STORY, YOU WRITE HIS OR HER B_______

• 7. A TERRIBLE DISASTER SUCH AS AN EARTHQUAKE IS CALLED A CA_

• 8. A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OFTEN RECEIVES A SILVER CUP AS ITS T__________

• 9. WHEN YOU STUDY THE LOCATIONS OF COUNTRIES, YOU ARE STUDYING G_________.

• 10. A G____________IS A RODENT THAT LIVES UNDERGROUND.

IN EACH SENTENCE, FIND A WORD WITH THE/SOUND SPELLED PH THAT IS SPELLED

WRONG. CROSS OUT THE WORD AND WRITE IT CORRECTLY.

• 1. EVERYONE ON MAPLE STREET DEVELOPS A FOBIA OF MONSTERS AFTER A STRANGE LIGHT APPEARS IN THE SKY.

• 2. NEXT, LIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY GO OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD—A FENOMENON THAT NOBODY IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN.

• 3. WHEN SOMEONE WALKS ALONG THE SIDEWALK IN DARKNESS, RESIDENTS FEAR IT MAY BE SOME SORT OF FANTOM OR MONSTER.

• 4. NEIGHBORS BEGIN TO FEAR THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON MAPLE STREET MAY BE A FONY HUMAN BEING WHO IS REALLY A MONSTER OR ALIEN.

• 5. THE PLAY DESCRIBES IN GRAFIC DETAIL HOW LONG-TIME NEIGHBORS TURN ON EACH OTHER.

• 6. IN THE END, TWO SHADOWY FIGURES IN A SPACE CRAFT DISCUSS THEIR FILOSOFY OF HOW EASILY FEAR AND PANIC CAN BE SPREAD ON EARTH.