Name:Tommy Arabian

Period:6
Date:10/10/16

SEAO: add title here

Story Elements Analysis Outline
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Title: The
Most Dangerous
game.

MLA
Citation
Meaning of
Title

Connell, Richard. The Most Dangerous Game.

Literal: Its the most dangerous game to play.

Symbolically: Zaroff says humans are the most dangerous game to hunt.

(Literal &
symbolic
meanings)

Purpose
Restate/sum up
ELA standard(s)

POV

Rainsford must survive three days of being hunted by general Zaroff or

else he will be killed.

Narrator

Rainsford he tells us his story about how this happened.

Who? How do
you know?

Reliability

Rainsford is trustworthy because he does not lie to us.

How do you
know?

Setting

Where
When
Infer as
accurately as
possible

Duration

Ship trap island

Early or mid 90s

Zaroff had to move from Russia and during that time the cold war was
happening.

About 3 days

How long for

action to
happen?

Characters

Protagonist
Name
static/dynamic?
round/flat?
3+ details about
char. (not plot)

Antagonist
Name
static/dynamic?
round/flat?
3+ details about
char. (not plot)

Main or
Supporting

Rainsford-dynamic, round
1) Likes to hunt
2) Is a smart hunter
3) Only one to survive the hunt of count Zaroff

Count Zaroff- Dynamic, Round

1) From Russia
2) Has hunted all his life
3) Toys with his prey

Whitney-1) Rainsford's hunting buddy

2) Rainsfords friend
3) Likes to hunt

Names
3+ details about
ea. (not plot)
Function

Minor

Ivan- Served as a servant to count Zaroff

Captain- drives Rainsford to where he can hunt jaguars.

Names
Brief who are
they
Function

Conflict
Internal

Rainsford has to stay smart about surviving the terrain of the island

External
Main

Rainsford has to survive three days of getting hunted by Zaroff

Zaroff is hunting Rainsford

Plot
Exposition

Rainsford falls off his ship

Status quo before

conflict

Rising
Action
Climax

Rainsford meets Zaroff and is told he hunts humans

Rainsford is hunted for three days

A MOMENT
when conflict is
definitively
resolved

Denoument/
Catharsis/
Falling
Action

Theme

Rainsford survives the three days of the hunt and kills Zaroff

Topic

Rainsford must survive three nights of getting hunted.

Not same as
plot

Theme

Kill or be killed

Lesson we
learn about the
topic

How do
you know?

Rainsford has to kill Zaroff or be killed. If Rainsford kills Zaroff he wins and
can leave.

Symbols
5+
Symbol =????

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

The island- survival

Yacht- a way home
Rainsford-Pray
Zaroff- Predator
The nights-Fear

*SEAO developed in collaboration btwn John Garner & Pam Bradley

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Comments: Student
Concerns
(Evidence criteria/standards (Improve or
met)
Remediate)
1-2

Criteria
(Proficient)
CCSS standard &
Description of mastery

Advanced
Exceeded
Standard
3-4

I think my inferences were

good but not to good. For
the year i did not come up
with that myself the class
discussed it.

CCSS ELA R1
Read closely to determine
what the text says
explicitly and to make
logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual
evidence when writing or
speaking to support
conclusions drawn from
the text

I believe I identified the

theme of the story. I think I
stated the theme of the
story and the actions
leading up to climax clearly.

CCSS ELA R2
Determine central ideas or
themes of a text and
analyze their development;
summarize the key
supporting details and ideas

Comments: Teacher

CCSS ELA R5
Analyze the structure of
texts, including how
specific sentences,
paragraphs, and larger
portions of the text (e.g., a
section, chapter, scene, or
stanza) relate to each
other and the whole

A student who earns a 4 goes beyond what was taught. A student who earns a 3 demonstrates a strong knowledge
of what is explicitly taught. A student who earns a 2 shows a grasp of the simpler concepts and may have errors or
omissions when it comes to the more complex concepts taught. A student who earns a 1 only demonstrates a partial
understanding of simpler concepts taught (Marzano 2006).