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Monday, 11/8: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Monday, 11/8: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1s82t2A8K8rRi7r0ZR2z3t13gpR5O22IvW5bIbC-shLk/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner. WHAT?!

“VOCAB, 11/8.” Copy the words and write your version of the meanings as we discuss them.

  1. idiosyncrasy:
  2. scapegoat:
  3. revelation:
  4. transfixed:
  5. metamorphosis:

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” p246.

 

Discuss:

  • What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
  • What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
  • Why do we like to be scared sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
  • How does fear affect the decisions you make?
  • In general, what are (most) humans scared of?
  • “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
  • Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared too?)

Read intro on p245.

Basic script vocabulary: pan, zoom, voiceover, etc.

Assign roles.

Let’s “act.”