Making Predictions in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 2

Making Predictions in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Objective: I can identify and cite examples of foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

the way a character is presented and developed

• characterization

• direct

• indirect

• prediction

• foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

not clearly stated or immediately obvious

• characterization

• direct

• indirect

• prediction

• foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

something that might happen based on observation,

experience, and analysis

• characterization

• direct

• indirect

• prediction

• foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

clearly stated or immediately obvious

• characterization

• direct

• indirect

• prediction

• foreshadowing

Multiple Choice

the introduction of hints that suggest what will happen later in the story

• characterization

• direct

• indirect

• prediction

• foreshadowing

Open Ended

Based on the underlined parts of the last slide what prediction can you make about the passage?

Open Ended

Lesson Question:

How can analyzing characters and plot events help readers predict

what will happen next?

Multiple Choice

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the mood on Maple street at the end of the drama?

• a tense nightmare
• a calm return to normal
• a humorous sense of relief
• an excited celebration

Multiple Choice

Instructions for the director, crew, and actors are called---

• Dialogue
• Cues
• Stage Directions
• Teleprompters

Multiple Choice

At the end of the play, the residents of Maple Street are --

• resolving their problems
• meeting with the aliens
• turning on one another
• moivng to another town

Multiple Choice

All of the following events make the residents nervous and arouse their suspicions except -

• one man's power mower stops working
• Tommy's computer starts displaying strange messages
• a screeching roar is heard overhead
• Mrs. Brand's stove stops working

Multiple Choice

What is the mood at the opening of the play?

• suspicious

• joyful

• exhausted

• peaceful

Multiple Choice

What is the mood at the opening of the play?

• suspicious

• joyful

• exhausted

• peaceful