Donna Petherbridge eci 511, Comprehensive Unit Plan, Summer II, 2003

Week One: In Mortal Peril . . . 

These characters experience critical events that threaten their sense of well-

being and reveal their values, characteristics, and approaches to life and 

death. 

 

Lesson Title 

Comparing Selections:  “

The Most Dangerous Game”

 and 

“

The Cask of Amontillado”

 

Suggested Grade 

Level 

English I, 9

th

 Grade 

Time 

90 minutes (possible in one class session with block schedule) 

Equipment 

Needed and 

Availability 

! 

Teaching computer, and projector to project the information on the 

instructor computer 

! 

5 additional computer stations in the classroom  

! 

Classroom printer, networked to all computers, including the 

instructor station 

! 

All computers have Microsoft Office 2000 with Excel. 

! 

Microsoft Office Handbook that has information on using Excel is 

available for each workstation as a reference 

! 

Chalkboard and colored chalk. 

! 

Comparing Selections:  “

The Most Dangerous Game”

 and “

The Cask 

of Amontillado” 

handouts (at end of lesson plan) 

! 

Grading Rubric (at end of the lesson plan) 

 

Prerequisite Skills 

in Subject Area 

One [Language 

Arts, English I) 

Students have completed the first week of the short story unit, and are 

beginning to understand the elements of the short story as examined in the 

following reading selections: 

“

The Cask of Amontillado

” - Edgar Allen Poe 

“

The Most Dangerous Game

” – Richard Connell 

In reading and discussing these stories, students have viewed the painting 

“

The Hungry Lion

” and discussed the “danger” of that painting, they have 

read, discussed and reviewed both stories, and are beginning to develop an 

understanding of characterization and setting.  They have also discussed 

manhunts as depicted by movies, and how films they have seen are similar to 

these stories.   

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ECI 511, Donna Petherbridge, Comprehensive Unit Plan 

 

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Prerequisite Skills 

in Subject Area 

Two [Introductory 

Mathematics, 

Grades 9-12] 

Students are building on skills from earlier experiences with mathematics, 

including the ability to collect and analyze data and understanding the options 

for displaying data (such as through graphing).   

 

Prerequisite Skills 

in Technology: 

Students have already spent time using the computer for earlier assignments 

that have addressed the following skills in Excel: 

- 

Entering data in Microsoft Excel 

- 

Formatting text in Excel, including Merging and Centering  

- 

Using the AutoSum and AutoChart features 

 

Learning 

Objectives in 

Subject Area (s) 

[Language Arts 

and Introductory 

Mathematics]