The+Most+Dangerous+Wiki

=Welcome to the "Most Dangerous" Wiki! :)=

==We will be using this wiki to explore __**YOUR**__ reactions to Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"!==

=**__Directions:__**=
 * After reading "The Most Dangerous Game," create a wiki that captures your response to it using multimedia.

Use text, voice, images, and video to demonstrate your response to the text.**

= SEE HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SET UP AND ADD TO YOUR WIKI: = =How to work your wiki!=

= (These instructions will tell you how to create Wordles, Bubbls, ToonDoos, and VoiceThreads. It will also tell you how to embed or import them so that you can see them on your wiki!) =

==__Each wiki must contain the following:__==

=== 1) **Your reaction to what happens in the story**. **Your reaction should include whether or not you liked the short story and why or why not. It should also include whether or not you figured out what "game" General Zaroff was hunting before Rainsford did, and what you think about this idea. Did General Zaroff get what he deserved in the end, or was Rainsford in the wrong?**===

__Options__**: You have a choice between writing this in a paragraph, recording your reaction in a VoiceThread (see below), with Sound Recorder (Start > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder), or through a video (you may use Windows Movie Maker; please ask me to borrow my webcam, in this case). Videos and voice narration should be no longer than 90 seconds.**

=== 2) Your thoughts and reactions to a character. **You may choose any character in the story to "describe." How does Connell characterize him? What traits does this character have? What do** //you// **think of this character? Do you think that he changes in any way by the end of the story? Is he round or flat?**===

__Options__**: You may use text, Wordle, Bubbl, image(s), Toondoo, a voice recording (either VoiceThread, Sound Recorder, or Movie Maker), or your own idea (please clear with Ms. Lecroy or me).**

__Note__: **If you choose to use //any options other than text or voice//, please write a brief passage that describes your thought process and product. For example, if you pick an image to represent what you think about General Zaroff, write a short blurb under the image that tells us your reasons for choosing that image and why it represents the General for you. Also include what //you// think about the General: do you like him? Think he's crazy and evil? Think his logic makes sense? Think he deserved what he got?**

=== 3) Your thoughts about what you believe Connell was trying to express to the reader with this story. **What do** you **think is the most important theme of this story?**===

__Options__**: You may use text, Wordle, Bubbl, image(s), a voice recording (either VoiceThread, Sound Recorder, or Movie Maker), ToonDoo, or your own idea (please clear with Ms. Lecroy or me).**

__Note__: **If you choose to use //any options other than text or voice//, please write a brief passage that describes your thought process and product. Just like I stated in item #2, write a short blurb to explain how your product represents what you think of the theme of the story.**

=== 4) Complete at least one of the following options:** ===


 * Create a biopoem about a character (feel free to include images and/or graphics). See the biopoem format below.
 * Write a letter or e-mail to a character. What would you say to him if you had the opportunity?
 * Use Sound Recorder to leave a character a voicemail. What would you say to him if you had the opportunity?
 * Write journal entry from the point of view of one of the story's characters. What would you record in your journal if you were General Zaroff, Rainsford, etc.?
 * Create a representation of the story's setting using Glogster, Wordle, or Bubbl. Include an explanation of how this representation shows what you think about the setting. Have you ever seen a place that is anything like Ship-Trap Island? Does it remind you of anything you've heard about, seen pictures of, or visited?
 * Create a timeline of the plot using ToonDoo, Glogster, or xtimeline. Describe what you think about the plot. Does it remind you of anything you've read, watched, heard of, or imagined before?
 * Create poll about the story for your classmates to take using PollDaddy (see me for log-in info).
 * Write an epitaph for General Zaroff, Ivan, or one of the poor sailors hunted by the General. What would his tombstone say?
 * Invent your own creative response (please clear with Ms. Lecroy or myself first!).

=== NEXT STEP: Look at your classmates' wiki pages! Leave comments at the bottom of the page if you like! === === THEN: Contribute to the Our Response to the Short Story page. Write a sentence or two that describes what you think the class as a whole feels about this story, based on what you have seen in your peers' pages. === === LAST STEP: Please leave feedback for me here: Feedback ===

=Resources:=

[|Full Text version of The Most Dangerous Game]

[|Wordle]

[|Bubbl - Brainstorming Clouds]

[|VoiceThread] (see me for log-in information)

[|Graphical dictionary for unfamiliar words]

[|Toondoo] (see me for log-in information)

[|Polldaddy] (see me for log-in information)

[|Glogster for education] (see me for log-in information)

Bio Poem Format

[|Images at Wikimedia Commons]

=Example response:=

Here's a link to my response to give you an example of how some of these awesome Web tools look! Miss Simmons's response