MonsterDue... Vocab

Now it's time to watch this tele-drama. Keep a list of the similarities and differences between the two stories.

Analyze the extent to which the episode stays faithful to or departs from the script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Vocabulary

Hysteria

(noun)

behavior exhibiting overwhelming fear

The spreading of the disease caused mass hysteria in the village.

What word does this sound similar

to that you might know?

Vocabulary

Fluster

(verb)

to put into a state of agitated confusion

The student's wild outburst flustered the

teacher.

"The Monsters Are due on Maple Street"

Do Now:

Prediction...

From our pre-reading discussions, what

can you predict are some universal themes

that might relate to Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?

Vocabulary

Themes

Human beings are their own worst enemies.

Prejudice can kill. Suspicion can destroy. Human beings should try to understand and trust each other before condemning one another.

Scapegoating and mob mentality are detrimental to an entire community.

About the Author

Rod Serling is the author of this drama as well as the creator of the immensely popular TV series, "The Twilight Zone." "The Monsters Are due on Maple Street" aired in 1960- nearly 10 years BEFORE we put a man on the moon.

Completing the Sentence

Pre-Read Journal PART 1

If you were going to take over a group or area without the direct use of violence or force, how would you do it?

Scroll down to read various sentences that contain blanks.

Determine which word from the list belongs in the blank and write that word in a different color.

Pre-Read Journal PART 2

Why is it so easy to go along with the crowd and so hard not to? Think of an example of mob metality and speculate as to why people behaved the way they did.

Vocabulary

Metamorphosis

(Noun)

A profound change in appearance or character

Caterpillars undergo a metamorphosis

once they go in their cocoons.

Vocabulary

Scapegoat

(Noun)

- a person who is unfairly blamed for something

others have done.

The CEO was made the scapegoat for the company's failures.

Vocabulary

inexplicable

(adj.)

without explanation

The cause of that earthquake in New Jersey last month is inexplicable to scientists.

Although I believe in the right to bear arms, I find most of the gun violence today to be inexplicable.

Mob

(noun)

a large crowd, especially one

that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence

The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.

Vocabulary

(adj.)

Vocabulary

(verb)

incriminate

to accuse of or present evidence to prove

someone is at fault

Testimony may incriminate a suspect by

placing him at the scene of the crime.

Think: "Criminal" to help you remember

the word.

Vocabulary

Assent

(verb)

to agree

The general proposed a detailed plan and the president assented.

Think of a previous Online Dictionary Word that sounds similar, but means

exactly the opposite.

Transfixed (adj.)

captivated, stopped with amazement

I was transfixed by the sight of the double rainbow.

How is this man incriminating himself?

defiant

- boldly resistant, challenging (usually to authority)

The defiant child refused to hold his mother's hand to cross the street, even though he was only 3 years old.

When large groups of people come together, they can lose their sense of self-awareness and catch a mob mentality. Mob mentality can set in at protests.

Vocabulary

Revelation

(noun)

the act of making known or

showing the truth

The book includes many shocking revelations about the mayor's personal life.

What is a word that sounds

similar and means the same?

Vocabulary

trepidation

idiosyncrasy

Noun

Fear, alarm, apprehension

Shaking with trepidation, the young man faced his fear of heights by skydiving.

(noun)

- a characteristic or behavior specific to an individual

Her habit of using “like” in every sentence was just one of her idiosyncrasies.

His idiosyncrasy was that he always rubbed his

palms together when speaking.