Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Story vs Movie Comparison (Serling) Analysis
Created for Learning - ELA Novel Studies
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Grade Levels
5th - 10th
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Standards
CCSSRL.6.7
CCSSRL.7.7
CCSSRL.8.7
CCSSRL.9-10.7
Formats Included
- PDF
Pages
2 pages
Created for Learning - ELA Novel Studies
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What educators are saying
This resource helped my students compare and contrast the film version with the written screen play. It helped engage the students and encouraged them to discuss the similarities and differences that they found.
This was a valuable support resource after we read the story. It is also a great activity for when you have a substitute in for you.
Description
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Movie vs Story Comparison
TEXT = "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling
FILM = A 26-minute Twilight Zone episode first broadcast in 1960.
* "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" film (complete film)
ONLINE COPY OF TEXT (Note: For copyright clarity, we didn't post this scanned version online...someone else did.)
* "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" TV script (complete text)
>>> MEETS COMMON CORE STANDARDS <<<
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
This 2-page organizer will help your students compare the story to the movie.
How is the movie different?
After reading "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", students will view the film and analyze the differences. This opens up a bunch of fun and critical-thinking conversation about why the movie-makers would change parts of the story for the film. They are, after all, two different works of art.
Enjoy "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"!
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TEXT = "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling
FILM = A 26-minute Twilight Zone episode first broadcast in 1960.
* "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" film (complete film)
ONLINE COPY OF TEXT (Note: For copyright clarity, we didn't post this scanned version online...someone else did.)
* "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" TV script (complete text)
>>> MEETS COMMON CORE STANDARDS <<<
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7
This 2-page organizer will help your students compare the story to the movie.
How is the movie different?
After reading "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", students will view the film and analyze the differences. This opens up a bunch of fun and critical-thinking conversation about why the movie-makers would change parts of the story for the film. They are, after all, two different works of art.
Enjoy "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"!
OTHER NOVEL UNITS:
> ANNE FRANK Unit Teaching Package
> DIVERGENT Unit Teaching Package (by Veronica Roth)
> ENDER'S GAME Unit Teaching Package (by Orson Scott Card)
> FAHRENHEIT 451 Unit Teaching Package (by Ray Bradbury)
> GIVER Unit Teaching Package (by Lois Lowry)
> HATCHET Unit Teaching Package (by Gary Paulsen)
> HOLES Unit Teaching Package (by Louis Sachar)
> HUNGER GAMES Unit Teaching Package (by Suzanne Collins)
> LOOKING FOR ALASKA Unit Teaching Package (by John Green)
> LORD OF THE FLIES Unit Teaching Package (by William Golding)
> NIGHT Unit Teaching Package (by Elie Wiesel)
> NUMBER THE STARS Unit Teaching Package (by Lois Lowry)
> OUTSIDERS Unit Teaching Package (by S.E. Hinton)
> ROMEO AND JULIET Unit Teaching Package (by William Shakespeare)
> UNWIND Unit Teaching Package by Neal Shusterman
POETRY UNITS:
> Poetry Unit Complete PowerPoint and Packet - Genres, Forms, Techniques, Devices
GRAMMAR UNITS:
> Commas Complete Unit - Lessons, Assessments, Answer Keys - Grammar Ninja
> Parts of Speech Complete Unit - Lessons, Assessments, Answers - Grammar Ninja
> Subjects Verbs Complete Unit - Lessons, Assessments, Answer Keys - Grammar Ninja
Total Pages
2 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSRL.6.7
Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
CCSSRL.7.7
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
CCSSRL.8.7
Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
CCSSRL.9-10.7
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
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