The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room

Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.

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Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. Several short story analysis activities *sneak in* rigorous tasks that challenge students in fun and unique ways. Plus, what’s more fun than a culminating Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Escape Room?

► Here’s What’s Included:

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis Activities

⭐ Plot Diagram - Can your students complete The Monsters are Due on Maple Street plot diagram?

⭐ Paired Nonfiction Text - Read a paired text from CommonLit on the herd mentality.

⭐ Real-World Connections - Encourage students to find real-life examples of herd-mentality behavior.

⭐ Compare & Contrast - Watch The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone episode and compare it to the teleplay. Add another layer by watching a third episode and comparing all three!

⭐ Argue & Debate - Who’s the real monster of Maple Street? Have your students write an argument!

⭐ Create-a-CharacterGram - Choose one character from the story and create a social media profile for them.

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Escape Room:

⭐ Plot Structure - Review various elements of the plot diagram.

⭐ Conflict - Review conflict in The Monsters of Maple Street as well as conflict types in general.

⭐ Theme - Review possible themes & consider how they are developed and connect to other literary elements.

⭐ Characters - Explore their interactions, reactions, and changes throughout the teleplay.

Using these short story analysis activities for The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is simple! All you have to do is print what you need or assign the digital version to your digital learning platform. Everything is digital, printable, and ready to go!

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Shannon said, “I cannot recommend this resource enough.  I used it as a concluding activity in my class and felt like my students were both challenged and highly engaged. I heard excellent high-level discussion as I walked around the room.  Some students struggled at first because they refused to use the text on some of the questions and I was really able to highlight to them the importance of going to the text.”  

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kimberly said, “There is a LOT included in this resource!  I love having the digital option as well as the print format & everything has worked seamlessly!  This could easily occupy a solid week to week & a half of meaningful time for your students (I have 80 minute blocks) - if you're looking for a good, engaging resource for your students, this is it!  They loved acting out the play & begged to do it again the next day!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ellie said, “I appreciate the Herd Behavior activity included (in addition to the questions that come with the Common Lit passage); very thoughtful, relevant pairing of literature/informational. I also used the "Who is the Real Monster?" page as a brainstorming/prewriting activity for a longer essay.”

Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RL.6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5

RL.7.1, 7.2, 7.3

RL.8.1, RL.8.2

You might also like these other scary short story analysis resources:

• The Landlady
• The Monkey’s Paw
• The Elevator

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