This document provides objectives and information for an 11th grade English assignment on analyzing conflicts in drama using the screenplay "By Rod Serling" as a text. It includes 8 learning objectives, definitions and examples of internal and external conflicts in drama, instructions on making predictions while reading, vocabulary words and exercises related to word roots and spelling, and guidance for analyzing analogies, pronouns and conflicts.

1. 11TH GRADE
ENGLISH
MR. SUAREZ

2. BY ROD SERLING (TEXT PAGE 697)

3. OBJECTIVES
• 1. TO READ, COMPREHEND, AND INTERPRET A SCREENPLAY
• 2. TO RELATE A CONFLICT IN DRAMA TO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
• 3. TO MAKE PREDICTIONS
• 4. TO ANALYZE CONFLICT IN DRAMA
• 5. TO BUILD VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT AND LEARN THE WORD ROOT -
SIST-
• 6. TO RECOGNIZE PRONOUN AND ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT
• 7. TO WRITE A FINAL SCENE USING SCRIPT FORMAT
• 8. TO RESPOND TO A SCREENPLAY THROUGH WRITING, SPEAKING AND
LISTENING, AND PROJECTS

5. CONFLICT IN DRAMA
• CONFLICT IS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES THAT
DRIVES THE ACTION IN A LITERARY WORK. THE CONFLICT CAN
OCCUR WITHIN A CHARACTER OR BETWEEN A CHARACTER AND AN
OUTSIDE FORCE, SUCH AS ANOTHER CHARACTER. BECAUSE
PLAYWRIGHTS CAN'T REVEAL A CHARACTER'S THOUGHTS THE
SAME WAY A SHORT STORY WRITER WOULD, A CONFLICT THAT
OCCURS | CHARACTER MUST BE PRESENTED THROUGH WHAT THE
CHARACTER SAYS OR THROUGH WHAT OTHER CHARACTERS SAY
ABOUT HIM OR HER. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE DRAMAS TEND TO BE
LONGER WORKS, THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE CONFLICT. AS
YOU READ, NOTE THE CONFLICTS THAT OCCUR AT DIFFERENT
LEVELS—BETWEEN • INDIVIDUALS, BETWEEN GROUPS AND

6. PREDICT
• ONE OF THE QUALITIES THAT MAKES THIS SCREENPLAY
SUCCESSFUL IS SERLING'S ABILITY TO BUILD SUSPENSE, A FEELING
OF INTENSE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF EVENTS. TO GET
THE MOST OUT OF THIS SCREENPLAY OR ANY OTHER PIECE OF
SUSPENSEFUL LITERATURE, PAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN TO
PREDICT, OR MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS, ABOUT WHERE THE
STORY IS HEADED. BASE YOUR PREDICTIONS ON CLUES THAT THE
AUTHOR PROVIDES. YOU MAY WANT TO NOTE THE CLUES AND
YOUR PREDICTIONS IN A CHART LIKE THE ONE BELOW, REVISING AS
YOU ENCOUNTER NEW INFORMATION.

7. THINK
• TEACHER SAY THAT THE SCHOOL DAY WILL BE
EXTENDED.
• STUDENTS RESPOND
• WAIT
• IT WAS ONLY A RUMOR
• THE STUDENTS RESPONSE IS SIMILAR TO TO THAT OF
THE CHARACTERS IN THE SELECTION

8. USING THE WORD ROOT -SIST
•WORDS THAT CONTAIN THE ROOT -
SIST- HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH
STANDING. FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSIS-
TENT PERSON IS ONE WHO STANDS
FIRM AND DOESN'T GIVE IN.

9. MATCH EACH WORD ON THE LEFT WITH ITS
DEFINITION ON THE RIGHT. WRITE THE LETTER OF
THE DEFINITION ON THE LINE NEXT TO THE WORD
IT DEFINES.
• 1. ASSISTANT A. A FORCE THAT STANDS AGAINST OR IN OPPOSITION
TO SOMETHING
• 2. RESISTANCE B. STANDING IN AGREEMENT WITH
• 3. CONSISTENT C. TO TAKE A FIRM STAND AND DEMAND SOMETHING
• 4. INSIST D. SOMEONE WHO STANDS READY TO HELP

10. USING THE WORD BANK
•FLUSTERED SLUGGISHLY
ASSENT PERSISTENTLY
DEFIANT SCAPEGOAT
METAMORPHOSIS

11. WRITE THE WORD BANK WORD THAT CAN
REPLACE THE ITALICIZED WORD OR PHRASE
IN EACH SENTENCE.
• 1. CATERPILLARS UNDERGO A (CHANGE) IN ORDER TO BECOME
BUTTERFLIES.
• 2. ONE STUDENT BECAME THE (PERSON BLAMED) FOR ALL THE
OTHERS IN THE CLASS.
• 3. THE RUNNER IN LAST PLACE MOVED (AS IF LACKING ENERGY)
• 4. SOLDIERS ARE TAUGHT NEVER TO BE (BOLDLY RESISTING) TO THEIR
SUPERIORS
• 5. THERE WAS (AGREEMENT) BETWEEN THE ENEMIES THAT FINALLY ENDED
THE FIGHTING.

12. ANALOGIES: FOR EACH RELATED PAIR OF WORDS
IN CAPITAL LETTERS, CHOOSE THE PAIR THAT BEST
EXPRESSES A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP. FILL IN THE
LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE.
1. SCAPEGOAT : BLAMED 2. ASSENT :
DISAGREEMENT
A. TEACHER : TAUGHT A. SHOUT : SPEAK
B. HERO : PRAISED B. YES : MAYBE
C. ENEMY : HELPED C. ENTRANCE : EXIT
D. PLAYER : TEAM D. TODAY :
TOMORROW

13. WELCOME BACK!

14. BUILD SPELLING SKILLS: F SOUND SPELLED PH
•IN SOME WORDS IN ENGLISH, THE F
SOUND IS SPELLED PH. THIS SPELLING
MAY APPEAR IN THE BEGINNING,
MIDDLE, OR END OF A WORD. NOTICE
THAT THE WORD BANK WORD
METAMORPHOSIS CONTAINS THE
/SOUND SPELLED PH.

15. COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A WORD
THAT CONTAINS THE/SOUND SPELLED PH.
THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD IS GIVEN AS
A CLUE.• 1. VIDEO GAMES DISPLAY EXCITING COMPUTER G______S.
• 2. YOUR SECOND YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE IS CALLED YOUR SO_________
YEAR.
• 3. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO AN OUT-OF-TOWN FRIEND, JUST PICK UP THE T______
• 4. A PICTURE THAT YOU TAKE WITH A CAMERA IS CALLED A P___________
• 5. THE WORDS ON MAPLE STREET ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A PREPOSITIONAL
P__________
• 6. IF YOU WRITE A PERSON'S LIFE STORY, YOU WRITE HIS OR HER B_______
• 7. A TERRIBLE DISASTER SUCH AS AN EARTHQUAKE IS CALLED A CA_
• 8. A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OFTEN RECEIVES A SILVER CUP AS ITS T__________
• 9. WHEN YOU STUDY THE LOCATIONS OF COUNTRIES, YOU ARE STUDYING
G_________.

16. IN EACH SENTENCE, FIND A WORD WITH
THE/SOUND SPELLED PH THAT IS SPELLED
WRONG. CROSS OUT THE WORD AND WRITE
IT CORRECTLY.
• 1. EVERYONE ON MAPLE STREET DEVELOPS A FOBIA OF MONSTERS AFTER A STRANGE LIGHT
APPEARS IN THE SKY.
• 2. NEXT, LIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY GO OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD—A FENOMENON THAT
NOBODY IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN.
• 3. WHEN SOMEONE WALKS ALONG THE SIDEWALK IN DARKNESS, RESIDENTS FEAR IT MAY BE
SOME SORT OF FANTOM OR MONSTER.
• 4. NEIGHBORS BEGIN TO FEAR THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON MAPLE STREET MAY BE A
FONY HUMAN BEING WHO IS REALLY A MONSTER OR ALIEN.
• 5. THE PLAY DESCRIBES IN GRAFIC DETAIL HOW LONG-TIME NEIGHBORS TURN ON EACH
OTHER.
• 6. IN THE END, TWO SHADOWY FIGURES IN A SPACE CRAFT DISCUSS THEIR FILOSOFY OF HOW
EASILY FEAR AND PANIC CAN BE SPREAD ON EARTH.