Codex Unit 5: Space Invaders

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ELA

Identify Evidence:

Analyze Characters, Events, and Ideas

Watch “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”. How does Rod Serling prortray life on Earth during an alien invasion? How does he introduce, describe, and elaborate on individuals, events, and ideas?

• • In the evidence column, record examples from the text that show life on Earth leading up to an alien invasion. Include examples of descriptions, characters, dialogue, and events.

  • In the explanation column, explain how the evidence introduces, illustrates, or elaborates on individuals, events, and ideas

Key Ideas and Details:

Determining the Central Idea

1. Use the evidence you collected to summarize the central idea of this video.

2. List three key characters in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”. Explain why each is important to the central idea.

3. List three important events in the story. Explain why each event is important to the theme.

Craft and Structure:

Structure of the Video

1. Compare and contrast the tone at the beginning of the video with the tone during the middle of the video

2. What evidence does Serling provide to show that the alien “invasion” is more serious than people first though?

3. How do the adults in the neighborhood change from the beginning of the video to the end?

Author’s Purpose

4. All of these details fit together to paint a portrait of life on Earth during an alien invasion. How does Serling describe Earth during the “invasion”. What lesson does he want readers to take away from the story?

5. Compare and contrast Bradbury’s portrait of life on Earth during an alien invasion with Serling’s. How are they different? How are they similar?