Map of Ship Trap Island
_________________________
Name
hour
Working as a group, complete a map of the island described in “The Most
Dangerous Game.” You may use colored pencils, markers, and crayons, etc. The map
is to be completed by the end of class on Friday. Maps will be presented in class on
Monday.
This assignment will take more time than you realize, so be sure to divide the
work and budget your time. (Example: assign different people to look up different
features to be highlighted on the map, another student can put together the key,
another can begin drawing the actual map, another can work on the assignment
sheet, etc.)
Listed below are the elements necessary for a complete map. Some locations
are stated in the story, while others you must place where you think they belong.
Have fun and be creative.
A teacher from the social studies department will be judging the maps and will
choose a 1st place group. There will be prizes.
YOUR MAP MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1.
2.
3.
4.
title of the island
directional signals
detailed key (lower right hand corner)
key sights:
a. the sea
b. the island
c. Rainsford’s arrival on
shore
d. the chateau
e. Death Swamp
f. wooded ridge
g. all hiding places
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
valley
location of Ivan’s death
the yacht
Burmese tiger pit
lights indicating the false
channel
m. cliff where Rainsford
jumps
NOTE – YOU MAY ADD ADDITIONAL SIGHTS
Along with the map, your group must turn in a neatly written or typed paragraph
explaining each group members’ contribution, what took the longest, what was
the most difficult, and what you learned about the story when rereading sections
that you did not pick up the first time you listened to the story.