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- 09/13/14 | Adjusted: 02/23/16 | 1 file
- Grades 7
- 09/13/14 | Adjusted: 02/23/16 | 1 file
Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
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When a sudden and inexplicable force causes everything to stop working on Maple Street, the people there begin to wonder who or what is responsible. Fear begins to invade each person’s mind. Accusations and suspicions about one person, then another and an innocent man is killed. As the teleplay closes, the audience learns that aliens are to blame and are observing the humans’ self-destructive behavior. This behavior reveals that the real monsters on Maple Street are the people themselves and the fears and prejudices they harbor. (Holt Elements of Literature, 2008)
This lesson was created as part of the Anthology Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in anthologies. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the anthology named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.
