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Three Skeleton Key

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Three Skeleton Key - George G. Toudouze

 

 

The title of this story is the name of a Key or low-lying island off the coast of French Guiana, in South America.  At the time the story was written, French Guiana was a colony of France. Cayenne, the capital, was the site of one of the prisons that France maintained there until 1945.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer the following questions. 

Use a lot of detail!

 

 

How would you feel and what would you do if you suddenly found yourself surrounded by rats?

 

 

Make a prediction:

Based on the journal question above, what do you think Three Skeleton Key will be about?

 

TSK begins with the sentence "My most terrifying experience?"

What does this foreshadow?

 

Three Skeleton Key Vocabulary

 

Hordes - large moving crowds

 

receding - moving back

 

fathom - understand

 

edible - fit to be eaten

 

derisive -scornful and ridiculing

 

 

Eating Rat Meat

https://www.automatictrap.com/blogs/news/what-countries-eat-rats

 

 

 

 

"Three Skeleton Key"

 

Prereading

 

 

Three Skeleton Key Story:

http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor/staff/bjdavis/short-stories/files/threeskeletonpdf.pdf

 

https://french-guiana.france-infos.net/gmedia/map_of_french-guiana-jpg/ - Map of French Guiana

 

 

https://www.fcusd.org/cms/lib03/CA01001934/Centricity/Domain/1154/Three%20Skeleton%20Key.pdf - Three Skeleton Key

 

http://mrsbrockla.weebly.com/uploads/5/5/8/6/5586240/three_skeleton_key_reader.pdf - Holt Reader

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx1jIULONQ - Three Skeleton Key

 

https://lib.humboldtunified.com/ourpages/auto/2015/9/17/69478339/Three%20Skeleton%20Key.pdf - Three Skeleton Key - Full Text 

 

https://slideplayer.com/slide/4698140/ - Literary Elements

 

Three Skeleton Key Audio - Vincent Price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2zT2DRFJxE

 

Types of Rats - https://www.automatictrap.com/pages/rats

 

 

 

Three Skeleton Key Notes

 

http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/AL/AutaugaCounty/MarburyMiddle/Uploads/Forms/Three_Skeleton_Key_Notes.pdf

 

 

Three Skeleton Key - Text Dependent Questions

 

http://www.troup.org/userfiles/929/My%20Files/ELA/MS%20ELA/7th%20ELA/Unit%201/Three%20Skeleton%20Key%20Text%20Dependent%20Questions%20with%20Answers.pdf?id=26488

 

Three Skeleton Key - Quizlet

 

https://quizlet.com/65555484/three-skeleton-key-study-guide-wa-flash-cards/

 

 

https://www.boatsnews.com/story/34445/the-rat-guard-the-solution-to-avoid-rodents-in-your-boat - Rat Guard

 

 

"Three Skeleton Key"  Pre-reading journal question

 

Literary Focus (suspense and foreshadowing) and vocabulary notes

 

Clip of "Wizard of Oz" to illustrate foreshadowing:

 

 

Vocabulary PowerPoint

 

"Three Skeleton Key" story

 

Comprehension Questions

 

Story Literary Elements Review PowerPoint

 

Original radio version of "Three Skeleton Key" 

 

 

 

Three Skeleton Key - Vincent Price Narration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx1jIULONQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrQCtP96wUE&t=9s - Cannibal Rat video

 

 

Ghost Ship - Rat infested - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/24/tech/web/apparently-this-matters-lyubov-orlova-ghost-ship

 

Ghost Ship - Lyubav Orlova

https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/whats-viral/from-a-cruise-to-ghost-ship-heres-journey-of-rat-infested-ship.html

 

Ghost Ship - The Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/a-russian-cruiser-with-canniba

rats-what-other-ghost-ships-could-be-out-there-1.4177837

 

Rat Guard

https://www.boatsnews.com/story/34445/the-rat-guard-the-solution-to-avoid-rodents-in-your-boat

 

 

 

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