“There are often dangers from snow and wolves and night.” Bram Stoker’s “Dracula’s Guest,” which may or may not have been the first chapter of the original Dracula manuscript, is the focus of a Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA). 

Concepts

bram stoker, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

bram stoker, reading comprehension, gothic novel, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Flip the lesson, have class members read the story and respond to the comprehension questions out of class before returning for discussion

Pros

• The 12-page packet includes a detailed plan, comprehension questions, DRTA worksheets, and the complete text of the story

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.11-12.1