Ship-Trap Island

Mapping the Horror…

In your groups:Using what you know about plot and setting, you will create a map for Ship-Trap Island. You must label your map. You will be given a rubric. You must include all parts to get all possible points.

The map must meet the following criteria (5 point each):1. It is large enough to take up the whole page.2. It is colorful. You may use markers or colored pencils.3. It must include walking paths (trails).4. Each location is a picture, not just a square with a label on it.5. It is neat and visually appealing and accurately represents the island.

It includes the five locations below. (5 points each): Jungle Death Swamp (quicksand) General Zaroff’s chateau (large cottage home) on a peninsula,

surrounded on three sides by water The Caribbean Sea The channel where ships are trapped by large rocks with razor

edges Map ______ / 50

Shipwreck Island Map Rubric

Jobs…

Each member is responsible for one of the following jobs. If your group has fewer than four members, the remaining job must be split evenly. Jobs may be chosen or assigned to accommodate members’ personal strengths and skills.

• Researcher• Illustrator• Planner• Editor

Description of jobs

• Researcher: Look up passages to determine what the island would look like.

• Planner: Figure out what paths Rainsford and Zaroff would have taken and where these paths would have intersected.

• Creative specialist: Use context clues to help you determine details of the island that were not stated, but must have existed on the island.

• Illustrator: Draw and color the map to represent your group’s vision of Ship-Trap island.

The map must meet the following criteria (5 point each):1. It is large enough to take up the whole page.2. It is colorful. You may use markers or colored pencils.3. It must include walking paths (trails).4. Each location is a picture, not just a square with a label on it.5. It is neat and visually appealing and accurately represents the island.

It includes the five locations below. (5 points each): Jungle Death Swamp (quicksand) General Zaroff’s chateau (large cottage home) on a peninsula,

surrounded on three sides by water The Caribbean Sea The channel where ships are trapped by large rocks with razor

edges Map ______ / 50

Shipwreck Island Map Rubric