The Hitch-Hiker
Lucille Fletcher
Day One
Engage | Connect
Explore
Lucille Fletcher’s The Hitch-Hiker tells the story of a young man’s bizarre and terrifying cross-country road trip from Brooklyn to California. Throughout the journey, Ronald Adams keeps seeing the same hitchhiker standing by the side of the road. No matter where Ronald goes or how fast he drives, the mysterious hitchhiker is always one step ahead of him. However, Ronald soon realizes that how the hitchhiker is doing it may not be as important as why. The Hitch-Hiker was originally broadcast as a radio play on the Orson Welles Show in 1941 and was later adapted for television in 1960 as an episode of The Twilight Zone.
Enrich | Vocabulary
The quiz is in Google Classroom.
Homework
This is a play. We will be reading it together in class. Email me the part you want. First come, first serve. You must be willing to have your camera turned on and showing your face.
Day Two
Explain | Read
This play is ten pages long. It would really take up a LOT of space if I posted it here. Instead, I'm just including a link.
However, here's a list of the characters. We'll read it together in our "Zoom" meeting, so take a look in advance and decided which character you want to be!
Ronald Adams is the main character and has the most lines. (Matthew)
The rest only have a little bit each.
Mrs. Adams (Juan)
The Hitchhiker - no dialogue
A Mechanic (Nathan)
The Storekeeper (Melia)
The Storekeeper’s Husband
A Girl (Nicole Z)
A Telephone Operator (Adrian)
A Long-Distance Operator (Karen)
An Albuquerque Operator (Evelyne)
A New York Operator (Colin)
Mrs. Whitney (Natalia)
For the rest of the text, click the image below.
The script is above and the audio is below.
The Hitch Hiker Fletcher Audio by Mr. Skipper
Day Three
Elaborate | Share
If you're working on your own, use the email link to send me your answers.
Elaborate / Assess
The quiz will be in Google Classroom on Day Three.
Exit Video
Follow the link below and leave a FlipGrid response to the question you'll see.
Need to reach me?
- Remind
- SchoolStatus
- Google Classroom
- the contact button at the upper right
- email (lskipper@galenaparkisd.com)
Be sure to include your name if you email me. (It may just come to me from "gp123456" and I won't know who that is :-)