No matter how your day is going, it probably hasn't started out as badly as Gregor Samsa's day. Explore the essentially—and definitively—Kafkaesque story of a man-turned-vermin with a short and straightforward crossword puzzle on The Metamorphosis.

Concepts

the metamorphosis, franz kafka, reading comprehension, world literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Add to a language arts packet for independent study or group literature circles
• Use the worksheet as extra credit at the end of your Kafka unit

Classroom Considerations

• Mainly discusses plot points, characters, and important quotes from the book, rather than central themes

Pros

• Provides two versions of the answer key
• Easy to copy and distribute

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3