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Dive into the famous tale of "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, exploring its tone, mood, and themes. Compare it to other wish-related stories while discussing fate, destiny, and human nature. Delve into essential questions, text-dependent questions, and engage with audio versions to analyze the story deeply.

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  1. Author Background • W.W. Jacobs • (1863-1943) • Lived in London, England • House was near docks, and he wrote about tales he heard from sailors • His stories are about everyday life disrupted by strange and fantastic events • The Monkey’s Paw is his most famous • This story is unlike his other writings, he wrote mostly humorously

  2. Agree/Disagree • Non Verbal activity • Share the air-we all need it to live • Have a mind of your own

  3. Agree/Disagree • Please should be happy with their lives the way they are

  4. Agree/Disagree • It is always wise to listen to people who know more than you do

  5. Agree/Disagree • Nothing in life is free

  6. Agree/Disagree • Greed motivates people to do bad things

  7. Tone and Mood Notes-ELA notebook • Tone and mood both deal with the emotions centered around a piece of writing. Though they seem similar and can in fact be related causally, they are in fact quite different.

  8. Tone Notes • The tone of a literary work is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development. Tone can portray a variety of emotions ranging from solemn, grave, and critical to witty, wry and humorous. Tone helps the reader ascertain the writer’s feelings towards a particular topic and this in turn influences the reader’s understanding of the story. • Examples: funny, forthright, gleeful, sentimental, tranquil, encouraging

  9. Mood notes • Mood is the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it’s the emotions a selection arouses in a reader. • Examples: • Amused, calm, mellow, irate, loving, cold, confused, determined

  10. Clips-you will need earbuds • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xza4DWdSnoc- 3 wishes clip • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfdkgEa2fWk 3 wishes story

  11. Essential Questions-discuss at your table • Do you think that the events in your life happen at random or on purpose? • What experiences can lead you to believe that fate or coincidence control your destiny? Does it happen at random or on purpose?

  12. More to consider…discuss at your table • What is reality? • What is truth? • How do authors create suspense? • How do characters demonstrate the human longing to know the truth? • How does foreshadowing build suspense? • How does the setting affect the development of a narrative(plot, conflict, characters, mood)

  13. “The Monkey’s Paw” • Read “The Monkey’s Paw” In your ELA writer’s notebook, create the chart on the next slide andYouare comparing this story to any other story about wishes that you have either read or seen. (Aladdin, etc)

  14. Depth and Complexity-Big Idea-ELA notebook • One should use caution when interfering with the powerful forces of fate or destiny; the end results can be completely different than what one actually desires. • Work with your table to record 3 pieces of textual evidence to support the idea-cite evidence

  15. Text-Dependent questions-ELA notebook • 1. What does it mean that Mr. White was “amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it?” • 2. Why does the sergeant major say, “Better let it burn”? • 3. Why did Mrs. White go “scurrying to the door at the postman’s knock”? • 4. What does the author mean by the “sinister meaning of the assurance” and the “awful confirmation of her fears”? How do the words “sinister” and “awful” contribute to the tone of the text? • 5. Why does Mr. White say, “Don’t let it in”? What is Mrs. White’s response? • 6. What is Mr. White’s “third and last wish”? Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

  16. Audio version • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFbKgBqRZs

  17. Discuss at your table: tone and mood • Are the mood and tone effective? Do they add to the story? How would the story change if we were to change the mood of the story?

  18. Theme Analysis (Quote sandwich) • Write a Quote Sandwich rough draft-What is a theme in “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs? • In “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs the implied theme_________________________

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