COLEGIO BRADER

English – Week 10 – Class Guide

Prepared by: Mark Arthur Level: 8th Grade - English

Week: 10 Zoom Class 1 – Tuesday – May 5th

Before Class: Nothing to read but have your collections book ready.
Classwork: (Don’t Upload Today) Class Work: Part 1 – Q&A Question
Learning Goal Analyze how dialogue or incidents propel the action and plot of a story.
Objective Cite textual evidence to support possible outcomes of a story that are presented through foreshadowing.
Content The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs – Page 105 to 116
Ask students: Time
What comes to your mind when you hear “horror genre”?
Opening
Would you watch a horror movie, what do you expect to see? 5
Why do you think some authors enjoy writing in this style?
Step 1: Author Background – Top of Page 105
Step 2: Setting A Purpose: How does the appearance of the Monkey’s paw affect those relationships?
Step 3: Reading 1 (class reading) – Lines 1 to 12
A. What descriptive details help establish the setting?
B. Foreshadowing – refers to clues an author gives that hint at what will happen later in the story.
What details tell something about the father’s personality and how could this aspect of his personality
impact the plot?
Class Activity – Part 1: Q&A (Reading Analysis)
Learning
Step 4: Reading 2 (class reading) - Lines 13 to 89 35
Process
1. (Lines 39 – 42) Cite evidence to explain how this description of Sergeant-Major Morris helps build suspense.
2. (Lines 73 – 77) Identify ideas that suggest what the theme of this story might be.
3. What might those ideas foreshadow in the plot of the story?
Part 5: Reading 3 (Individual Reading Focus) – Lines 90 – 157
4. Describe this quote in your own words. “Her tones were so grave that a hush fell upon the room.”
5. (Lines 90-92) What is the foreshadowing being presented here and what is the purpose of it?
6. (Lines 110-116) – Identify evidence of a universal theme related to interfering with fate.
7. (Lines 138 – 152) – How does this passage contribute to the universal theme of the story?
Preview (next class) – Remind students that they need to finish reading the story before next class.
Closing 5
They don’t have to upload part 1 to the LMS but they do need to keep their answers in a document or notebook.
 Week: 10 Zoom Class 2 – Wednesday – May 6th

Before Class: Reading all the story – “The Monkey’s Paw” – Pages 105 – 116
Classwork: Complete Q&A – Part 2 and upload “Part 1 & Part 2” document to the LMS (Due by end of today)
Analyze how dialogue or incidents propel the action and plot of a story.
Learning Goal
Cite textual evidence to support possible outcomes of a story that are presented through foreshadowing.
Content The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs – Page 105 to 116
Time
Opening Review – any questions not looked at from Part 1 – (review as a class)
5
Step 1: Selected Passage Discussion
Step 2: Class Activity – Part 2 : Q&A (Reading Analysis)
Selected Sections:
1. (Lines 214-225) – Describe the behavior of the man outside.
What do we learn about the man from his behavior?
2. (Lines 242-250) – Read the dialogue - How do these lines move the plot along?
3. (Lines 271-281) – How does the information from the man from Maw and Meggins support the theme of the
story?
4. (Line 332) – Mr. White calls the granting of the first wish “a coincidence”, do you think he really believes this?
Why does he say it?
Learning
5. (Lines 344-353) – What effect does the imagery create and what might it foreshadow? 35
Process
General Story Questions:
6. What are the first few indications that the monkey’s paw is not a positive thing? (Line reference)
7. The sergeant reveals that the first man to own the paw made his third wish for death. Based on what
happens in this story, what could you infer about his first two wishes?
8. How does W.W. Jacobs build suspense when the Whites are waiting to see if their second wish will come
true? Give examples.
9. What message do you think that W.W. Jacobs was trying to send with this story? Explain.
10. The sergeant says that “the fakir wanted to prove that fate ruled people.” In your opinion, do you think that
people have complete control over their lives, or does fate sometimes play a role? Explain

Preview (next class) – Themes & Foreshadowing Review

Closing 5
Remind students to upload Part 1 & 2 to the LMS – Due by end of day
 Week: 10 Zoom Class 3 – Thursday – May 7th

Before Class: (Nothing) – bring your collections textbook to class

(Do not upload today) - Classwork: Part 1 – Determine Theme & Analyze Foreshadowing

Learning Goal Determine and analyze a universal theme and analyze foreshadowing in a short story.

Content The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs – Page 105 to 116

Time
Opening Review – any questions not looked at from Part 2 – Q&A (review as a class)
5
Class Activity – Part 1: Theme Analyze & Foreshadowing

Determine Theme – Page 117

A. One way to determine a story’s theme is to ask, “What lesson does the main character learn that applies to
real people’s lives?”
B. Recall the lesson that Mr. White learned in “The Monkey’s Paw”
C. What other examples of myths, fairy tales, and other stories share this theme?
D. Review “The Monkey’s Paw” and identify the traditional pattern of events that reveals a universal theme.
Learning
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Process Analyze Stories: Foreshadowing – Page 117
How foreshadowing is revealed Example in Text Explain what it foreshadows

Dialogue

Descriptions of events

Imagery

Preview (next class) – Remind students that they need to complete this chart if not done.
Closing 5
They don’t have to upload part 1 to the LMS but they do need to keep their answers in a document or notebook.
 Week: 10 Zoom Class 4 – Friday – May 8th

Before Class: (Nothing) – bring your collections textbook to class

Classwork: Complete actives form Part 2 and upload “Part 1 & Part 2” document to the LMS (Due by end of today)

Learning Goal Determine and analyze a universal theme and analyze foreshadowing in a short story.

Content The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs – Page 105 to 116

There are many traditional stories in which characters are granted three wishes. Time
- What story examples can you think of?
Opening - What themes do many of them share?
- What do you think makes “The Monkey Paw” different from the others? 5
(Think about the outcome of using the three wishes)

Quick Guided Review – for evaluation (during week 11) – Collections & Grammar (details given during class)

Class Activity – Part 2: Class Work

Step 1: Analyzing the Text – Page 118 – Questions 1 to 4

Learning
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Process Step 2: Monkey’s Paw – Alternative ending:
Imagine that Mr. White is unable to locate the monkey’s paw that he is searching for while his wife is attempting
to unbolt the door. Write an alternative ending to the story beginning by describing what is on the other side of
the door.
Starting Line: He hears the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and he stared at the door in horror
realizing he could not locate the monkey’s paw in time…

Have selected volunteers, read their ending to the story.

Closing 10
Remind students to upload Part 1 & 2 to the LMS – Due by end of day