Description
Activities for “The Monkey’s Paw” are plentiful since students love this story! This file includes a lesson plan, quiz, mentor sentence activity, theme analysis questions, a graphic organizer, and a writing activity for “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs.
Included in this file for “The Monkey’s Paw”:
→ The quiz is basic. I use it for comprehension only or as a quick exit ticket.
→ The analysis activity has sentences from the story and asks students to explain how they contribute to the story’s theme.
→ Mentor sentences help with vocabulary and language. Using quotes from the story, students will identify parts of speech in context.
→ Five topics for students to change from broad ideas into specific ideas. Students will then write a topic sentence for each idea as it relates to the story. An extension activity is for students to write a paragraph using one of their topic sentences.
→ A graphic organizer for students to track the three wishes and their consequences.
→ Seven vocabulary words taught in context. A vocabulary quiz and key is included.
→ The lesson plan has possible discussion questions and literary devices found in “The Monkey’s Paw.”
→ Answer key included for all questions!
These activities and lesson plans for “The Monkey’s Paw” are both in editable and not-editable formats. I have multiple activities for “The Monkey’s Paw” because I have taught it so many times—you might not use all of this material every year that you teach this story!
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