The Monkey's Paw

Wednesday, 9/5, Thursday, 9/6 and Friday 9/7

Bell Ringer
9/5
Circle the context clues in the sentence.  Select the correct answer
1. His teeth were exposed in a frozen grimace. 
A. Skillfulness      B. Unnoticeable    C. Twisted facial expression

9/6
2.The strength was gone from his legs;  his shivering hands--numb, cold and desperately rigid had lost all deftness.
 A. Skillfulness      B. Unnoticeable    C. Twisted facial expression

9/7
3. By a kind of trick--by concentrating his entire mind on first his left foot, then his left hand, then his other foot, then his other hand--Tom Benecke was able to move almost imperceptibly.
 A. Skillfulness      B. Unnoticeable    C. Twisted facial expression

Procedure:

1. Students will read "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets" on page 5 of their text.
2. Students will review key points from Tuesday's reading
3. Students will make predictions about the "Contents"
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing

5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story

6. Students will Answer questions on page 19 and complete a worksheet

7. Students will complete structure worksheet

Assessment:  There will be a short quiz following the reading

Closure:
9/5 - Use grimace   in a complete sentence.  Circle your context clues.
9/6 - Use deftness  in a complete sentence.  Circle your context clues.
9/7- Use imperceptibly  in a complete sentence.  Circle your context clues.

Standards:

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.

R11.B.2: Standard - 1.2.10.D: Analyze inferences and draw conclusions, citing textual support, based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.

R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.

-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text

-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language