Essential Understandings and Activities for "The Third Wish" and "The Monkey's Paw"

1. Understanding the elements of Plot:

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

    2. Use setting purposes for reading to enhance understanding of fiction

   3. Identify conflict and how it motivates the actions of the character(s)

   4. Analyze how the author uses tone words and setting to establish mood

Activities:

• Students will complete a table that charts the plot line for "The Third Wish" and "The Monkey's Paw"
• Students will write an essay that contrasts the mood found in "The Third Wish" with "The Monkey's Paw"
• Students will watch the movie version of "The Monkey's Paw" and compare the mood created in the video with that evoked in the story

Purpose and Activities for Flowers for Algernon