Unit 1 Title: The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs1 Suggested Time: 4 - 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RL.8.1‚ RL.8.2‚ RL.8.4; W.8.1‚ W.8.3‚ W.8.4‚ W.8.9; SL.8.1; L.8.1‚ L.8.2‚ L.8.4‚ L.8.5 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching 1. Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task
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Who’s Got the Monkey? 1. Summarize the article ½ page • What are the main concepts/points? • In your own words‚ what is the article saying? • What is one main lesson you learned from the article? • What is a “monkey” in the context of the article? 2. Describe 3 of your monkeys 1 page 3. Describe when you got or took a monkey that actually did NOT belong to you ½ page 4. What happened?(positive and negative) ½ page 5. Conclusion: what would you do again? 1 page Communication Strategies
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make a cogent case for the relationship between the birth order and the hormone cortisol on rhesus monkeys and humans. While his ideas seem to make sense at first glance‚ there are various assumptions that weaken the argument. The following paragraphs describe three of the most important issues. To begin with‚ the study that supports the suggested conclusions is based on only eighteen rhesus monkeys. Clearly‚ this limited sample may not be representative enough to draw conclusions about all the members
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The Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed around 2002 in Sheffield. Their music has impacted the way we listen to rock in past couple of years by creating and adding new sound never imagined in indie rock. Currently there are about 4 members in the band. Alex turner (lead vocalist) and Jamie Cook (guitarist) both started their career earlier before the band was even together in 2001. Later on they met Matt Helders (drummer) and Andy Nicholson (bassist) which the decided to start performing
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may be horrific. The idea of fate and symbolism‚ when mixed together‚ can make a lethal pair. Dahl and Jacobs use fate and symbolism to paint an effective picture of death. The idea of fate is used in both "The Monkey’s Paw" and Lamb to the Slaughter. In "Monkey’s Paw"‚ the paw manipulates faith. "It moved As I wished it twisted in my hand like a snake." The twisting and movement represents someone or something manipulating fate for their wants. In Lamb to the Slaughter the aristocracy also tried
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Assignment 2 Literary Analysis Essay In- Class Assignment 500+ words 27-28 July 15% Week 4 Literary Analysis Essay • What is it? – Analyzes literary text. How? • By tackling any number of aspects of the content such as the: – – – – Aesthetic Technical Linguistic Thematic (economic‚ political‚ philosophical‚ sociological‚ psychological‚ etc.) • It concentrates and uses the text (not real life) as its base. Literary Analysis Essay • Why do we write them? – To help cement our understanding of
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Just like people‚ dogs get rough‚ dry skin on their paws. It’s true that the thick skin on their paws help them traverse all types of terrain since they don’t wear shoes (most dogs don’t anyway). It’s not unusual for dogs to have cracked or dry pads as they get older. During winter and summer‚ icy and heat can cause pain to your dog’s paws. Keep your best friend’s paws in tip top shape with a homemade‚ soothing paw balm. 2 tablespoons coconut oil 2 tablespoons shea butter 2 tablespoons beeswax
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A Literary Analysis on Flanner O ’Connor ’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Written by ShaLynn M. Andrews Flannery O ’Connor ’s short story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is about a Georgia family on their way to Florida for a vacation and the day ending in disaster and murder. The story opens with the grandmother‚ also being the main character‚ trying to convince her son‚ Bailey‚ not to go to Florida; she had just read an article about a recently escaped convict‚ the Misfit‚ who was supposedly heading
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Marun-Batista Ms. Oleksyshyn ENG2D1 15 October 2013 The Monkey’s Paw W.W Jacob’s the Monkey’s Paw has some very distinctive differences when placed in direct comparison with the film adaptation. In the short film‚ it seems that various aspects of the story do no hold true to the original story. A few of the more noticeable changes include the scenes‚ dialog‚ and the addition of the occasional slips humour from the characters. The story according to W.W Jacobs begins in the parlour of Laburnam
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Irony‚ Foreshadowing‚ Theme‚ and Conflict in “The Monkey’s Paw” Foreshadowing is a technique that authors use to drop hints or clues about what will happen later‚ thereby helping to build suspense and prepare readers for the outcome. Examples of Foreshadowing: 1. p. 143 - When Mr. White and Herbert are playing a game of chess‚ Mr. White puts his king into “sharp and unnecessary perils” and makes a “fatal mistake.” His reckless moves in the chess game foreshadow how Mr. White puts himself
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