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The Monkeys Pawby W. W. Jacobs

• Unit Mood and Tone
• Concept The Mood of Suspense

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Essential Question

• How does the storys mood of suspense contribute
  to the plot?
• Writers create suspense as the rising action
  builds toward the climax of the story. The mood
  of suspense contributes to the plot because it
  encourages the reader to become involved in the
  story. You want to know what is going to happen
  next.

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Lets Think About Control

• On a sheet of notebook paper, draw a word map.
  We are going to examine the word Control.
• How much control do you have over your own life?
  
• Does anyone have complete control over what
  happens to them?

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Build Background

• Many folk tales and horror stories involve magic
  or magical objects that give unusual powers to
  anyone who owns it.
• Think of objects in our culture that some people
  believe to bring good luck
• Horseshoes
• Rabbits foot

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How is this story an example of horror story
genre?

• Built around gradually increasing suspense
• Violence often occurs out of the readers view
• Leaving out the violence allows the reader to
  imagine the worst which increases the suspense

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Art Appreciation

• Look at the painting in the textbook on page 681.
• Describe what you see in this painting by Charles
  Burchfield.
• Like a written story, a painting can tell a
  story.

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What story might this painting be telling?

• Description
• Pale, almost colorless parts
• Dark clouds
• Solitary figure

• What painting shows
• Person standing outside next to the fence of a
  possibly abandoned house in forbidding
  surroundings

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Predicting

• What prediction can you make about the story you
  are about to read using clues from the painting?

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W. W. Jacobs Style

• What reading strategies can the reader
• use to better understand the story?
• Clue Sentences are long and complicated
• Read slow
• Reread
• Chunk break the sentence into smaller parts

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Vocabulary

• Write a possible definition for each of the
  underlined words.
• As I stood surveying the dark forest, I was
  unsure of my fate and was afraid my life may be
  in peril. I grimaced as the wind howled and
  shadows moved in the darkness. Then, I smiled at
  my own credulity because I believed that there
  was no danger.

• Other words to know
• Without means outside
• Hark at the wind means listen to the wind
• Check and checkmate are chess terms that meaning
  you are about to lose or you have lost
• Fakir is an Hindu wonderworker or magician
• Jarred means irritated

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What is fate?

• Does fate rule peoples lives?
• Do those who interfere with fate come to sorrow?

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