by Write with a Point
7th - 10th Grade
W. W. Jacobs' scary short story, "The Monkey's Paw," is guaranteed to engage your students. This frightening tale about fate makes a perfect Halloween lesson for your ELA class. It also pairs perfectly with other famous texts; Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is my favorite pairing—with the similarly ominous door-knocking at the end of the story and the overlapping themes of family, isolation, and more—but it works well with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" or Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" for the fear factor alone.
This freebie includes two free lesson plans for you to choose from: a two-day textual analysis of the intersection between theme and character and a single-day close reading activity. The strategies presented are engaging and adaptable. There's no prep work required. And either lesson would make a great emergency sub plan. You can also pair this lesson with my free context clue activity to help struggling students handle the "old" language in "The Monkey's Paw."
If you'd like, you can view the expanded versions of these plans on my blog. And you can find more free lesson plans at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Looking for related resources? Try these:
- "The Monkey's Paw" Quote Analysis Gallery Walk
- "The Fall of the House of Usher" Vocabulary Lesson and Textual Analysis
- Weeklong Short Story Unit: Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" Unit Plan
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