1. Before, During, and After Reading Skills
The Monkey’s Paw and Aunty Misery
By W.W. Jacobs By Judith Ortiz Cofer
Before, During, and After Reading Skills

2. Preparing to Read
1. Identify five the text features seen throughout this story.
2. Identify and define the Literary Focus element of this text.
3. Identify and define the Reading Focus skill used in this text.
4. What is the Writing Focus assignment and what are you asked to look for as you read the beginning of the text?
Which Vocabulary words did you not recognize? How does this text help you learn new words?

3. Author Information 5. Read the “Meet the Writer” section on page 90.
Make a list of at least three important facts you learn about each author.
Circle the detail you think is the most important for each.

4. If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for and why?
Quick Write
Wishes
If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for and why?
How could having a wish come true be a negative thing?

5. How do the writing styles of each author create unique moods?
Literary Response
The Monkey’s Paw and Aunty Misery
Read the text carefully and note the way the author includes parallel episodes or subplots to tell the story.
How do the writing styles of each author create unique moods?
Explain your thoughts and ideas and use evidence from the text to support your response.

6. Preview and Predictions
Before Reading Skills
Preview and Predictions
Make a list of the things you “know” or “think you know” based only on the text features.
Make a list of at least 2 things you want to know, but you need to read in order to find out.
What genre or type of text do you think we are reading? Why?

7. Comparing and Contrasting
During Reading Skills
Comparing and Contrasting
Look for ways that the stories are similar and different from each other.
Notice how comparing stories will help you appreciate how storytellers from different cultures and times capture common human experiences.

8. Stop and Think!!!
If you were given the chance to have any wish fulfilled, would you wish for something for yourself or for someone else?