The Monkey's Paw | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Three Wishes

Have the students write about three wishes they would make and how they would avoid any bad things that could come from them.

2. Alternate Ending

Have the students write an alternate ending showing what would have happened had the third wish not been made.

3. Wish Alterations

Have the students write out what they would have changed about the Whites' wishes to keep them safe from the evil influence of the monkey paw. In class, have the students...
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