English 10
8/18
Agenda
 Quiz
over The Monkey’s Paw, independent and
dependent clauses, plot, and vocabulary words
 Hand
back marshmallow challenge essay
 Summarizing
Sections II and III of The Monkey’s Paw
 Introduction
to Sir Lancelot du Lake
 Homework:
Sir Lancelot Web Search
Quiz- take out a sheet of paper.
1.
What magical ability does the monkey’s paw have?
2.
What are the conflicts in "The Monkey's Paw"? What types of
conflict (physical, moral, intellectual, or emotional) did you
notice in this story?
3.
What was the first man’s third wish? How might this be an
example of foreshadowing?
4.
Summarize what happens after Mr. White makes the second
and third wish.
5.
What is the central/primary purpose of the story? Is the purpose
important or meaningful?
Quiz Continued
6. Consider plot. In The Monkey’s Paw, what happens in the
climax of the story?
7. Define credulity.
8. What vocabulary term in your notes means to be spoken ill
of?
In these complex and complex-compound sentences, circle
the main clause, and underline the subordinate clause.
9. Darcy has a lovely baby although she loves to make very
loud noises.
10. When Ted walked down the stairs he observed a beautiful
girl in the room.
Summary Part II

Part II begins on the next morning, a sunny winter day. Mrs. White comments on
how ridiculous the sergeant-major’s story was but remarks that two hundred
pounds couldn’t do any harm. They could, Herbert jokes, if the money fell out of
the sky onto his father’s head. Mr. White answers that people often mistake
coincidence for granted wishes. Herbert then leaves for work.
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Later that day, Mrs. White notices a stranger outside dressed in nice clothes. The
stranger hesitantly approaches their gate three times before opening it and
coming up to the door. Mrs. White ushers him in. He nervously states that he is a
representative of Maw and Meggins, Herbert’s employer. Mrs. White asks
whether Herbert is all right, and the representative says he is hurt, but in no pain.
For a moment, Mrs. White feels relieved, until she realizes that Herbert feels no
pain because he’s dead. The representative says that Herbert was “caught in
the machinery. He then explains that the company will not take any
responsibility for the death but will give the Whites two hundred pounds. Mrs.
White shrieks, and Mr. White faints.
Summary Part III

In Part III, the Whites bury Herbert. A week after the burial, Mr. White wakes
up and hears his wife crying by the window. He gently urges her to come
back to bed, but she refuses. He dozes off again until Mrs. White suddenly
cries out that she wants the monkey’s paw. In hysterics, she tells him to go
downstairs and wish Herbert back to life.

Mr. White resists and tells her that Herbert’s death and the two hundred
pounds they had received had nothing to do with his wish the previous
night. Mr. White says that he didn’t want to tell her before, but Herbert was
so mangled that he had to identify the body by looking at the clothes.
Mrs. White doesn’t listen, however, and continues to insist on wishing
Herbert back to life with the monkey’s paw.
Summary Part III Continued

Mr. White retrieves the paw from its place downstairs. Mrs. White orders him to
make the wish two more times until he finally complies. He makes the wish, and
as they wait, the candle goes out. They hear the clock, the creak of a stair, and
the sound of a mouse. At last Mr. White goes downstairs. His match goes out,
and before he can strike another, he hears a knock at the door. Another knock
sounds, and Mr. White dashes upstairs. Mrs. White hears the third knock and says
it’s Herbert. She realizes he hadn’t returned right after the wish had been made
because he’d had to walk two miles from the graveyard to their house.

Mr. White begs her not to open the door, but she breaks free and runs
downstairs. As she struggles to reach the bolt, the knocking becomes more
insistent. Mr. White searches frantically for the paw, which had dropped to the
floor. As Mrs. White pulls back the bolt, Mr. White finds the paw and makes a
final wish. The knocking stops, and Mrs. White cries out. Mr. White dashes
downstairs and sees that beyond the door, the street is empty.
From Le Morte d’Arthur
Sir Launcelot
du Lake
Online PDF:
http://www.mbcurl.me/PZT1
Intro – King Arthur
King
Arthur – A well-known character
in literature and legend
Honorable ruler in an age of knights, damsels &
dragons --- Camelot
Legend of Arthur is vastly different from the real
man (He was a leader of late 5th century
Britain)
Le Morte d’Arthur
 Translates
to “The Death of Arthur”
Modern
adaptation is known as Knights of the
Round Table
 Legendary
tales of King Arthur, Queen
Gwenevere, Sir Lancelot & the Knights of the
Round Table
 This story (the one we’re going to read) is a small
part of a MUCH bigger tale.
Characters
 Sir
Launcelot = one of King Arthur’s knights,
highly respected, even Queen Gwenyvere
loves him more than her husband
 Sir Lionel = Sir Launcelot’s nephew
 Sir Tarquin = antagonist (bad guy knight)
 Morgan le Fay = lady who falls in love with
Launcelot
Summary
Launcelot
sets off in search of
adventure and takes Lyonel
They stop to take a nap along the
way
Lyonel  captured by Tarquine and
thrown in a dungeon
Sir Ector rides off in search of
Launcelot
 Morgan
le Fay (and her 3 other friends) cast a spell
on Launcelot and capture him in hopes of winning
his love
 She
tells him he must choose one of the four
queens as a lover or he’ll die
 Launcelot
death
A
loves Queen Gwynevere so he chooses
King’s daughter offers to help Launcelot escape if
he agrees to help her father in a jousting contest
Homework

Jot down any information you can find on the following topics.
You will give a brief overview of your findings to the class.

Group 1: Movies & books based off of Arthurian Legend

Group 2: Knights of the Round Table & Camelot

Group 3: King Arthur
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Group 4: Excalibur

Group 5: Sir Lancelot
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Group 6: Lady Guinevere