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    The document provides an overview of the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken. It compares the story to "The Monkey's Paw" and discusses how mood can influence the major conflict in a short story. The story involves wishes and wishing traditions. It also references swans in mythology and folklore. The document prepares students to read the story by defining vocabulary words and having them consider how plot stages and character motivation relate to conflict.

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    The document provides an overview of the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken. It compares the story to "The Monkey's Paw" and discusses how mood can influence the major conflict in a short story. The story involves wishes and wishing traditions. It also references swans in mythology and folklore. The document prepares students to read the story by defining vocabulary words and having them consider how plot stages and character motivation relate to conflict.

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    The Third Wish

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    The document provides an overview of the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken. It compares the story to "The Monkey's Paw" and discusses how mood can influence the major conflict in a short story. The story involves wishes and wishing traditions. It also references swans in mythology and folklore. The document prepares students to read the story by defining vocabulary words and having them consider how plot stages and character motivation relate to conflict.

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    “The Third Wish”

    by Joan Aiken

    Focus: Mood and Conflict


    Comparison w/ “The Monkey’s Paw”
    Let’s Review
    What are the five stages of a plot?

    Exposition
    Rising Action
    Climax
    Falling Action
    Resolution
    Conflict
    For this lesson we are going to look at both the
    stages of the plot and how the mood of a story
    can influence the major conflict.

    Another Review: What are the two types of


    conflict?

    Internal Conflict & External Conflict


    Essential Question
    What influence does mood have on the
    conflict in a short story?

    As the plot builds in the story, the mood


    develops and enhances the conflict and
    encourages the reader to become more
    involved in their reading.
    Brainstorming Activity
    Think about “Wishing.”

    What kinds of things do you wish for?


    What wishing customs can you think of?

    On a sheet of notebook paper, write down


    all you know about wishing.
    Did you think about . . .
    Wishing wells?
    Did you think about . . .
    Aladdin and the Genie?
    Did you think about . . .
    Throwing pennies in a fountain?
    Did you think about . . .
    Wishing on a shooting star?
    Building Background
    What do you know about swans?
    Building Background
    Swans have appeared in European folklore and
    mythology since ancient times, when people believed that
    Zeus, king of the gods, once came to earth disguised as a
    swan.

    According to legend, a swan sings one strange and


    beautiful song in its lifetime—as it is dying.

    The modern phrase “swan song,” meaning a person’s


    farewell appearance or final work, is based on this
    legend.
    Vocabulary Preview
    The beautiful swan sat preening itself, hoping to
    extricate the mud from its feathers. Some
    malicious person, sitting on the outskirts of the
    lake, had tried to harm the swan by throwing mud
    at it. It was presumptuous of that person to
    assume the swan would not swim away quickly
    after the first attack.

    On your sheet of notebook paper, write the


    possible definitions for the underlined words.
    Definitions
    Preening: (n.) cleaning feathers with a beak

    Extricate: (v.) to free from tangle or difficulty

    Malicious: (adj.) showing ill will; spiteful

    Outskirts: (n.) the region remote from the central district of a


    city or town

    Presumptuous: (adj.) excessively bold, confident, or


    shameless
    Joan Aiken
    If you enjoy “The Third Wish,”
    you may enjoy….
    http://joanaiken.com/

    EXTRA CREDIT
    OPPORTUNITY
    http://joanaiken.com/
    Go to this website and complete one of the following
    10 facts about her life using the timeline (cannot be all
    from the same slide)
    Print a photo from the gallery and explain what you think
    it represents; print a photo from her “Joan’s art” and
    explain why you chose that particular piece.
    List the 13 groups/genre’s of books she has written and
    name one book title in each.
    Let’s Get Started
    Open your literature books to page 672.
    Let’s look at the “Focus Your Reading”
    section.

    Once again, we will focus on the stages of


    the plot: exposition, rising action, climax,
    falling action, resolution.
    Activity
    Before we begin reading, look at the handout for this
    lesson. It has two sides: one about the plot, the
    other about character motivation.

    Notice how the conflict is involved in setting up the


    rising action.

    Look over this handout for a few minutes before we


    begin reading. You do not have to fill it out as we
    read; however, you need to know what to look for
    during the story.
    This powerpoint was kindly donated to
    www.worldofteaching.com

    http://www.worldofteaching.com
    Is home to well over a thousand powerpoints
    submitted by teachers. This a free site. Please visit
    and I hope it will help in your teaching

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