read/discuss The Monkey's Paw

Today we read the short story, The Monkey's Paw. Dylan had read a book of poems based on the short story, but had never read the original story itself. We spent some time talking about the concept of fate, and the purpose behind the curse. As usual, his reading was excellent, but the real reason I chose this story was to ascertain how often he looks up words he doesn't know. There was a lot of choice vocabulary in the story, and Dylan has a tendency to assume he knows a the meaning of a word based on its context. He needs to make more of an effort to keep building his vocabulary when reading.