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Facilitate reading comprehension and sharpen literary analysis skills with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Joan Aiken’s modern fantasy short story “The Third Wish.” A plot-based quiz, close reading inference worksheet, vocabulary application exercise, crossword puzzle, word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension
• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, personification, simile, verbal irony, and more
• Consider themes in context
• Write about literature with clarity, precision, and accuracy
• Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence and sound reasoning
• Come to class better prepared to discuss literature