Kvitka TTH Anticipation Guide Final Draft "Tell-tale Heart"

Agree or Disagree?

I agree with person who said “ We are often our greatest enemies”.
Why? Because. For example: you did something bad, you don’t want to tell anyone about it. Then, somebody discovers it. And who is going to get a punishment? You. It’s your fault. Nobody’s going to help you to get out of this problem. Or, another example: you haven’t done your homework, but you don’t want to tell your teacher about it. You say something like “I didn’t have an Internet connection” or “I forgot my homework at home”. It’s not going to work. Sooner or later, somebody’s going to discover it was a lie, the teacher always will. The teacher trusts you, but he thinks that you were not really confident when you were saying it, so he calls your parents, your parents say that YOU said that you didn’t have any homework and that’s how the teacher might discover your lie. See? That’s what I’m talking about. Always. ALWAYS, look after words you are saying, be responsible for what you are doing, be respectful to others, be helpful. When you are doing everything from this list, that is only a start. For example: you wanted to say something to your friend, but the way you said it, accidentally hurt your friend. Having freedom is good, of course, but is it possible to have freedom and be careful with words you are saying? The answer is “yes”. But then, you are always free to tell tell truth, but think about others' feelings before you say something. Use all these rules and you will avoid a lot of troubles in your life.

"Tell-tale Heart" Anticipation Guide

6K Probable Passage Gist Statements "Authors' Readings"

Daniel S. 6l GIST statement

Mr. white had a best friend. He worked as a sergeant-major in the Indian army. His nickname was Monkey’s paw. Mr. White had a wish to see him so he flew from London (where he lived) to India on a really old plane. The plane was shaking really bad so Mr. White was full of fear that the plane would crash. After the flight Mr. White was cursing Indian airlines. He went on a taxi, with full of despair to see his best friend.

Mr. white went bWhen they met, the sergeant-major was talking about how he named himself after the legendary 4,500 year old golden monkey paw. The greedy sergeant-major and Mr.White went out treasure hunting for the monkey paw. They went to a secret cave the sergeant-major found out about two days ago.

The cave was very rough and long, and stalactites were falling, but they made it to the end. On a cracked stone slab there lay the legendary monkey’s paw. Sergeant-major sold it to his friends and him and Mr. white shared the fortune. ack to London and bought a new house and a giant factory.

Monkey's Paw by Kvitka Perehinets (Gist Statement)

Monkey’s Paw

So, our story begins in London,England, UK. Mr. White was just a normal British man, like many others. Till one day. He forgot to pay cash for buying some tea at “Harrods”. Men in black were chasing him everywhere. So, he gave up. “We need to talk. You need to come to the factory at midnight. We will see you there” - they said. Mr. White was full of fear of being killed. He had a strong wish - not to show up, but then he thought, they might be chasing him again, so he was waiting till the midnight.
Midnight came, he went to the factory with a feeling of despair of what was about to happen. Men in black came. They needed money. “Glad, you came here. I thought you would be scared.” - one of them laughed. “You need to pay us.You forgot to pay for the tea that you bought in ”Harrods”, two weeks ago.” - they said. Mr. White asked about the price. 250$. It was way too expensive. “Why is it so expensive?” - Mr.White asked. “It is a very unique tea from India.” - they replied. The two men said if he was not going to pay, then they would call “The Boss”. Our main hero asked who that was. It appeared to be Sergeant-Major. He came personally to say who he was. Sergeant-Major was a big man, with a mustache. On his shoulder a monkey was sitting. It had a scary paw, it had a lot of blood on it. Mr. White thought for a second that he was going to remember that scary monkey’s paw for all his life. He paid the money. “Are you going to chase me again, if I accidentally forgot to pay?” - Mr. White asked. “Yes. Everyone must  get their punishment if they need to.” - scary man said.
Everything was okay. They said he could go home. Finally, in the end, he was really nervous.
On the way home. Mr. White was cursing everything that had just happened to him. That was a lesson for his whole life.
                                                       THE END

Cavad 6k gist statement

There was this agent named mr white. one day sergond major send mr white to one of the factory in london to  defeat the a criminal named india. he went to the factory in london then they fighted and india ran away to india country  mr white look for him for 2 month but he couldn't find him but will in those 2 month india found a macgical thing it would do your wish if you gave it a monkeys paw and some one told it to mr white the thought that he must trap him so when india was going to find monkeys paw he putted a fake monkeys paw bam india was trapped and the world was saved agian because of mr white. THE END  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Veronica Gist Statement

Once in India Mr. White and Sergeant Major were exploring different historical places, once they read a statement about the old Factory that does not work any more and no one ever been there from the time it closed. After when Mr.White and Sergeant Major read that statement they decided to go and visit that place, but they didn't even think of reading the warning sign that said that one worker from the factory left his Monkey’s paw and that man every night is trying to get into the Factory  to get it back. Mr. White and Sergeant Major decided that they will leave their  camp at 6:00 p.m so they were there at 8:30 p.m. They walked into a dark forest, the sky was starting to get darker until in it got completely dark. Mr. White and Sergeant Major kept on looking for the factory without noticing the changes around them.  After a 5 minute walk they came up to a tall ancient building. Then Mr. White heard someone.
- Did you hear that? Mr. White asked Sergeant Major.
- Hear  what? Sergeant Major replied.
- It seems that we are not alone Here.
Suddenly the door to the Factory opened and closed right after they stepped inside. They were trembling with fear as the door shut behind them. Inside the Factory it was all empty and cold, in the middle of the room was something lying on the floor. Mr. White and Sergeant Major slowly came to the center to see what it was, Sergeant Major picked it up and they saw that It was a Monkey Paw. The door opened, Mr. White and Sergeant Major quickly went out of the Factory. But right next to the door was standing the worker, he did not say a word he just tried reach the paw with his hand Mr.White and Sergeant Major did not understand what was going on, they gave the paw back to the worker, and quickly made their way back to the camp. When they arrived back to the camp they packed up and next morning traveled back to London. The next day in London When Sergeant Major and Mr. White woke up in the hotel next to them was lying the monkey paw and on the paw what written: This paw is cursed.  Mr. White and Sergeant Major were in despair and they wished that it would be all over and they would forget about it.

KRISTINA 6K GIST STATEMENT

Once in London lived a zoo keeper named Mr.White he loved animals.But most of all he loved
monkeys. And he had a monkey named Monkeys Paw who before was on a animal testing factory. One lovely morning Mr.White’s friend Sergeant major wanted Mr.White to come with him to India but Mr.White could not leave his monkey alone so he said to the sergeant major I will come but only with Monkey Paw so the major agreed and Mr.White flew to India.They came to India early in the morning .When they came to the hotel and the roof was covered in monkeys they ran so fast to the hotel door.They came in and it was awesome even monkey paw got really exited. The next day they went for a walk and saw a wish river so they threw a coin in it and made a wish.But then a curse came apon them and and with fear they ran back to the hotel they came there and saw that Sergeant major was gone and they had to look for him Monkey paw had really good smell so with despair they ran to find him.   

Eva 6K Gist Statement

There was once a young man named Mr.White. He was full of fear and made a wish: to move from London.  But he didn’t correctly make the wish, so instead it turned into a curse. His wish was to move from London. He did, but to India. He was desperate to find a job in India, it had already been 1 and a half days without water. He was barely walking when he saw what he was looking for:

                                     ATTENTION
                            JOB NEEDED! CALL 903 49083 389207 890!

Without thinking Mr.White took his phone and dialed the number. For the first minute nobody answered, Mr.White was about to decline the call but then somebody answered. It was a rough, old voice. The voice said: Come in half an hour to Monkey Paw’s village. But, but, but.... It was too late . The person hung up and Mr.White had no choice but as to come to Monkey Paw Village. He took a bus stop and was there in 15 mins. He saw why the man hadn’t told the street address . This whole place was an enormous   factory!!! Out of the door came out a man ( probably the one that was 
talking on the phone.) He introduced  himself as Sergeant-Major. The work was simple, but exhausting. In his first 2 hours of work he was sweating like crazy. At night when he finally finished his shift he saw a shooting star. He made a wish to come back to London even if he had to live in despair. The next day Sergeant-Major  fired him, and Mr.White was delighted. He came back to London and lived for his whole life in despair!

Krista M. 6K Gist Statement

My Gist Statement

Once, there was a very rich man named Mr. White.  He owned a factory in Monkey’s Paw, London.  One of the factory workers was a very poor little girl named India.  Her father, the Sergeant Major, had abandoned her when she was a baby, and her mother had died three years ago leaving her poor and homeless.  It took her a year to finally work up the courage to start working at the cursed factory.  That meant a year of starvation.  The legend went there was a young girl named India - her namesake (her father had had a flare for picking brilliant names...India’s half-brother was named Danger) - had made a wish that she would never feel despair or fear again...it worked, but not in the way she wanted.  The only way anyone could never feel despair or fear is if they do not exist.  So she was turned into a pile of sweet smelling roses, right in the middle of the factory, and never felt anything again.  At least, that’s how the story went. India didn’t believe it, because there was no one to make the wish to.  It didn’t make her any less freaked out...because there was another story about their creepy boss, Mr. White...But that’s another story...

The monkey paw soup

Once Mr. Fear went into a factory in London and saw Mr. White who wanted to have a monkey's paw because he wanted to make a soup out of it. So Mr. White and Mr. Fear went on a ship to India to catch a monkey and cut of it’s paw. They spent 10 years on the ship because the navigation instruments broke. when they got there, the monkey paw soup was so popular in India that there was only one monkey with one paw left.
There was also one monkey hunter named Sergeant-Major who failed to kill the monkey because the monkey escaped. At the end the Sergeant-Major was in a deep despair. So Mr. Whites wish was not completed.

Sharing of our Probable Passage Gist Statement

The magic monkey paw by NIKITA K

Once there was a person named Mr.White, he went to London, to a museum about the history of India.  He there saw a giant Monkeys paw that was 100 billions of dollars worth. It was made from gold and jewels. He then read the story of the paw: long ago in India there was a village near a sacred lake. The people lived nicely there, but everything changed when an evil Sergeant major came there. He created a factory for energy on the sacred lake. the villagers asked for him to stop, but he just put them into prisons. The villagers were in despair, so they asked the gods to help them. The gods listened and gave them a monkey’s paw that destroyed the factory and saved them all       

In the search of Monkey Paw by Emil

Once in London there lived a person Mr White. He was archeologist. He always wanted to go to africa to see gigantic monkey called a glubagonious monkey. He wanted to see her because there was a legend that this monkey had a paw thats weighs as much as 2 of her body. Time was going and then he earned enough money to find people that will be at his team and go to africa to find this glubagonious monkey only because of her paw. He understood that it won’t be easy cause in the wildness there were only 13 glubagonious monkeys. When he looked for people that will like to go with him he thought of Sergeant-Major and scientist from India Bob. Mr White called this operation In search of Monkey Paw. The day before flight to africa Mr White watched news on tv and there was said that really, really rare glubagonious monkey was hunted of, Mr White was really said but time was going and he forgot about this monkey.
The End

Haley Gist Statement

Not long ago in India, a cry was heard. The famous Sergeant-Major was on another one of his cases. It turns out it was the same 4-year-old kid who likes to see the Sergeant-Major’s moustache. So the detective’s day was off. The next day was the first day of the week of the Thanksgiving break. So he booked a flight to London and as off. 

When his flight landed, the Sergeant-Major’s plane was parked next to a Cola factory. From a glance of the entrance of the factory was an increasing puddle of a red liquid. He knew he had to investigate but was a bit mad because he was on his vacation. So, after the  Sergeant-Major was out of the airport, he scurried over the doorway of the factory filled with fear. Then he cursed under his breath because he was on his vacation doing his job. When he came the the factory, he was a monkey’s paw with a dead monkey beside it. Next to the paw and monkey, he saw a guy with bloody hands and a knife. The murder turned his head to face the Sergeant-Major and to his surprise, it was Mr. White, his college classmate! To Mr. White’s despair, he knew this would be the last of his crimes. He said, “I wish I would vf made the right decision when I was younger” and then, Mr. White was off in a police car. The Sergeant-Major was finally off into the beautiful British sunset.