Cask of Amontillado Lesson Link

Define the following in the story:
Situational Irony - Occurs when the outcome is the opposite of what a character or reader expects.

Surprise Ending - A literary device that creates sudden irony.  A good reader will find clues throughout  the story.

Inferences- Based on details that an author provides and the reader interprets based on his/ her knowledge or experience.  

Introduce Cask of Amontillado

Goals: 

"Cask of Amontillado"

1. Students will open their  packet page 5  (it is the 39th page in the packet) - read footnotes and vocabulary words

Audio link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCESfAcFa0A

2. Students will make predictions

3. As a class, students and teacher will discuss the concept of "trust"

4. Students will read the story

5. Students will answer questions following the story- 1-4 Check Comprehension pg 10; 1-7- Critical thinking  and Literary Focus

-turn your questions/ answers in to www.turnitin.com before class 

6. Students will complete a plot structure

7. Complete the questions following the story

8 Students will find the following:

2 examples Metaphor 

2 Examples Simile

2 examples Personification

3 examples Irony

Mood

Tone

Inciting Incident

Denouement 

Situational Irony

Allegory

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Assessment: Plot structure worksheet

(to review key elements of the story)

To assess comprehension of the story and review writing concepts, students will complete a "Missing Person's Report"

Link to Missing Person's Report

Author Analysis

-Compare the two short stories by Poe

Students will need:

Prentice Hall Literature Book

- Study Guide Questions Handout

- Sample Missing Person’s Report

- Rubric

- Paper

- Pencil/Pen

Assessment- Rubric

materials:  text, highlighter/ pen, paper

Terms: Plot structure - introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution; theme; situational irony, surprise ending and inference