Masque - Edgar Allan Poe

Voc 4 Test today, Thursday, 10/22 

1. Edgar Allen Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe- Born 1809

One of the first great American storytellers

His work helped define the  term "Short Story"

Lived a tragic life

-orphaned at the age of 3

-Lived with a foster family -The Allans (his middle name)

-They paid for his college - However, they stopped paying when Edgar ran up gambling debts

--Married Virginia Clemm- died from tuberculous in 1887

-Poe became antisocial and depressed

-Was found delirious on a Baltimore street and died three days later- 1849

2. Students will discuss the Red Death: 
-Ring Around the Rosy: Ring around the Rosy? Yes, you read it right. Most all of us know this common nursery rhyme, but do you know where it originated? Ring around the Rosy is actually a song about the Black Plague that originated in England. It says, "Ring around the rosy" meaning the red, rosy rings that form around the sores when you are infected. "Pocket full of Posy" resembles the sweet-smelling herbs, called posies, that were placed in peoples' pockets because they thought that bad smells contracted disease. "Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down" is translated to be the massive amounts of death and cremation of bodies during the 14th century in Europe when the disease broke out. Not such a fun and friendly nursery rhyme anymore, is it?

-Facts about the Black Death- http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/06/09_black-death.html

3.Students will learn about Symbolism-
Students will read in their packet located in their GC

- Symbols around us; In pairs, students should make a list of symbols encountered in everyday life...for example:  A green light tells you that it is your turn to go;  A red light tells you that it is your turn to stop;  A bell may signal the beginning of the school day 

Allegory -
An allegory is a story intended to be read on a symbolic level.  In an allegorical story, the characters, settings and events are intended to have meanings independent of the actions in the surface story.  For example, a story may stand for the entire world.  In fact, the entire story can be seen as a symbol representing a truth about a condition of life. 

Now it is your turn: List as many symbols as you can and indicate their meaning

- Students will open their packets - read footnotes and vocabulary words in Dangerous Destinies to review before reading

- Students will make predictions

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

- Students will read the story

- Students will answer questions following the story

- Students will complete a plot struct

4. Students will read and take notes on "Masque of the Red Death"

 Students will Complete the follow up questions1-4 (Check your Comprehension on page 83 of packet)

Students will Complete  Critical Thinking Questions 1-5 on pg. 84)

All answers will be turned in to www.turnitin.com before class on Monday, 10/26

 and 

discussed on Monday, 10/26

Students will complete the Plot Structure Worksheet

5. In class on Monday, Students will list and explain the following on Monday, 10/26symbols/ allegorical concepts in the story:

-7 rooms
-Colors in each room
-Prince Prospero
-Overall allegory
-Masqued figure
-Clock
-The masquerade ball
-The Castle
-The story itself
-The Brazier of Fire
-The Revelers
-The Band

Assessment: Assessment/ Comprehension questions and Plot structure worksheet

(to review key elements of the story)

Students will need: (for Casque of Amontillado and Masque of the Red Death)

Prentice Hall Literature Book

- Study Guide Questions Handout

- Sample Missing Person’s Report

- Rubric

- Paper

- Pencil/Pen

Assessment- Rubric

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.