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A1/B1 12/4-12/5

A1/B1 12/4-12/5. Get a textbook from the shelf. Have a sheet of loose leave out on your desk. Warm-up (in your notebook) Have you ever sought revenge against someone who wronged you? Does revenge solve the problem? Explain . . What are we doing today?.

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A1/B1 12/4-12/5

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  1. A1/B1 12/4-12/5 • Get a textbook from the shelf. • Have a sheet of loose leave out on your desk. Warm-up (in your notebook) • Have you ever sought revenge against someone who wronged you? Does revenge solve the problem? Explain.

  2. What are we doing today? • Students will read and evaluate major plot events in the story The Cask of Amontillado in order to make inferences about characters and character actions.

  3. The Cask of Amontillado -Setting -Vocab -Purpose for Reading

  4. Setting: Italian Carnival • Carnival is a secular holiday but it involves the Christian observance of lent. • Lent is a forty-five period of fasting before Easter. • Carni/val = “flesh” (meat) + Farewell • Traditionally, people abstained from eating meat during lent. However, modern fasting often involves giving up something one enjoys.

  5. Carnival • Carnival is a time of excess and indulgence. • Excessive drinking and eating is common at Carnival. • People often wear masquerade style costumes as part of the festivities. • The combination of alcohol and masks tends to create an atmosphere where people tend to let down their inhibitions.

  6. How might you describe the mood of Carnival or Mardi Gras just based on these pictures?

  7. The Cask of Amontillado • Cask =A large barrel like container, used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks. • Amontillado = A Spanish wine.

  8. Catacombs- underground burial grounds.-Crypt? Niche?

  9. Mason – A stone worker. • Trowel- A small flat tool used to spread mortar.

  10. Language and Diction • Written in 1846. • Use your text tools! • Footnotes • Words to Know • Re-read if necessary

  11. ClassworkReading for Comprehension • The Cask of Amontillado p.209 • While you are reading: • Write a 2-3 sentence summary of plot events at the end of each column. • After reading: • Be prepared for a group discussion. IF YOU FINISH EARLY…study your vocab words.

  12. Column 1: • Redressed = remedy or set right. • Retribution = revenge; punishment that is deserved. “A wrong is unredressed (not remedied) when retribution (revenge) over takes its redresser (the one seeking revenge)” (209). >Revenge is not as sweet if the one seeking revenge becomes obsessed with revenge. Does Montressor become obsessed with revenge?

  13. The Cask of AmontilladoBy Edgar Allan Poe

  14. Turn and Talk – Discuss your notes with your neighbor. • Class Discussion

  15. In literature, Montressor would be called an unreliable narrator. Why would Montressor be considered unreliable?

  16. Closer • Some readers feel that Montressor suffers for his crime, feeling haunted by guilt. Others see him as a criminal for seeming to gloat about his evil act. What do you think will happen to Montressor?

  17. A1/B1 12/6-12/9 • Get a textbook from the shelf. • Pick up a handout from the front desk. • Copy your homework. • Have out your Cask of Amontillado notes.

  18. Warm-up • Listen to the following sound clips. • What emotional reaction does the music produce? • How do you feel while you are listening to the music? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZcMv0H1bI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk

  19. What are we doing today? • Students will analyze literary and stylistic elements in the short story The Cask of Amontillado in order to determine how these elements create mood.

  20. What is mood? What are some words that describe mood? Mood: The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader.

  21. What is the effect of mood in literature? • Authors use mood to create an experience for the reader. • Mood allows the reader to connect to the text on an emotional level. • Builds a bond between reader, characters, and events in the text. – Brings the reader into the text. • Helps reinforce the author’s purpose

  22. How do writers create mood?...Style! • Turn and Talk – What are some stylistic elements that create a mood, or emotion, in the text?

  23. Mood in The Cask of Amnotillado • 1.) Identify the mood on each page of the story. • You may not use the same mood word twice! • 2.) Identify two stylistic elements on that page that create the mood. • 3.) Explain the effect the mood has on the story.

  24. What is the mood of the following picture?

  25. What are some ways directors create mood in film?

  26. What is the mood in the following clip? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTBQYAE-pMk (1:30-5:55)

  27. The Cask of AmontilladoFilm version 1.) Identify the mood of a scene. 2.) Identify the stylistic element that created this mood. 3.) Explain the effect of the mood on the scene.

  28. Answer the following questions on a piece of scrap paper. • 1.) What is one reason writers create mood in literature, film, etc. • 2.) What is the mood in the following situation? In the disarray of the building evacuation, the little girl was separated from her mother. Incarcerated by the mass of people, the little girl tried desperately to find her way out of the crowed.

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