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Warm-Up. What do you know about Edgar Allan Poe? Write down anything you have read or heard about his famous dark writer. Watch the mini-bio Write two things you learned about Poe. Content Language Objective.
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Warm-Up • What do you know about Edgar Allan Poe? Write down anything you have read or heard about his famous dark writer. • Watch the mini-bio • Write two things you learned about Poe
Content Language Objective To understand and explain nuances of character and the way characterization advances plot To write a CSE paragraph analyzing the characterization of Montresor or Fortunato
Word Category Chart • Work with your group to organize ALL the words into three or four categories
Read and Annotate • Read and Annotate “Catacombs and Carnival” • Summarize below one key point
Characterization • Characterization is the methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of characters • What they do (actions) • What they say (dialogue) • Description (narration)
Quickwrite • Make a prediction based on the two characters’ names: • Montresor (narrator) • Fortunato • Add your predictions to the characterization notes sheet on the back of your packet • Include a note for each character
Close Reading and Marking the Text • Underline anything that is interesting, circle anything confusing, and make notes and drawing in the margins. • What do they look like? • How do they behave? • Are they reliable? • What are their personality types?
Narrative Writing Prompt • “The Cask of Amontillado” begins with this sentence: “The thousand injuries of Fortunato, I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” Using what you know about the two characters, write a creative story about one of these “injuries.” Your story should include a well-developed conflict and resolution as well as dialogue and suspense to enhance the plot.
Close Reading and Marking the Text • Underline anything that is interesting, circle anything confusing, and make notes and drawing in the margins. • What do they look like? • How do they behave? • Are they reliable? • What are their personality types?
Character Analysis Describe the characterization of either Montresor or Fortunato. Use text to support your characterization and explain how it develops the character.