ENGLISH 1 EDGAR ALLEN POE NOV. 29, 2012

                                                              ENGLISH 1

                                                             THURSDAY

                                                      NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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DO NOW:  THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL THEORIES CONCERN THE DEATH OF EDGAR ALLEN POE.  BASED ON THEINFORMATION GIVEN ON PAGES 184 TO 186 “POE’S FINAL DAYS,” MAKE OR DRAW A TIMELINE OF POE’S FINAL DAYS UNTIL HIS DEATH.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 189 “IF ONLY POE HAD SUCCEEDED WHEN HE SAID NEVERMORE TO DRINK” AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO BURTON R. POLLIN AND ROBERT E. BEBEDETTO, WHAT IS THE MAJOR WEAKNESS OF DR. BENITEZ’S THEORY?
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SATEMENTS THAT CONTRAST THE BIOGRAPHY WITH POLIN AND BENEDETTO’S LETTER IS NOT TRUE” (A) THE BIOGRAPHY STATES THAT DR. MORAN EVENTUALLY CLAIMED THAT POE DIDN’T DIE FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH, BUT THE LETTER STATES THAT DR. MORGAN PROVIDED EVIDENCE FOR THIS THEORY (B) OPLLIN AND BENEDETTO REFER TO POE’S LETTERS AS EVIDENCE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT (C) THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT DISCUSS THE RABIES DEATH THEORY, BUT THE LETTER DOES (D) THE LETTER DOES NOT REFER TO JOSEPH WALKER’S DESCRIPTION OF POE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES
3. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE LETTER BY POLLIN AND BENEDETTO?

GUIDED PRACTICE:  REREAD PAGE 189 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT WAS THE OTHER EVIDENCE IN THE PETS THAT POE OWNED WHICH SHOWED THATY POE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO RABIES?
2. WHO WAS JOSEPH WALKER AND WHAT WAS HIS CONTACT WITH POE?
3. POE MADE PROMISES TO INDIVIDUALS TO REFORM.  WHO DID HE MAKE THESE PROMISES TO?

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4. WHAT ARE THE SYMTOMS OF RABIES?
5. WHAT ARGUMENT DO POLLIN & BEBEDETTO MAKE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS THAT SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM THAT POE’S DEATH WAS NOT CUASED BY RABIES (ANIMAL INFECTION)?
6. WHAT WEAKNESS DOES BENITEZ ADMIT TO IN HIS THEORY?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: READ “RABIES DEATH THEORY” ON PAGE 190 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT IS THE STRONGEST PIECE OF EVIDENCE DR. BENITEZ PRESENTS IN HIS LETTER TO DEFEND HIS THEORY?

2.WHAT INFORMATION DOES DR. BENITE GIVE TO US CONCERNING THE INCUBATION PERIOD

WHAT IS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF RABIES?

4. WHAT DOES THE DATA REVEAL?  WRITE THIS DATA.
5. IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN BATS AND RABIES
6. HOW MANY CASES OF HUMAN RABIES WERE DETECTED?

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE TWO ARTICLES ON PAGES 189 AND 190.

HOMEWORK: IMAGINE YOU WERE WRITING A BIOGRAPHY OF POE.  WRIT THE LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS OF YOUR BOOK, IN WHICH YOU TELL ABOUT POE’S DEATH.  IN YOUR DISCUSSION, SYNTHESIZE (PULL TOGETHER) THE INFORMATION FROM THE FOUR SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE JUST READ BY PARAPHRASING THE IDEAS IN THE TEXT AND THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE POINTS.  END THIS ASSIGNMENT BY DRAWING YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE READINGS.

EXIT TICKET: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWINGF SATEMENTS IS THE BEST SYNTHESIS OF THE INFORMATION IN THESE FOUR SOURCES?

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(A)  POE WAS A TORTURED GENIUS

(B)   POE’S SYMPTOMS COULD POINT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAUSES OF DEATH.

(C)  ALL THEORIES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT POE DIED DRUNK.

(D)  POE’S ILLNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED BY MODERN DOCTORS.

ENGLISH 1 EDGAR ALLEN POE NOV. 28, 2012

                                                              ENGLISH 1

                                                             THURSDAY

                                                      NOVEMBER 28, 2012

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DO NOW:  THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL THEORIES CONCERN THE DEATH OF EDGAR ALLEN POE.  BASED ON THEINFORMATION GIVEN ON PAGES 184 TO 186 “POE’S FINAL DAYS,” MAKE OR DRAW A TIMELINE OF POE’S FINAL DAYS UNTIL HIS DEATH.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 189 “IF ONLY POE HAD SUCCEEDED WHEN HE SAID NEVERMORE TO DRINK” AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO BURTON R. POLLIN AND ROBERT E. BEBEDETTO, WHAT IS THE MAJOR WEAKNESS OF DR. BENITEZ’S THEORY?
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SATEMENTS THAT CONTRAST THE BIOGRAPHY WITH POLIN AND BENEDETTO’S LETTER IS NOT TRUE” (A) THE BIOGRAPHY STATES THAT DR. MORAN EVENTUALLY CLAIMED THAT POE DIDN’T DIE FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH, BUT THE LETTER STATES THAT DR. MORGAN PROVIDED EVIDENCE FOR THIS THEORY (B) OPLLIN AND BENEDETTO REFER TO POE’S LETTERS AS EVIDENCE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT (C) THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT DISCUSS THE RABIES DEATH THEORY, BUT THE LETTER DOES (D) THE LETTER DOES NOT REFER TO JOSEPH WALKER’S DESCRIPTION OF POE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES
3. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE LETTER BY POLLIN AND BENEDETTO?

GUIDED PRACTICE:  REREAD PAGE 189 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT WAS THE OTHER EVIDENCE IN THE PETS THAT POE OWNED WHICH SHOWED THATY POE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO RABIES?
2. WHO WAS JOSEPH WALKER AND WHAT WAS HIS CONTACT WITH POE?
3. POE MADE PROMISES TO INDIVIDUALS TO REFORM.  WHO DID HE MAKE THESE PROMISES TO?

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4. WHAT ARE THE SYMTOMS OF RABIES?
5. WHAT ARGUMENT DO POLLIN & BEBEDETTO MAKE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS THAT SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM THAT POE’S DEATH WAS NOT CUASED BY RABIES (ANIMAL INFECTION)?
6. WHAT WEAKNESS DOES BENITEZ ADMIT TO IN HIS THEORY?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: READ “RABIES DEATH THEORY” ON PAGE 190 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT IS THE STRONGEST PIECE OF EVIDENCE DR. BENITEZ PRESENTS IN HIS LETTER TO DEFEND HIS THEORY?

2.WHAT INFORMATION DOES DR. BENITE GIVE TO US CONCERNING THE INCUBATION PERIOD

WHAT IS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF RABIES?

4. WHAT DOES THE DATA REVEAL?  WRITE THIS DATA.
5. IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN BATS AND RABIES
6. HOW MANY CASES OF HUMAN RABIES WERE DETECTED?

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE TWO ARTICLES ON PAGES 189 AND 190.

HOMEWORK: IMAGINE YOU WERE WRITING A BIOGRAPHY OF POE.  WRIT THE LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS OF YOUR BOOK, IN WHICH YOU TELL ABOUT POE’S DEATH.  IN YOUR DISCUSSION, SYNTHESIZE (PULL TOGETHER) THE INFORMATION FROM THE FOUR SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE JUST READ BY PARAPHRASING THE IDEAS IN THE TEXT AND THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE POINTS.  END THIS ASSIGNMENT BY DRAWING YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE READINGS.

EXIT TICKET: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWINGF SATEMENTS IS THE BEST SYNTHESIS OF THE INFORMATION IN THESE FOUR SOURCES?

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(A)  POE WAS A TORTURED GENIUS

(B)   POE’S SYMPTOMS COULD POINT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAUSES OF DEATH.

(C)  ALL THEORIES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT POE DIED DRUNK.

(D)  POE’S ILLNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED BY MODERN DOCTORS.

ENGLISH 1 NOVEMBER 27, EDGAR ALLEN POE

                                                            ENGLISH 1

                                                             MONDAY

                                                     NOVEMBER 27, 2012

EDGAR ALLEN POE “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO” ( PAGES 172 – 180)

DO NOW:   (1) DEFINE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR.  (2) DEFINE PERSONA AND

                      THEN EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY A WRITER WOULD USE IT.

                     (3) WHY WOULD A WRITER USE AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

                     TO TELL A STORY?

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS IN THE

                                              IN THE FOOTNOTES TO FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM A ______________ WAS BUILT FOR PROTECTION OF AMERICAN TROOPS.
2. IF DISRESPECT GOES ON TO BE _______________ SOME PEOPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
3. IN EARLIER TIMES A _________________ WAS THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS.
4. HIS FAMILY IS _____________ BY DEBTS.
5. MOST CATHOLIC CHURCH PRIESTS OFTEN SPEAK THE PHRASE ________________ DURING THOSE SAD MOMENTS OF DEPARTURE.
6. ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT A DIGNIFIED PERSON WOULD BE DRESSED IN A ______________ BECAUSE OTHERS WOULD MISTAKE AS AN ACT FROM A CIRCUS.
7. TRAVELING TO EUROPE IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ONE TO SEE A _______________ BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZED ROYALTY DURING THAT ERA.
8. WHEN I HEARD THE SAYING _____  ______ _________ __________ I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY.
9. _________________ HE THREW ALL OF HIS CLOTHES ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
10. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IN RUSSIA MOST PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN WEARING A ___________________.

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GUIDED PRACTICE: SILENTLY READ THE CASK OF AMATILLADO AND

                                      ANSWER THESE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

1. Read “The Other Man in the Wall.”  Explain how writing “The Cask of Amontillado” could have been a confession of a crime committed by Poe himself.
2. Read page 179.  Do you think Montresor’s “heart grew sick” because of the dampness or some other reason?  Support your conclusion.
3. Analyze and read page 174.  What does the narrator’s smiling at the thought of Fortunato’s death tell you about his character?
4. Read and analyze carefully page 175.  Explain in writing how does the narrator lure Fortunato to his palace?  Furthermore, what does this strategy tell you about the narrator?
5. Examine and analyze page 179 again.  What can you conclude about Montresor’s state of mind when he stops his work to enjoy Fortunato’s cries?
6. Analyze page 177.  Why might Montresor be carrying a trowel?  What can you conclude about his plans?
7. What evidence do we see that proves that Montresor committed the perfect crime?
8. What character traits in Fortunato make him fall prey to Montresor.
9. Montresor’s voice and the way way he speaks and his tone is frequently ironic.  Which of Montresor’s comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato mean something different from what they seem to mean?
10. Think about whether or not Montresor is an unreliable narrator.  Do any details suggest that he might have imagined “the thousand injuries” and the insuly or even the whole story?  Can you find evidence in the story to support Montresor’s claim that Fortunato did in fact injure and insult him?  To support your answer consider Montresor’s actions, statements ahd voice.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: SUPPOSE THIS STORY WERE TOLD FROM FORTUNATO’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.  WRITE A NEW BEGINNING.  START AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO MEN MEET AT DUSK, AND END WHEN THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY UNDERGROUND.  LET THE READER KNOW WHAT FORTUNATO THINKS OF MONTRESOR.  IS HE GUILTY OF THE THOUSAND INJURIES AND THE INSULT THAT MONTRESOR REFERS TO?  CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL VOICE FOR FORTUNATO (ONE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM MONTRESOR’S BY GIVING HIM A DISTINCT TONE AND STYLE OF SPEAKING.  FOR EXAMPLE, IS HE FRANK, CONFUSED, OR OVERCONFIDENT?. 

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HOMEWORK: (CRIME & PUNISHMENT) SUPPOSE THE PERSON TO WHOM MONTRESSOR IS TELLING HIS STORY HAS TURNED HIM OVER TO THE POLICE.  MONTRESOR’S LAWYER WILL ARGUE THAT HIS CLIENT IS INSANE.   THE PROSECUTION WILL ARGUE THAT MONTRESOR KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING AND THAT HE EVEN PLANNED THE

MURDER IN ADVANCE.  WRITE A CLOSING SPEECH FOR EITHER LAWYER, AND ARGUE YOUR CASE BEFORE YOUR CLASSMATES

EXIT TICKET: SUMMARIZE THE PLOT IN “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”

ENGLISH 1 MONDAY, NOV. 26, 2012

                                                            ENGLISH 1

                                                             MONDAY

                                                     NOVEMBER 26, 2012

EDGAR ALLEN POE “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO” ( PAGES 172 – 180)

DO NOW:   (1) DEFINE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR.  (2) DEFINE PERSONA AND

                      THEN EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY A WRITER WOULD USE IT.

                     (3) WHY WOULD A WRITER USE AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR

                     TO TELL A STORY?

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS IN THE

                                              IN THE FOOTNOTES TO FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM A ______________ WAS BUILT FOR PROTECTION OF AMERICAN TROOPS.
2. IF DISRESPECT GOES ON TO BE _______________ SOME PEOPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
3. IN EARLIER TIMES A _________________ WAS THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS.
4. HIS FAMILY IS _____________ BY DEBTS.
5. MOST CATHOLIC CHURCH PRIESTS OFTEN SPEAK THE PHRASE ________________ DURING THOSE SAD MOMENTS OF DEPARTURE.
6. ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT A DIGNIFIED PERSON WOULD BE DRESSED IN A ______________ BECAUSE OTHERS WOULD MISTAKE AS AN ACT FROM A CIRCUS.
7. TRAVELING TO EUROPE IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ONE TO SEE A _______________ BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZED ROYALTY DURING THAT ERA.
8. WHEN I HEARD THE SAYING _____  ______ _________ __________ I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY.
9. _________________ HE THREW ALL OF HIS CLOTHES ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
10. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IN RUSSIA MOST PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN WEARING A ___________________.

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GUIDED PRACTICE: SILENTLY READ THE CASK OF AMATILLADO AND

                                      ANSWER THESE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

1. Read “The Other Man in the Wall.”  Explain how writing “The Cask of Amontillado” could have been a confession of a crime committed by Poe himself.
2. Read page 179.  Do you think Montresor’s “heart grew sick” because of the dampness or some other reason?  Support your conclusion.
3. Analyze and read page 174.  What does the narrator’s smiling at the thought of Fortunato’s death tell you about his character?
4. Read and analyze carefully page 175.  Explain in writing how does the narrator lure Fortunato to his palace?  Furthermore, what does this strategy tell you about the narrator?
5. Examine and analyze page 179 again.  What can you conclude about Montresor’s state of mind when he stops his work to enjoy Fortunato’s cries?
6. Analyze page 177.  Why might Montresor be carrying a trowel?  What can you conclude about his plans?
7. What evidence do we see that proves that Montresor committed the perfect crime?
8. What character traits in Fortunato make him fall prey to Montresor.
9. Montresor’s voice and the way way he speaks and his tone is frequently ironic.  Which of Montresor’s comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato mean something different from what they seem to mean?
10. Think about whether or not Montresor is an unreliable narrator.  Do any details suggest that he might have imagined “the thousand injuries” and the insuly or even the whole story?  Can you find evidence in the story to support Montresor’s claim that Fortunato did in fact injure and insult him?  To support your answer consider Montresor’s actions, statements ahd voice.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: SUPPOSE THIS STORY WERE TOLD FROM FORTUNATO’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.  WRITE A NEW BEGINNING.  START AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO MEN MEET AT DUSK, AND END WHEN THEY BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY UNDERGROUND.  LET THE READER KNOW WHAT FORTUNATO THINKS OF MONTRESOR.  IS HE GUILTY OF THE THOUSAND INJURIES AND THE INSULT THAT MONTRESOR REFERS TO?  CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL VOICE FOR FORTUNATO (ONE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM MONTRESOR’S BY GIVING HIM A DISTINCT TONE AND STYLE OF SPEAKING.  FOR EXAMPLE, IS HE FRANK, CONFUSED, OR OVERCONFIDENT?. 

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HOMEWORK: (CRIME & PUNISHMENT) SUPPOSE THE PERSON TO WHOM MONTRESSOR IS TELLING HIS STORY HAS TURNED HIM OVER TO THE POLICE.  MONTRESOR’S LAWYER WILL ARGUE THAT HIS CLIENT IS INSANE.   THE PROSECUTION WILL ARGUE THAT MONTRESOR KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING AND THAT HE EVEN PLANNED THE

MURDER IN ADVANCE.  WRITE A CLOSING SPEECH FOR EITHER LAWYER, AND ARGUE YOUR CASE BEFORE YOUR CLASSMATES

EXIT TICKET: SUMMARIZE THE PLOT IN “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”