FEAR DISCUSSIONWARM UP – 10/22

• What are people afraid of (individually or collectively)? Make a list.

• How do we conquer our fear? List is ok.• Why have scary stories lasted as means of

entertainment for centuries? What about the emotion of fear or anticipation appeals to some people?

• Sometimes what we imagine in our head is worse than the reality. Have you ever been in a scary situation (haunted house, alone in the dark) or watched a scary movie? Isn’t the worse moment the waiting for the bad thing to happen?

READING LOGTURN IN NOTEBOOKS IF READY

DUE TOMORROW

• You should have 5 filled out total. 10/19, 10/21, 10/23, 10/26 or 27 and 10/28• If you are not doing Friday for extra credit, just put an X through it so that I know if I should grade it.

CLASS WORK/HOMEWORK

• Read “The Black Cat” in a small group – underline and highlight characterization of the narrator (his behavior and personality)in one color, Pluto in another.• Describe the narrator at the beginning of

the story. • Describe how he changes throughout it,

using at least 5 examples from the text.• Compare The Black Cat from “The Price”

to Pluto from “The Black Cat”

DO NOW• Please turn in the packet of “The Black

Cat” – I am checking the highlighting for the ENTIRE story. • Make sure you have the questions

attached or on the back. • Turn in your notebook for a TEST grade. • Please put the pink sheet with the list of

warm ups in the front with your name on it.

READING LOG DUE – 10/19-10/28 (5 ENTRIES)ALL WORK DUE TODAY

• Still missing lots of homework from people.• If you were absent, turn in Notebook – you do not want a zero for a TEST grade.

GRAB A NEW READING LOG FROM THE ORANGE TABLE

• Reading for Wednesday (Monday is Extra Credit). • The log is for the week of 11/2 – 11/13• Remember to use different strategies to respond every

day for the TWO WEEKS. No repeats on the whole sheet, back and front.• If you need a new response sheet, those are also on

the orange table.

• The Halloween sun isn't fully set and already the candy wrappers blow over the leaf-strewn sidewalk. Tonight I am a ghost, concealed and shrouded like the dead I pretend to be. Around each wrist hangs a chain to clank as we walk. With the sun so low in the sky the scene reminds me of years ago, the picture before me is almost sepia toned. Only the new-model cars give it away that this isn't nineteen seventy something. Next to me walks the most important vampire in the world, seven years old and she wears the false fangs like a pro. She's a strange one though, for her it isn't even about the chocolates and lollipops. Tonight the world is her stage and she feeds on the drama through her skin. She doesn't really walk either, she stalks, head high, chin out, arms moving like she's conducting the clouds above.

WARM UP: 11/10 MOODWHAT IS A MOOD IN A STORY? DEFINE. GIVE EXAMPLES.

FOR THE QUOTES BELOW – IDENTIFY A MOOD AND TELL ME WHY YOU CHOSE THE ONE YOU CHOSE.

• “I can’t sleep,” she whispered, crawling into bed with me. I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in.”

• If you are reading this, then you are blissfully unaware of what is creeping up behind you…”

• “If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear”

Mood is the feeling or emotion you get when reading a certain book or a certain section. Mood can be romantic, creepy, exciting, sad/depressing, joyful, immature…etc.

• I was standing at the beginning of what looked like an abandoned street; abandoned being an extremely derisory term to describe this terror-striking, nightmare of a place. The cobbled road, which must have once been full of life and bustling with people, was now dilapidated and derelict with potholes dotting the entire path and pieces of debris lay strewn across the floor. Putrefying trees permeated either side of the street, their emaciated, black branches reaching towards the sky like the fingers of a witch…”

THE TELL TALE HEART

• Underline or highlight examples of mood (it’s mostly going to be creepy or spooky) in the story.

• Using at least 5 examples from the story (and I do mean the WHOLE story, not just the beginning), write a 10 sentence analysis of the mood. Use at least one example from the beginning, one from the middle and one towards the end.

• Choose a section/quote from the story (exact words) In the first sentence, explain the overall mood you felt when reading this section. In the second sentence explain why they made you fell _________. (Imagine what it would be like to be in the situation described --- why is it creepy/gross/suspenseful?)

AFTER READING “CASK OF AMONTILLADO”

• Identify the theme of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story. Aim for at least 8 sentences.• Ex: In his short story, Edgar Allan Poe focuses on the theme of

____________________. • In your opinion, why is this theme important to learn in life. Ex: Readers need to

learn this lesson about life because ____________________________.• Give details of how the character/reader learn this lesson. Describe the moment

that teaches this theme. Ex: The theme is learned in the story in the scene when ________________. (Describe what happens, how the characters behave, and what you learn from their actions).