Literature: Short Narratives, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe (tone and mood)
Vocabulary: shenanigan, vulnerable, persist, trappings, inventory, buoyant, earnest, smolder, sensible, unconscious, tinge, grimace, stampede, headlong, adolescent, underscore, trek, stun, legitimate, materialize, detested, allotments, sympathized, blithe, tawny
Homework:
- - SAT vocabulary notes on "TMDG" additional and "Cask..." combined with a total of 25 words only. Choose twenty words you like the most and use those words in your vocab study notes. - due: Oct. 1
- - Annotated "Cask of Amontillado" - due: Oct. 1 (Original due date was last Friday, Sept. 28)
- - Sentence writing homework #2 - due: Oct. 2
- - Narrative Essay - due: Oct. 3
- - Prepare for a long vocabulary test on the "The Most Dangerous Game" (TMDG) additional on Monday, Oct. 1
- - Prepare for a reading test on Wednesday, Oct. 3, with words from "The Cask of Amontillado".
Monday
- Today,we are going to take the vocabulary test on the additional words from "The Most Dangerous Game". The test will be timed, so prepare by studying the words from TMDG.
- We will spend ten minutes of discussion of "Cask..."
- Write sentences for a warm-up exercise.
- Read "I Don't See George Anymore" and annotate for diction, imagery, details, figurative language, and syntax (focus on prepositional phrases).
- Discuss the story.
Wednesday
- Take a timed reading test.
- Read and annotate "Why Write" during the last fifteen minutes of class. Highlight specific diction, imagery, details, figurative language, and syntax (focus on prepositional phrases) again.
Thursday
- Read "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway. Annotate for tone, diction, mood, theme, imagery, and character.
- Discuss story and compare to the other stories.
Friday
- Work on a timed writing prompt.
