March 20, 2019 - Day 31

HOP FROG AND THE 8 CHAINED OURANG-OUTANGS (Poe's spelling not mine 😀)

EQ: Hop Frog is a story of __________ much like Cask of Amontillado. 
REVENGE

1. What does the king love?
1. jokes
2. How do you get in the king's favor/
1. be funny
3. What is better than a spoken joke?
1. practical jokes
4. Why keep a jester?
1. boredom 
5.  Hop Frog is a what and a what?
1. dwarf and a cripple
6. Is Hop Frog his real name?
1. no
7. HF is freakishly strong where?
1. upper body/arms
8. HF is amazing at what?
1. planning costumes for the king's parties
9. What is the next thing that is heard?
1. scraping sound
10. Why is HF so sober so quickly?
1. metabolizes alcohol fast
11. King accused HF of what?
1. grinding his teeth
12. What does tar do well?
1. stick when it's warm
13. What is flax?
1. straw
14. What does do well?
1. burn
15. Who is lowering the chain?
1. Tripetta
16. What Stephen King movie is this similar to?
1. Carrie

Vocab 81-100

1. contagion - spreading disease
2. scarlet - blood red 
3. folly - foolishness
4. grotesque - disgusting
5. Unimpeded - you are not blocked
6. jest - joke
7. corpulent - extremely fat
8. prodigious - enormous, great
9. plot twist - unexpected change in the story
10. score - 20 years
11. veil - hide
12. epiphany - you finally get it. Clarity. 
13. hastily - quickly, without thinking
14. accountability - you are responsible to someone else
15. frugal - to make your dollar go as far as possible
16. sentinel - guard
17. confederate - united for a similar cause
18. ardent - deeply devoted
19. gallant - brave
20. front - battlefield
21. stockade - fort

March 19, 2019 - Day 30

EQ: What was Poe's red death? Tuberculosis
Can you escape death? yes, but only for a little while.

Masque of the Red Death

1. How long has the disease been around?
1. a long time
2. What is the main identifier?
1. blood out of all your pores
3. When you contract this, who helps you?
1. no one
4. how long?
1. about 30 minutes
5. Which looks like?
1. horrible
6. where else have we seen this?
1. cask of amontillado
7. The RD has killed how many?
1. half of the population
8. Today, who are the knights and dames?
1. those with a "name"
9. What is an abbey?
1. church
10. Castellated which means?
1. walls 
11. Another word for?
1. castle with walls
12. What did they do to the gate?
1. welded it shut
13. What is ingress?
1. legal right to enter a property
14. What is egress?
1. legal right to leave a property
15. what are they trying to do?
1. keep the disease out
16. The prince throws a ...
1. party
17. Each rooms has a what?
1. window with stained glass
18. How does the 7th room differ?
1. black
19. What does a clock symbolize?
1. impending death
20. What happens after 60 minutes?
21.  
22. What time is it?
1. Midnight
23. Where else have we seen this?
1. The Raven
24. His costume is doing what?
1. causing disgust
25. What was the point of the costume?
1. to be grotesque
26. Herod is a what?
1. allusion to evil ruler in Bible
27. To out Herod, Herod means...
1. there are certain lines that you can never cross
28. What is the costume?
1. The Red Death
29. Type of death?
1. tuberculosis
30. What is the moral?
1. live your life to the fullest
31. Darkness and Decay is what lit term?
1. symbolism

HOP FROG AND THE 8 CHAINED OURANG-OUTANGS (Poe's spelling not mine 😀)

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March 14, 2019 - Day 28

EQ: When is your next notebook check?
Where do healthy people go when they get hurt? Where do sick people go when they are sick? What is the solution? In 1400, how long to go around the world? What is your primal instinct?

Contagion - disease

Masque of the Red Death

1. How many people did the plague wipe out?
1. 25 million
2. What spread the plague?
1. fleas on rats
3. Why are there fleas?
1. filth
4. 2/3 of the population of the world lives?
1. Asia
5. What is the worst type of contagion?
1. airborne
6. 2nd?
1. touch
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March 13, 2019 - Day 27

EQ: What is the narrator hearing from the walls? What is he really hearing?
A heart beating. His conscience/guilt

1. What enrages the narrator?
1. the cloudy eye
2. What ultimately makes him attack?
1. his madness
3. One sound made?
1. shriek
4. How does he kill him?
1. smothers him
5.  Where does he hide the body?
1. in the ceiling
6. Why did the police show up?
1. the neighbors got curious
7. What is the narrator thriving on?
1. pride
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March 12, 2019 - Day 26

EQ:

QUIZIZZ

GAME CODE

959807

Ask your students to join game with this code at https://join.quizizz.com

This is due on Friday at Midnight!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!

1. What is El Dorado?
1. fountain of youth
2. Symbolically, what are shadows?
1. death 
3. What is a homophone?
1. words that sound the same and different meaning
4. Cask of Amontillado, is there a 4th wall?
1. Yes
5. What does he claim?
1. he's sane
6. Voice or circumstance?
1. maybe both
7. What are your 5 senses?
1. sight, smell, touch, hear, taste
8.  
9.  
10. In context, 1843, is this too much?
11. What time is it?
12. Who is our narrator?
13. What does our narrator claim to hear?
14. What is the name.... 
1. pulsatile tinnitus
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March 8, 2019 - Day 25

EQ: What is arguably Poe's greatest work? How much did he make? Who is Lenore? Who is the Raven?
The Raven. $15. Virginia. Death

Personal Coat of Arms

Create your own coat of arms based on your hobbies, personality, character, and family. 

Must be included: 

1. a symbol/picture to represent an important place
2. a symbol/picture to represent a hobby/activity
3. an animal that represents you
4. any other symbol/picture that represents you/your family
5. a personal motto
6. It must be colorful and neat!

On the back:

Write a sentence to each symbol explaining WHY you chose it. 

March 6, 2019 - Day 24

EQ: What is the saying about revenge? What does it mean? What is internal rhyme?
It is a dish best served cold. Revenge is best when the person does not expect it. Rhyming internally in a stanza.

1.  Why does he stop working on the wall?
2.  What does he do in return?
3. Why?
4. Was there ever Amontillado?
1. no
5. What word does Fortunato look like?
1. fortunate
6. What is this ironic?
1. he was not fortunate
7. What is the golden rule of writing?
1. pick a topic that you want to write about
8. What are the last three words?
1. rest in peace
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Vocabulary 61-80

1. pestilence - disease
2. cask - barrel, keg of alcohol
3. impunity - to get away with 
4. immolation - destruction
5. accost - wrestle, to grab roughly
6. implore - beg
7. hearken - listen
8. En Medias Res - in the middle of
9. rhyme scheme - pattern of rhyme found
10. free verse - has no pattern of rhyme in the poem
11. stanza - paragraph in a poem
12. internal rhyme - rhyme found within a line (middle and end)
13. homophone - same sounding words but different meanings
14. 4th wall - invisible wall that separates the audience from the story
15. dissimulated - conceal or disguise
16. cunning - trickery
17. symbolism - deeper meaning
18. vex - bothered
19. sagacity - cleaverness
20. suppositions - guesses, theories

March 5, 2019 - Day 23

EQ: What pestilence affected Poe the most? What is the greatest revenge you can get on someone?
Tuberculosis. Suffering

1. How many times has the narrator been injured?
1. a thousand
2. Who has been injuring the narrator?
1. Fortunato
3. Is the narrator crazy?
1. Yes, he tries multiple times to say he's not. 
4. When the narrator says he is going to something what?
1. revenge
5. With revenge comes...
1.  consequences
6. When is it revenge?
1. getting ahead, not even
7. How is the narrator acting towards his enemy?
1. very kind
8. If you are respected and feared, it's because why?
1. you have power
9. What time is it?
1. Mardi Gras
10. What is the narrator doing right now?
1. creating dark humor and irony
11. Why does the narrator offer up for advice about the amontillado?
1. play on his expertise
12. Why does he do this?
1. reverse psychology
13. What does our narrator put on?
1. mask
14. What were the orders?
1. servants can't leave
15. Why?
1. if you tell them no, they will do the opposite
16. What is the difference between genius and insanity?
1. thin line
17.