Day 33 - October 28, 2019

EQ: Write down 5 words that are common throughout Poe's stories and poems.
Death, I, masquerade, revenge, outcast, superstitious

Black Cat

1. How is it possible to know your date of death?
1. death row
2. What is Poe saying has bothered him?
1. his story
3. What is docility?
1. calm
4. What does he love?
1. animals
5. What is he saying about loyalty?
1. animals remain loyal more than humans
6. Intemperance is what?
1. lack of restraint
7. What did he do to the cat?
1. cut out its eye
8. Why?
1. drunk
9. What is the difference between regret and remorse?
1. regret is because you are in trouble, remorse because you really feel bad
10. What is perverseness?
1. wicked and depraved
11. What is he arguing?
1. this is what is inside all of us
12. Where does he want to go?
1. to the bar
13. Why did he kill the cat?
1. it stared at him 
14. What are the 7 deadly sins?
1. greed, sloth, lust, wrath, envy, gluttony, pride
15. What are the 7 virtues?
1.  chastity, abstinence, liberality, diligence, patience, kindness, humility
16. The day he hung the cat?
1. his house burned down
17. What are the gallows?
1. the place where people are hung
18. Why is he on death row?
1. he killed his wife
19. What does he want to do now?
1. 
   

Day 32

Mrs. Civitella was in a school meeting. Please see Fridborg for notes if you were absent.

Day 31 - October 14, 2019

EQ: Tell Tale Heart is an example of what? Why do you think Cask of Amontillado was unpopular? What year was it written? Too morbid; 1846

Vocabulary 101-125

101. misnomer - wrong or inaccurate name for something. ie. Romanticism Unit
102. Romanticism - Focus on the individual and their experience with nature
103. homophone - words that mean different things, but sound the same
104. allegory - a hidden message within a story
105. fourth wall - invisible wall that separates the audience from the story
106. trowel - tool to build brick walls
107. jest - joke
108. cunning - trickery
109. 6th sense - ability to know something without explaining with
110. latter - the last thing spoken
111. virtues - all that is good.... kindness, respect, love, manners, polite
112. Confederate - united for a cause
113. plot twist - unexpected change to a story
114. sentry - guard
115. plot - series of events in a story
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Day 30 October 11, 2019

EQ: What is this unit called? What does that mean? How many elements of Romanticism are there? Why is this a misnomer? What does misnomer mean? Notebook check is due when? Vocab Quiz is due when?
Romanticism, dark, gloomy dramas, 11. It seems like about love, but really the opposite. Misnamed. Monday. Tuesday at Midnight.

CASK

1. What is the motto?
1. Nemo me impune lacessit
2. Who are the masons?
1. secret society of men
3. What do masons do?
1. brick layers
4. When does a cat kill a mouse?
1. when bored
5. Top 3 worst ways to die?
1. burning, drowning, starvation
6. Where doe the saying "Saved by the bell" come from?
1. funeral
7. Why does he scream louder?
1. to drown out the sound
8. Requiscat in pace?
1. rest in peace

Day 29 - October 10, 2019

Cask Questions

1. Is the narrator crazy?
2. What does revenge carry with it?
1. Risk
3. What is the ultimate revenge?
4. The narrator treats his enemy how?
5. Fortunado is an expert in...
1. wines
6. What is the first example of dark humor in this story?
7. Fortunado has too much ____ 
8. What does the narrator do before he leaves the carnival?
9. What are attendants?
10. What were their orders?
11. Why does he give this order?
1. reverse psychology
12. What is flambeaux?
13. What is the narrator's name?
1. Montressor
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Day 28

Mrs. Civitella was out sick. See Fridborg if you need notes for this day.

Day 27 - October 2, 2019

EQ: What are the Charters of Freedom? Who is known as the father of the Constitution? Who are the main framers of the Constitution?

Day 26 - October 1, 2019

EQ: What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos? The Speech at the Convention is given in what city, and by whom? What is the Constitution?

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12. What is the average length of a country?
1. 250 years
13. Has Benjamin Franklin denounced the constitution?
14. What does the media shape?
1. opinions
15. The point of his speech is what?
1. if we don't unite, we will fall
16. If you still don't like it, go home
1. and lie
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