Monday, April 13, 2020

American Lit ESOL

Monday 4-13 through Thursday 4-16

Monday, Tuesday Cask of Amontillado

Key Vocab for the week (continue to make powerpoints using (definition, sentence, and picture)
cask
amontillado
catacombs
jest
vaults
nitre
mason
plaster
preceed
Revenge is best served cold...what is the meaning of that statement
mad...I am not looking for the angry definition, but another one related to the story

Go here: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado

Read the story on Monday until you get to where Fortunato asks Montressor if he is of the brotherhood, the Masons.

On Tuesday finish the story.

Wednesday go to these links and read the story again.
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section11/

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section11/page/2/

Email me any questions that you may have.

Thursday
Write a response to these questions...1 Paragraph...Why might one argue that our narrator, Montressor, is insane?  List at least three reasons.

2nd Paragraph.....Why might one argue that our narrator is sane?  List at least 3 reasons.

3rd Paragraph....(Google: Apology call, Billy Madison)  Watch the short clip and explain to me how the guy on the couch who has a list on the wall is similar to the narrator from The Cask of Amontillado.


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