October 23, 2018 - Day 35

Allegory - hidden message
Docile - peaceful
Latter - the last thing mentioned
intemperate - without any control
infamous - famous for the wrong reasons
gallows - place where they hang people

Black Cat

1. Do you believe in superstitions?
1. Yes
2. Who is a better friend, human or animal?
1. animal
3. Who is the only one not being abused?
1. the cat
4. In USA, what is the #1 form of child abuse?
1. neglect
5. What is the most abused drug worldwide?
1. alcohol
6. What is the difference between regret and remorse?
1. regret - only because you'll get in trouble
2. remorse - genuinely sorry
7. What is perverseness?
1. completely immoral
8. What is primitive?
1. been there since the beginning of time
9. Is sin primitive?
1. yes
10. Who do we hurt the most?
1. the people we love most
11. what is the saying about cats?
1. they have 9 lives
12. What is the biggest killing animal on earth?
1. cats
13. Why won't he kill it?
1. best friend
14. In 1845, when your house burns, what does insurance cost?
1. nothing - it doesn't exist
15. How does he know he will die tomorrow?
1. he's being hanged
16. What did the shape turn into?
1. the gallows
17. Who takes the fury?
1. the wife
18. Why is he on death row?
1. killing his wife
19. 
    

Video Links for Poe

Masque of the Red Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2qL-LRBag part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF8TSsQOKq0 part 2

Black Cat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vv8S2K06H8&t=98s

Tell Tale Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLLHTdVSgU

Annabel Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50PE5EZrruY

Cask of Amontillado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUPJId_AWk

Hop Frog and the Eight Chained Orangutans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbLv4G8NOQU&t=597s

Bells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZja6p7ROrM

The Raven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPqSyY&t=91s

The Devil and Tom Walker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn4uTHYEAvA

Sleepy Hollow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7WM4wCrP_w

Rip Van Winkle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9CTdhAE50

Dr. Heidegger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpsOEmkePVQ

October 18, 2018 - Day 34

EQ: What one word basically summarized Cask of Amontillado? revenge

HOP FROG

1. What year written?
1. 1850
2. 
   

October 17, 2018 - Day 33

EQ: What is the 4th wall. The writer is trying to plead his _____________.

Tell Tale Heart

1. What does he claim to have?
1. 6th sense
2. What are your senses?
1. taste, sight, sound, touch, smell
3. What increased dramatically?
1. sense of knowing
4. What do lie detectors detect?
1. heart rate
5. Why do we lie?
1. for the truth
6. what are pathological liars?
1. lie all the time, even without reason
7. What is our story about?
1. someone who convinces an old man he cares and is driven mad
8. What is a 6th sense?
1. sense of just knowing
9. What is instinct?
1. acting without thinking
10. Where is this sound coming from?
1. the old man
11. If so, where do these voices come from?
1. within
12. Can you hear your heartbeat?
1. only if you have pulsatile tinnitus
13. 
    

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October 15, 2018 - Day 32

EQ: In Poe's stories, the narrator is often seen as ____ trying to plead his ____. What is the saying about revenge? What does that mean?
insane; sane
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Revenge is best when it's not expected.

1. How many times has Fortunado injured our narrator?
1. thousands
2. Revenge comes with what?
1. offense
3. What is the ultimate revenge?
1. revenge
4. If you're going to get revenge, should you be mean to the person?
1. no
5. If Fortunado goes missing are people going to know?
1. no
6. Our narrator is also what?
1. drunk
7. What is going on?
1. leading him into the catacombs
8. What is dark humor?
1. humor with dark/creepy element
9. What is the dark humor here?
1. to your long life... he's about to die
10. What is reverse psychology?
1. telling someone something with the hope they will do exactly what you are telling them "not to do"
11. Where do you store wine?
1. in the dark
12. What is he wearing?
1. motley
13. Where are all the servants?
1. at the carnival
14. What is a flambeaux?
1. lantern
15. Who is our narrator?
1. Montresor
16. Where the catacombs?
1. burial crypts
17. 
    

Poe Scavenger Hunt Link

http://knowpoe.thinkport.org/person/death_play.asp

October 11, 2018 - Day 31

EQ:
Early Release Day!!! We only saw 1st and 2nd periods today. FULL day tomorrow - be ready to finish translating The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe in 2018 wording.

October 10, 2018 - Day 30

Raven Questions

1. The Raven was not the original bird, what was it?
1. a parrot

October 9, 2018 - Day 29

EQ: Genius without education is like silver in the mine... what does this mean and how does this apply to Poe? This unit is called what?

If you are smart and do nothing with it, what is the point?? Romanticism

October 8, 2018 - Day 28

EQ: After our study on the Revolutionary War time period, what is the most significant thing you learned?
How many people died for freedom

Speech Technique Questions

1. What is a rhetorical question?
1. question that doesn't require an answer
2. What is the easiest way to recognize a rhetorical question?
1. has ? mark
3. What is restatement?
1. same statement, different ways
4. What is repetition?
1. same statement, same way
5. What is call to action?
1. calling someone to do an action
6. What is an allusion?
1. reference to literature, culture, etc
7. What is bandwagon?
1. some are doing it, everyone should
8. What is limited opportunity?
1. act now or lose your chance
9. What is ethos?
1. ethical persuasion
10. What is pathos?
1. emotional persuasion
11. What is logos?
1. logical persuasion
12. 
    

October 4, 2018 - Day 27

EQ: What are aphorisms and who wrote the 26 that we have looked at?

sayings that teach lessons; Benjamin Franklin

Declaration of Independence Questions

1. Each state has its own what?
1. government
2. What was the first name of the USA?
1.  
3. The Constitution is the law of the
1. land
4. How many changes have been made?
1. 27
5. Does Franklin approve of it?
1. no
6. As you grow older what changes?
1. your opinion
7. Who is right?
1. both sides
8. If Benjamin Franklin is so unsure about the Constitution, why does he agree?
1. better than nothing
9. Is he for it?
1. yes
10. Why else is he for it?
1. if you don't do it now, the opportunity will pass
11. Can we ever create anything perfect?
1. no

October 3, 2018 - Day 26

EQ: From the Crisis: look at the drawing and describe what the picture is depicting?
Picking up arms to fight


American Crisis Questions

1. What is a summer soldier or sunshine patriot?
1. the ease of the task
2. The harder something is to do the what?
1. right thing
3. Easy come...
1. easy go
4. What is the greatest thing you can own in life?
1. freedom
5. What means... 
1. slavery is like holding a wolf by the ears
6. Why would it have been better to fight 8 months earlier?
1. the sooner the better
7. Why is losing good, why are mistakes good?
1. you learn from them
8. What do generous people say?
1.  fight now
9. Small leaks, sink great....
1. ships
10. This is known as an...
1. aphorism
11. Can we remain isolated?
1. no
12. Thomas Paine is saying that USA has remained offensive or defensive?
1. defensive
13. What is Thomas Paine calling the King of England?
1. tyrant
14. Which animal is more dangerous?
1. the fox
15. 
    

October 2, 2018 - Day 25

EQ: How can you predict the future? What is Patrick Henry saying about King George? What is he risking?
look at the past; he is a tyrant; everything


VA Convention

1. The allusion to a kiss comes from where?
1. Judas' betrayal
2. In the new world, who is UK's enemy?
1. the patriots
3. Are the colonists weak?
1. no they are mad
4. If a fight is coming, when should you do it?
1. right away
5. Why?
1. the longer you wait, the stronger the enemy gets
6. We have the greatest weapons of defense the world has ever seen - what are they?
1.  
7. When can you no longer defeat your enemy?
1.  
8. What is a rhetorical question?
1. question asked without requiring an answer
9. What is easiest way to recognize a Rhetorical Question?
1. a question mark
10. What is restatement?
1. say the same thing over and over but differently
11. What is repetition?
1. same thing over and over, same words (we must fight, we must fight...)
12. What is a call to action?
1. calling people up to fight for a cause
13. What is an allusion?
1. reference to literature, music, art 
14. What is bandwagon?
1. popular idea that makes everyone want to join... they're doing it so you might as well too
15. What is limited opportunity?
1. There is only a small window of time to act before the opportunity passes and there will be no more chance. 
16. What is ethos?
1. ethical appeal
17. What is pathos?
1. emotional appeal
18. What is logos?
1. a logical appeal
19. 
    

Vocab 61-70

1. sentiments - beliefs
2. insidious - evil
3. tyrant - oppressive ruler
4. vain - done all for nothing
5. adversary - opponent
6. score - 20 years
7. ethical - it means it can be trusted
8. Tories - loyalists, English sympathizers
9. Cunning - intelligent, trickery
10. rhyme scheme - the pattern of rhyme in poetry

October 1, 2018 - Day 24

EQ: What is the danger in signing the Declaration of Independence?
It is a death warrant for treason
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire
What does that mean? The British Empire was so vast, they had land under sun at all times.

Speech at the Convention

1. What would the world be like if the USA never existed?
1. we would not have freedom, live under UK rule still
2. What is the average length of a nation in years?
1. 250 years
3. How old is the US?
1. 242
4. When did the USA end?
1. Civil War
5. What was the main reason the RW was fought?
1. taxes
6. What is the first flag of the USA?
1. Don't Tread On Me
7. What is the British flag name?
1. Union Jack
8. Patrick Henry's most famous line?
1. Give me liberty or give me death
9. Is he the first speaker?
1. no
10. Does he respect the previous speaker?
1. yes
11. What is point of view?
1.  the way you see something
12. What is his opinion to theirs?
1. opposite
13.  What is the only way to arrive at a truth?
1. debate
14. What is ceremony?
1. solemn event with ritual
15. What is the question at hand?
1. go to war?
16. Who usually gets hurt in war?
1. the fighters
17. Typically who fights war?
1. young and poor
18. Who is the highest ranking soldier?
1. president
19. Can we have real debate today?
1. no
20. If 99 people like something and 1 person doesn't, who should we listen to?
1. answers vary
21. What are illusions?
1. imaginary/smoke and mirrors
22. What is the greatest illusion of all time?
1. hope
23. What are allusions?
1. reference to literature, art, and culture
24. Sirens are allusions to what?
1. calling upon to act
25. There are 3 types of people in this world?
1. optimist, pessimist, realist
26. Patrick Henry is a what?
1. realist 
27. what are you?
1.  answers vary
28. How do you predict the future?
1. the past
29. What is the King's response to our request?
1. ignore them