April 23, 2019 - Day 38

Desiree's Baby

1. Madame?
1. Mrs.
2. Monsieur?
1. Mr.
3. L'Abri?
1. name of the plantation
4. What is Madame's last name?
1. Valmonde
5. What is Valmonde?
1. The last name
6. Desiree's Age?
1. 1.5-2 years old
7. Madame Valmonde believes what is the reason?
1. God delivered it to her. Destiny
8. What means if you are an idol?
1. worshipped
9. Aubigney's are what?
1. wealthy
10. What's worth more than the money in your bank?
1. your name
11. There are two reactions going on now, what are they?
1. happiness and suspicion
12. What did Desiree do?
1. she committed suicide with the baby
13. What is Armand doing?
1. burning everything that remind him of Desiree and the baby
14. 1894 in Paris - slavery?
1. no
15. Another Kate Chopin story, another
1. plot twist

REGRET

1. Describe this woman in three words?
1. single, 50, ruddy cheeks, hard working
2. what has happened?
1. the grandmother is sick and dying. 
3. Don't spare 'em?
1. spank them if you have to
4. What does she do?
1. feed them
5. What does that mean?
1. pantry
6. To punish Ti Nomme?
1. picked all the flowers
7. What is im Taint?
1. dialect
8. What is the meaning to the ending?
1. she regrets not having a spouse. She is all alone in the world
9. What might be the worse feeling in the world?
1. loneliness
10. What does he know now?
1. what loneliness looks like

April 22, 2019 - Day 37

EQ: What year are we in now in this class, and who is our author? What makes this author

STORY OF AN HOUR

1. what is wrong with her?
1. heart problems
2. what is the news?
1. her husband died
3. how did he died?
1. railroad accident. there was a train wreck
4. Instantly she does what?
1. cries
5. What is ironic about this paragraph?
1. she is peaceful
6. What is she having?
7. What's the word?
1. epiphany
8. What's the significance?
1.  
9. Can you change someone?
1. No
10. What is the main reason people marry?
1. accountability
11. What happened?
1. it was a mistake. He didn't die
12. What lit term happened?
1. plot twist

A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS

1. How much is $15 in 1894?
1. $334
2. How does the money make her feel?
1. feels good
3. What is she debating?
1. what to spend it on
4. What is the start of her plan?
1. take care of her family
5. What ultimately would make her happy?
1. her family looking fresh and dainty
6. She is what type of shopper?
1. thrifty
7. It takes what to be a bargain hunter?
1. time, patience, energy
8. What is she doing with the stockings?
1. she is trying to match shoes with them
9. What is the significance belonged to her?
1. she never had anything this nice
10. Why does nobody notice her?
1. she fits in
11. What is at home?
1. her old life
12. Kate Chopin often writes about the struggles of?
1. women
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April 18, 2019 - Day 36

The Gettysburg Address

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
7.