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Originally Planned Assist Students Challenge Students
Major Concepts -Short story-“The Cask of -Have different groups of -Have advanced students
Amantillado” students that are read “The Tell-Tale Heart”
-Reading aloud in class and struggling with the reading in class after they have
discussing the concept of go at slower pace finished their formal short
the short story -Read second half of “The story.
Cask of Amantillado” that
evening & start on the first
half of the “The Tell-Tale
Heart” the following
evening.
Vocabulary Terms 1. Cask - Make sure to give these -Advanced students need
2. Unredressed students extra attention to create 10 compound-
3. Impunity and to go over the complex sentences which
4. Catacombs vocabulary with them use the vocabulary word
5. Gesticulation before they have to create along with a second word
6. Immolation sentences for homework from either “The Cask of
7. Preclude that night. Amantillado” or “The Tell-
8. Motley Tale Heart” that is not one
9. Virtuoso of our vocabulary words in
10. Trowel the same sentence.

Activities -Writing a formal short -Have the students that -Have advanced students
story in-class for the last 30 need to go at a slower pace write the formal short story
minutes of class to be write a solid three- and once they are finished
turned in for a grade paragraph short story, with reading “The Tell-Tale
an intro., body paragraph, Heart,” write a paragraph
and concluding paragraph. describing how Poe uses
imagery and appeals to the
senses with vocabulary in
this work if they have time.
Assessments -Short story will be graded - Short story will be graded -Short story graded on
on intro., body, and intro., body, and conclusion intro., more than 3
conclusion along with good along with basic grammar. paragraphs in body,
grammar -HW: Read the second half conclusion and great
-HW: Write 10 original of “The Cask of grammar.
sentences using vocabulary Amantillado” & create 10 HW: 10 sentences with 2
words & 1 page typed short sentences using the vocab words each.
essay on Poe’s “The Tell- vocabulary words. Read “Ligeia” & write 2
Tale Heart” page essay about it.

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