Edgar Allan Poe
Do you like reading stories or
watching films that frighten you?
Why/why not?
What is the best horror story or
movie that you have ever seen?
Write a few sentences about it in
your notebook and explain briefly
what happens.
 What
does it mean if
someone/something is
mad
?
 What
is the meaning of
horror
?
Edgar Allan Poe led a difficult life
and believed that he was mad.
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Is it necessary for a writer to be mad to
be able to write real horror stories?
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Do the readers of horror stories like the
stories more if they too have a difficult
life?
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Can horror stories be dangerous for
some people? How?
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What does superstitious
mean?
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Are black cats ‘evil’ in our
culture?
Are you superstitious? If so, what
about? If not, why not?
Read “The Black Cat.”
Take your time and concentrate on the
words that you don’t know. Go back and
re-read if necessary. This is an important
skill for figuring out what is going on if the
language is difficult.
The Black Cat
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Write a summary of “The Black Cat.”
Go back through the story, select
the important details, put them into
your own words, and summarize
what happens.
Vocabulary…
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succinctly- The teacher didn’t want a long,
drawn-out answer.
feeble- An old, old man
sagacious- OWL
fiend- Tybalt, Brutus, John Wilkes Booth…
Loathe- I loathe refried beans!
aversion- To lazy students, pickled herring, and
having goosebumps
in vain- Her efforts to play in the NFL were in
vain.
render- Picasso rendered many famous
paintings.