Overarching Questions: How does the author’s craft
(i.e. flashback, foreshadowing, irony, mood, symbolism, tone) shape meaning?
How do vivid, or precise, words affect the text?
Introductory Text
Choose Your Own Scary Adventure-Class Vote
Closing Text
“The Tell Tale Heart”
by Edgar Allan Poe
Prentice Hall Pgs 295302
Fictional Short Story:
Suspense
“The Monkey’s Paw”
By WW Jacobs
McDougal Littell
Pgs 681-690
Fictional Short Story:
Suspense
“The Raven”
By Edgar Allan Poe
Glencoe
Pgs 847-852
Poetry
“The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow”
By Washington Irving
Glencoe
Pgs 817-828
Fictional Story: Legend
“The Hitchhiker”
By Lucille Fletcher
McDougal Littell Pgs
655-665
Drama: Radio Play
Closer Reading
Reread and summarize
assigned passage from story
Point of View
Identify specific things the
narrator says or does and
explain what these examples
tell about the narrator
Tone
The assigned passage has a
“menacing” tone. Find specific
examples of words or phrases
that contribute to this sense of
menace
Vocabulary
Identify vivid nouns, verbs
and imagery that add to the
menacing tone of this passage
Prior Knowledge
Many folktales and horror
stories revolve around magic
and superstitious beliefs.
What stories have you read or
heard that contain magic?
Comprehension
Summarize the plot line of this
story. How is the plot line of
this story similar to the Tell
Tale Heart
Author’s Craft
What is ironic about this plot
line? How does Jacobs use
irony to tell this story?
Vocabulary
List and define 5 unknown
words from this story.
List 3 precise or vivid words
from the text.
Prior Knowledge
Edgar Allan Poe is a very wellknown American author.
What do you know about him?
Comprehension
Identify and analyze lines that
show how the speaker’s
attitude changes toward the
dead Lenore.
Author’s Craft
How does the author’s mood
affect the beginning of the
poem? What would be an
example of symbolism in this
poem?
Vocabulary
List and define 5 unknown
words from this story.
List 3 precise or vivid words
from the text.
Prior Knowledge
What do you know about the
headless horseman?
Comprehension
What do you think happened
to Crane? Justify your answer.
Author’s Craft
As the reader, could you trace
a glimpse of foreshadowing in
this suspenseful story?
Explain your answer fully.
Vocabulary
List and define 5 unknown
words from this story.
List 3 precise or vivid words
from the text.
Prior Knowledge
How is listening to a radio
show different from a
watching a television
program? How is it the same?
Comprehension
Why does the repeated sight
of the hitchhiker give Adams
“the willies?”
Author’s Craft
Explain how the author uses
both flashback and
foreshadowing in this text.
Vocabulary
List and define 5 unknown
words from this story.
List 3 precise or vivid words
from the text.
Analysis: Comparing Texts
The Glencoe textbook asks “What keeps you glued to the pages of a mystery, a horror story, or a spooky tale?” The text goes on to
explain that, “Writers of these scary stories are experts in the art of suspense.” Use evidence from the text to prove which story you
believe is the most suspenseful. (You must use 3 solid examples of textual evidence in your essay.)
Analytic Summary: “The Remains of Dr. Bass”
By Allan Bellows // Handout // Informational Text: Web Article You must use at least 3 solid examples of textual evidence.
VOCAB
THE HITCHHIKER
• ACCELERATOR
• ASSURANCE
• LARK
• NONDESCRIPT
• SINISTER
TELL TALE HEART
• ACUTE
• VEX
• STIFLED
• WANE
• AUDACITY
• SINGULARLY
• VEHEMENTLY
• HYPOCRITICAL
•ACUTE- SEVERE
•VEX- ANNOY; DISTRESS
•STIFLED- SMOTHERED
•WANED- APPROACHED ITS END
•AUDACITY- BOLD COURAGE, NERVE
•SINGULARLY- UNUSUALLY OR REMARKABLY; EXTRAORDINARY
•VEHEMENTLY- STRONGLY; IMMENSELY, PASSIONATELY
•HYPOCRITICAL- PRETENDING TO BE WHAT ONE IS NOT; FAKE,
INSINCERE
•ACCELERATOR-A DEVICE, ESPECIALLY THE GAS PEDAL OF
A MOTOR VEHICLE, FOR INCREASING SPEED
•ASSURANCE-A GUARANTEE OR PLEDGE
•LARK-A CAREFREE ADVENTURE
•NONDESCRIPT-LACKING IN DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES
•SINISTER-SUGGESTIVE OF EVIL OR MISFORTUNE
LIBRARY DAY
• “THE TELL TALE HEART”
• BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
• PRENTICE HALL PAGES 295-302
• FICTIONAL SHORT STORY: SUSPENSE
TUESDAY STUDENT CHOICE
VOTE AS A CLASS
READ AS A CLASS-VOLUNTEER AS NEEDED
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS USING THE ANSWER DOCUMENT THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE SPOOKY
STORIES UNIT DIAGRAM QUESTIONS
HMMM… I DON’T GET IT!
The Monkey’s Paw –
Class Discussion
• “CHECK” AND “MATE”
• “HE CLEARED THE HOUSE”
• FAKIR – A HINDU TRAVELER THAT LIVES A VERY SIMPLE LIFE AND LIVES BY
ASKING FOR MONEY. SOMEONE THAT IS A WONDER WORKER / MAGICIAN.
(WEBSTER ONLINE)
HMMM… I DON’T GET IT!
The Monkey’s Paw –
Class Discussion
• TALK ABOUT THE QUOTE ON PG. 683 AS A CLASS, “HE WANTED TO SHOW THAT
FATE RULED PEOPLE’S LIVES, AND THAT THOSE WHO INTERFERED WITH IT DID
SO TO THEIR SORROW.”
• HOW DOES THIS FORESHADOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE STORY?
WHAT AN ENDING!!
The Monkey’s Paw –
Class Discussion
• WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS TO THE ENDING OF THIS STORY?
• WHAT DO YOU THINK THE 3RD WISH WAS?
• HOW DO YOU THINK MR. WHITE’S WIFE WILL REACT TO THE 3RD WISH…
WHATEVER IT WAS?
THE MONKEY’S PAW
The Monkey’s Paw –
Class Discussion
•IRONY – A CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT IS EXPECTED AND
WHAT ACTUALLY EXISTS OR HAPPENS.
•AS A CLASS – FIND 1-2 EXAMPLES OF IRONY IN THE STORY
PLOT LINE
Climax
Resolution
Exposition
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE NOTES!
THE HITCHHIKER
• RADIO PLAY ONLINE HTTP://GHOSTRADIO.WORDPRESS.COM/TAG/THE-HITCHHIKER/
• PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER: SEE OVERARCHING QUESTION
• LISTEN
• NOTE VOCABULARY SLIDE (GO UP TO SLIDE 5)
• COMPLETE ANSWER DOCUMENT
• QUIZ MONDAY OVER VOCAB!