Week 2: “The Cask of Amontillado”
Objective
Assignments
HW
Mon
Identify theme &
analyze
development;
summarize text
WU: Grammar Workbook
LT: Foreshadowing
Notes: Types of POV
“Cask” Vocab
Begin reading “Cask”
Tues
Analyze a subject WU: Grammar Workbook
in 2 mediums
Notes: Plot
Journal: compare art to story
Finish reading “Cask”
Critical Thinking +
Analysis Questions for
“Cask” due Thursday
Wed
Understand
pronoun usage
WU: Grammar Workbook
Literary Analysis Worksheet: Plot, Foreshadowing, and
Suspense
GH Notes: Pronouns
GH Pronouns Page
Critical Thinking
Questions for “Cask”
due Thursday
Thurs
Cite textual
evidence to
support analysis
WU: Grammar Workbook
Review Critical Thinking Qs
Coats of Arms
Fri
Analyze a subject WU: Notes & Vocab Quiz
in 2 mediums
Video: “The Cask of Amontillado”
Journal: How the film differs from the story or reflects it
The definition
Clue(s) that suggest
something will occur
In my own words
(synonyms, key phrases
or words)
image or graphic
example
Elements of
Plot Structure
Plot: sequence of events
Exposition: introduces setting,
characters, & situation
Rising action: includes inciting incident
(introduces conflict), & conflict’s
development
Climax: highest point of interest/
suspense
Falling action: everything following
climax
Resolution/ denouement: insight or
change conveyed (revealed)
• Italy, 1800s or so…
• Carnival
• Monstresor mad at Fortunato
• Why???
• Fortunato has weakness
• Wine
• Catacombs
• Written during “Gothic” period
of American Literature
• Copy words & definitions from pg. 58
• Does this image better
represent Fortunato, or
Montresor, and why?
• How does this image
represent both
Montresor’s feelings, and
Fortunato’s situation?
• How is this similar to
and/or different from
what you had pictured?
Cask of Amontillado by Colin Wright
• Set up your
Cornell notes
• Rule 1
• A pronoun must agree
with its antecedent (the
word to which it refers, or
the word it represents).
• Ex: One must always use
proper agreement in his
or her essay.
• A person should care for
her body, mind, and
spirit.
• Do NOT use “their” for singular
pronouns:
• Anybody, each, either, everyone,
nobody, somebody, etc.
• Use VERB test:
• Singular VERB=singular pronoun
• YES: Anybody is welcome to his
food.
• NO: Anybody are welcome to their
food.
• YES: Nobody had his or her
homework.
• NO: Nobody had their
homework.
• P/A agr.
• Pronoun/Antecedent
Agreement
SUMMARY:
• 1. Noun Page
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2. Pronoun Page
Title
Rule
Teacher ex.
3 original examples
Color + creativity = extra credit
This is a project
Option 1
• Illustrate with collage or
drawing a setting from the
story. Include the text in
quotation marks that
describes what you are
illustrating.
Option 2
• Find an image in a magazine
of a setting. Tape, staple, or
glue it to your paper.
Describe it in as much detail
as possible to enable the
reader to “see” it without the
picture.