Wednesday, December 9, 2015
OVERVIEW
• JOURNAL: SEE ATTACHED
• EOC Daily Review
• Watch short Youtube on The Spanish
Inquisition –
• Powerpoint video on Gothic Literature
• STATION ONE: “The Pit and the Pendulum” –
Annotate
• STATION TWO: Gothic Story
EOC Daily Review
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R – Restate
A – Answer
C – Cite Text
E – Elaborate
S – Summarize
DAILY JOURNAL
• OPTION A: USE THE IMAGES IN A SHORT
STORY
• OPTION B: DESCRIBE THE TONE AND FEELING
THAT EACH IMAGE EVOKES AND WHAT THEY
HAVE IN COMMON
Spanish Inquisition Video
• What type of person(s) was subjugated to
the wrath of the inquisitors? What is
happening in the world today that is
similar to the Spanish Inquisition?
• When did the Spanish Inquisition have a
bit of a breather?
• What, if any, is the reason that the
Spanish Inquisition ended?
PowerPoint
• PowerPoint on Gothic Literature
• See separate note taking guide
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
• READ AND ANNOTATE THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
• USE THE BOOKMARKS AS A GUIDE AND THINK ABOUT
• ANNOTATION SUGGESTIONS:
– How do the setting changes in the story affect the
narrator’s sense of fear?
– How does Poe use repeated or italicized words to create
his main character in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
– Use the margin definitions and context clues to define
unfamiliar words.
Gothic Literature Assignment
• Create a “gothic” story - campfire style - 3-5 mins. in length as an oral
presentation (use elements in gothic literature found in powerpoint,
youtube, and below) – Use the following to help you compose your story:
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Setting in a castle or other dark, foreboding place.
An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.
An ancient prophecy – could be made up
Omens, portents, visions – something that is to come.
Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events.
High, even overwrought emotion.
The vocabulary of the gothic – Use list below.
Use one archetype
• Women in distress - archetype.
• Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male - archetype.
• The villain, who is the epitome of evil, either by his (usually a man) own fall from grace,
or by some implicit malevolence - archetype.
• The Wanderer, found in many Gothic tales, is the epitome of isolation as he wanders
the earth in perpetual exile, usually a form of divine punishment - archetype
HOMEWORK
• LOG IN TO VOCAB.COM – COMPLETE VOCAB
LIST FOR “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM”
• FINISH FIRST READ THROUGH WITH
ANNOTATION FOR “THE PIT AND THE
PENDULUM”