Retake a test
3rd Block: Please apologize for me, but this class will have to retake the unit test they took yesterday. I
have English lab 115 reserved. All computers worked great yesterday, so I hope they still do today. The
test is in their Google classroom (just like yesterday). Let them know, I had to make a few changes, but
most questions are the same. The first section (Plot Structure) is now formatted differently so they need
to read those directions carefully. Answers from that section did not submit correctly, and tests were
not linked to emails. But all is fixed now, but they have to take it again.
I caught the kinks before 5th took it-so they are good.
All students logged in fine yesterday, but just in case the steps are listed below:
1. Go to google.com and sign in (blue button, top right)
2. Open your apps dropdown menu.
3. Choose Drive
4. Open your apps dropdown menu again.
5. Choose classroom (very bottom, may have
to choose “more” before it appears.
5. Open the classroom by clicking on the actual words “English I”
6. Open the test by clicking on the words Unit I
in Google Forms Document.
Hope this is not too much trouble. If
anything weird happens, I deal with it
when I return.
I don’t have any passwords, so if anyone
gets locked out, I’ll reset it Friday.
2nd – Credit Recovery
You’re in the library with Finchum. I have six students. Their assignments are attached to their
notebooks. They know the routine. They are instructed to sit at separate tables (alone). Sign-in
sheet is in the back room, near the copier if you need to check attendance.
3rd and 5th English I
Cask of Amontillado
They were assigned Cask of Amontillado for homework (and given time to read yesterday in class)
so they are ready for the assignments today.
1. Reading Check (quiz): They know to expect it. They usually put their books around their desk as
a cheat barrier. (not that it actually helps)
Read the following questions. They write answers only.
1. Why does Montresor want revenge against Fortunato?
Fortunato had insulted him many times.
2. How does Montresor get Fortunato to go with him?
Montresor says that he wants to ask Luchesi’s opinion, knowing that Fortunatio’s pride
will make him want to give his own opinion.
3. Where does Montresor take Fortunato to get revenge?
to Montresor’s vaults
4. Why does Montresor keep suggesting that they go back?
Fortunato keeps coughing, and Montresor pretends to be concerned. Montresor is
playing a game with Fortunato by using reverse psychology to keep him going
forward.
5. What is Montresor’s revenge?
He chains Fortunato in a nook and then builds a wall to seal him in.
They usually like to discuss the quiz after they are collected.
2. QUICK WRITE: This is a two paragraph response that stays in their notebook. After they answer
the question below, try to have a class discussion.
Is revenge ever justified? Why or Why not.
3. Literary Notes: PowerPoint link is on the class website calendar titled today’s assignment.
Discuss with them as they add the notes to their notebook. They’re still learning to take notes, so
remind them they should not copy word-for-word.
4. Vocabulary: some may still need to finish the vocabulary list in their notebooks and study cards
for Friday’s vocabulary test. They are being tested on three lists: Sound of Thunder, Most
Dangerous Game, and Cask of Amontillado.
5. Worksheets: I’ve attached several worksheets. You can copy or have them duplicate the charts
in their notebooks. (I do that often instead of coping. Do which ever you want.)
6. Extra: I’ve also attached an extension question sheet. It has several in-depth questions for table
discussion. Choose which ever you want. They can write and then discuss. There are also questions
at the end of the story that we have not addressed, if extra is needed.
4th Journalism
They were assigned articles and editorials yesterday. They also have an essay due Friday. No one
should be sitting without work. The Editors-in-Charge are Makayla Eldridge, Nate Simpson, Haley
Crowe, and Kaysie Arrow. They should be able to help.
Thanks again,
Margaret
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Additional Selection Questions
Date
Use to supplement the
questions on SE page 381.
Differentiation Use these questions to provide customized practice with comprehension
and critical thinking skills.
Easy
1. Is REVENGE ever justified? Does Montresor succeed in his plan for revenge? Explain. (Yes: Montresor traps
Fortunato inside a crypt and leaves him there to die.)
2. Mood How does the setting help create the mood of the story? (The dark and eerie
setting of an underground burial vault helps to develop a sinister mood.)
3. Recall Details Why does Fortunato accompany Montresor to Montresor’s palazzo?
(Fortunato intends to give him his expert opinion about the Amontillado.)
Average
At the end of the story, does Montresor feel any remorse for his deed? (No, at the end
of the story [lines 218–219], Montresor reveals that no one has disturbed the site of the
crime for “half of a century” and that he has never revealed his crime.)
5. Mood How does Montresor’s character affect the mood of the story? (Montresor
comes across as heartless and obsessed with revenge. His dark character helps to
set a sinister mood.)
6. Paraphrase Restate what happens in lines 149–151. Why is this passage significant?
(Fortunato cannot see into the dark space, even with the aid of the torch, so he cannot
tell that it is a dead end.)
7. Make Inferences Why does Montresor mention Luchesi several times (lines 40, 48,
85, 152)? (Montresor knows that Fortunato feels superior to Luchesi, and mentioning
his name helps to keep Fortunato moving so he can to judge the wine.)
Challenging
8. Is REVENGE ever justified? What key detail is missing from Montresor’s account of his plot against Fortunato? How
does this omission raise certain questions about Montresor himself? (Poe never reveals
exactly why Montresor is so intent on Fortunato’s “immolation” [line 12]. Consequently,
the reader is left to wonder if Montresor’s revenge has more to do with his own
personality than with anything done by Fortunato.)
9. Analyze Irony What is ironic about the manner in which Fortunato is dressed? Be as
specific as you can. (While Fortunato is, ordinarily, “a man to be respected and even
feared” [line 14], he is dressed for the carnival in “motley,” the garb of a court jester or
fool. Fortunato will play the fool as he goes to his death.)
10. Paraphrase Restate the final paragraph of the story. What can you infer about
Montresor’s state of mind when he says that his “heart grew sick—on account of the
dampness of the catacombs.” (Montresor may finally be feeling some remorse for his
deed, but he denies the feeling by blaming it on “the dampness.”)
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Text Analysis Workshop
Note Taking
Imagery and Mood
Key Terms
Words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for readers are called
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses are called
A story’s emotional atmosphere is known as
Directions: Fill in the graphic by giving examples of sensory details. You can use examples from the
essay and models on pages 333 to 335, or you can make up your own. For some of the details,
suggest what mood is created.
Imagery and Mood
Sensory Details
sight
Examples of Imagery and Mood
• “It was always shadowy along that river” (Lovecraft)
—forbidding mood
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• “an ominous scratching” — mood of suspense
• “Another cobweb stuck to her cold, clammy skin.”
—mood of
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taste
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smell
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Reading Strategy
Paraphrase
To understand complex sentences or archaic language, sometimes it helps to paraphrase an
author’s words. When you paraphrase, you restate information in your own words. By doing
so, you simplify the original and make it easier to understand.
Directions: As you read “The Cask of Amontillado,” copy difficult passages and their line
numbers from the story in the chart. Then paraphrase each passage. One passage has been
paraphrased for you.
Paraphrase
“It must be understood, that neither by word nor
deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my
good-will.” (lines 9–10)
You must understand that I did nothing to make
Fortunato mistrust me.
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Setting
Key Terms
The setting of a story is the
&
in which the action occurs.
Directions: Take notes on the role of setting. Make up your own examples or use those in your book.
Roles of Setting
Setting can influence
characters.
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Mood
The overall feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader is called mood. Poe
develops mood in the story by using sensory details and imagery to convey setting, repetition
of words and the rhythm of language, and words that describe thoughts, feeling, and actions.
Passage
Mood That Is Created
How Mood Is Developed
“We are below the river’s bed.
The drops of moisture trickle
among the bones.”
gloomy, creepy, chilly, dark and
damp
sensory details and imagery
to convey setting
1. What is the overall mood, or atmosphere, of this story?
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Directions: In the chart, list examples of passages that help create the mood of the story.
Identify the kind of mood that is created and explain how the mood is developed. Then
answer the questions that follow.
2. In your opinion, what contributes most to the mood—the setting, the sounds and rhythm
of the language, or the descriptions of Montresor’s thoughts, feelings, and actions?
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Vocabulary Practice
abscond
aperture
immolation
preclude
repose
impunity
subside
termination
A. Directions: Write the word from the box that correctly completes each sentence.
1. Seeing the guard lying in ________________ at his post, the thieves drew closer.
2. They turned to ________________ with the jewels, but a sudden alarm startled them.
3. The traffic sounds outside seemed to ________________, but the noise inside grew
louder.
4. Thrusting the jewels into an ________________ in the wall, the thieves pressed the
elevator button.
5. They might have walked off with ________________ but for a strange twist of fate.
6. A squirrel had chewed through the box that held the ________________ point for all of
the building’s electrical wires.
7. The poor squirrel’s unexpected ________________ had set off the fire alarms for the
building.
in the elevator for several hours, during which time the theft was noticed and they were
captured.
B. Writing Option: Describe Montresor’s crime in a statement that could be used to
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8. The resulting blackout would ________________ the thieves’ from being able to escape