Week 3 Lesson - "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe by Mr. Staples

Learning Targets and Curriculum

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 01:48:04 UTC

Learning Target: I can analyze how narrative techniques are used across the text to develop plot, characters, and setting.

Do Now Question:

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 02:18:27 UTC

Writers use various narrative techniques—such as first-person point of view, dialogue, and description—to reveal a character's personality, motivations, and relationships. Think of a story, movie, or TV show you’ve seen recently. What is one technique the creator used to help you understand a character? Explain how it worked.

Post your answer below.

Opening

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 02:38:33 UTC

Please view the one pager. As you read, think about the following questions:

How does the point of view of a story affect what the reader knows?
How could an author's use of an unreliable narrator make a horror story better? How could it affect the tone and mood?

Vocabulary Building

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 02:43:05 UTC

Go into the catacombs and uncover key vocabulary words from the text. If you answer the questions correctly, you will be able to find your way out. If you get the questions wrong, you will remain underground. Try to find your way out before nightfall!

Mini Lesson: Analyzing Point of View

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Review the mini lesson on analyzing point of view. There is also more pertinent information about the text.

Work Session - "The Cask of Amontillado" Close Reading

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Directions:

Read the text.
Answer the questions in the margins on your own. These questions are to be used as a guide to help you on the assessment.
Post your answer to the constructed response in the attached Google Form to the right of this post.

Exit Ticket: "The Cask of Amontillado" Quiz

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 04:13:45 UTC

Attached to this post is the quiz.
Log in to Classlink and click on Mastery Connect Student.
Assessment Code: 539941
Submission of this assessment is necessary to get credit for this assignment.

Work Session - Constructed Response

bstaples2784 — 2025-09-08 19:33:30 UTC

Click on the picture above and complete the Google Form with your answer to the constructed response on the "Cask of Amontillado" work session handout.