Monday, February 25 The Black Plague

Objective: --> By the end of class, the students will learn allegory, new vocabulary and background for Edgar Allan Poe’s the Masque of the Red Death.

DO NOW - COPY BELOW INTO NOTES!!

SUMMERIZE - who, what when, where why. Keep it simple. NO quotes. 

Example:
Summerize "Into thin Air".

ANALYZE - break it down.  Pick it apart. Look for details that support your answer. Use a quote. Be specific.

Example:
Analyze the conditions on Mt Everest on May 10 before rob Hall made the decision to continue climbing. Do you think the conditions had a direct affect on Hall's decision to break his own rule? 

 EVALUATE - determine the value of something. 

EXAMPLE:
"Evaluate the effectiveness of cause and effect in Into Thin Air as it impacts the reader's interpretation of various climber's decisions. 

Direct Instruction

Read background of Black Plague - page 429 - 

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Write down ten facts about black plague into notebooks.

Guided 

Read together introduction to Poe's Red Death - page  418

What is Allegory?? 

Independent

Write a summary of the black plague.

Using information on page 429, analyze the manner in which a human being contracts the black plague.

Exit Pass

What is the main difference between a summary and an analysis?