“Cask of Amontillado”Vocabulary

To take notes and categorize words in order to create meaning and understanding for unique vocabulary to a short story

Theory of Poe Paragraph

Quickwrite

• Based on Poe’s Theory of Short Story and “The Tell-Tale Heart” make a prediction for the next story we read “The Cask of Amontillado”– Narrator/Characters– Plot– Setting– Climax– Conflict– Resolution

Notes

• Write notes for each of the images next to the word

Amontillado

Crypt

Conical Cap and Parti-striped dress

Catacombs

Cask

De Grave

Nitre

Motley

Medoc

Vaults

Vintages

Palazzo

Puncheons

Roquelaire

Word Category Chart

• Work with your group to organize ALL the words into three or four categories

Wine

DeGrave

Read and Annotate

• Read and Annotate “Catacombs and Carnival”– What words do you need clarified?• What do you predict the meaning to be? What context

clues helped you make your prediction?

– What have you heard of before? What do you already know about this topic?

– What is the central idea of this passage?

“Cask Characterization”To understand and explain nuances of character and the way characterization advances plot by writing a CSE paragraph analyzing the characterization of Montresor or Fortunato

Notes Characterization• Characterization is the methods a writer uses

to reveal the personality of characters– What they do (actions)– What they say (dialogue)– Description (narration)

Quickwrite “T” Chart

• Create a “T” chart with Montresor (narrator) on one side and Fortunato on the other side

• Make a prediction based on the two characters’ names:

• As we read, add characterization notes for each of the characters

Close Reading and Marking the Text

• Underline anything that is interesting, circle anything confusing, and make notes and drawing in the margins.– What do they look like?– How do they behave?– Are they reliable?– What are their personality types?

Writing Prompt• Describe the characterization of either Montresor or

Fortunato. Use three details from the text to support your characterization. Describe the method of characterization and explain how it develops the character. Make sure to mark all in-text citations with quotations and a proper MLA in-text citation.

– In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe the character______ can best be described as….• The dialogue/description/actions are ….(citation)• This connects to the description because…

Narrative Writing Prompt

• “The Cask of Amontillado” begins with this sentence: “The thousand injuries of Fortunado, I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” Using what you know about the two characters, write a creative story about one of these “injuries.” Your story should include a well-developed conflict and resolution as well as dialogue and suspense to enhance the plot.