Welcome! November 7th, 2017 Tuesday Grab a Chromebook from the cart, sign in, and close the screen  Welcome! November 7th, 2017 Tuesday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Tuesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to guess the meaning of the word. Make sure you explain your thinking! Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

The prisoners contrived a way to escape. Read the following sentence and guess the meaning of the word contrived based on the context. The prisoners contrived a way to escape. To contrive is to form or think of a plan in a skillful or clever way (sometimes as a scheme). © Presto Plans

Journal Heading Open up a word document and share it with me. At the top, you need: Your name 11/7/16 CP10 American Lit/Block “The Black Cat”

“The Black Cat” As we read the story together, pay attention to Poe’s use of symbolism. What in this story might be more than what it appears?

“The Black Cat” With your group, with a partner, or by yourselves, respond to the reading questions on your handout.

Real Life Connection: News Story Read through the news article titled, “DA will not file charges over Piedmont mummified body.” Once you read through with your groups, respond to the five questions on your half-sheet. Please use the same document you answered the rest of your questions on! 