1. Mon., Feb. 27 Eng. 10-A WOTD: malicious
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Green Wkbk – p due tmrw = Pds 1 & anyone absent on Wed., 2/22
Study Island due Fri., 3/17
Starter * Check prompt p. 139 wkbk *
Video: “Porphyria’s Lover”
Homework:
Green Workbook: Step 3 p due Wed.
* Study BOTH poems – Quiz this Thurs., 3/2 *
Agenda
Discuss Compare & Contrast w/ “The Raven” w/ “PL”
Add items to your copy of “Porphyria’s Lover” to study!
Complete the EXIT ACTIVITIES in your notebook 

3. Activities: “Porphyria’s Lover”
(To be completed in your notebook under today’s date!)
1. Begin by comparing & contrasting the two poems in a Venn Diagram.
2. Then, ANALYZE THE SPEAKERS:
Who is more insane: the speaker from “The Raven” or “Porphyria’s Lover”? Defend your choice with text evidence from the poem.

4. Notes about the “Porphyria’s Lover”
Type of poetry: Dramatic Monologue
Meter: Iambic Pentameter (da-DUM x 5 = 10 beats per line)
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB
Turning Point: Line 35
TONE/MOOD: Shifts from dark & romantic to curious &
confusing to dark & demented
Irony - Speaker, who seems madly in love, kills Porphyria
Symbols – yellow hair, storm, eyes, fire
What happens next? PREDICT!
Themes - love, sin, power, society & class
Know the Gothic Traits/Characteristics…

5. Tues., Feb. 28 Eng. 10-A WOTD: NONE
Starter * Check Steps 1-2 in green workbook = pds. 1 & 9!*
Finish EXIT ACTIVITIES from yesterday 
Homework:
Green Workbook: Step 3 p due tmrw.
* Study BOTH poems – Quiz this Thurs., 3/2 *
Agenda **WORK DAY**
Study Island = Section 3 (all) & Section 4 (“K” only)
Workbook Step 3 p
TOMORROW = Guidance Visit: Scheduling! / Bring green workbook DAILY!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Submit Green Workbook & “Porphyria’s Lover” on Thur.
Study Island due Fri., 3/ 17

6. Wed., March 1 Eng. 10-A WOTD: NONE
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Study Island due Fri., 3/ 17
Starter
Check Part 3 in workbook p *Get a stamp!*
Homework
Study for tomorrow’s QUIZ over “The Raven” & “Porphyria’s Lover”
Bring green workbook DAILY until submission!
Agenda
Guidance Visit: Scheduling {Schedule due next Wednesday}
Review Parts 1-3 in green workbook p (if time allows)

7. Thur., March 2 Eng. 10-A WOTD: affinity
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Study Island due Fri., 3/ 17
Starter
Collect green workbook & “Porphyria’s Lover”
Homework
Read short story by next week & highlight/label ALL Gothic traits
Agenda
Quiz: “The Raven” & “Porphyria’s Lover” – Take & Submit
Review Parts 1-3 in green workbook p (if time allows)

9. A highly-contagious deadly disease with horrible symptoms will kill its victims within hours of contracting it.
A woman gets a distressing call from a familiar voice and isn’t sure what to do in order to help the person on the other line.
Modern technology leads to not on the breakdown of a typical family, but corrupts the children into experiencing some particularly heinous thoughts.
After the passing of an elderly southern woman living in a sleepy little southern town, the townspeople explore her home and find a gruesome discovery.
Members of a small-town community hold an annual lottery and the “winner” does not get the prize one might expect.
An esteemed scientist conducts an experiment on four unsuspecting friends while exposing literal and figurative skeletons in his closet.
A woman is betrayed by her husband and retaliates in an extreme way.
A young man in search of lodging is taken in by a landlady who is not at all what she seems.
Gothic Story Teasers Indicate your top THREE choices on your quiz before submitting.

10. Fri., March 3 Eng. 10-A
No School Act 80 Day!