1. Mon,. Feb. 13 Eng. 10-A WOTD: ambiguous
Starter {Collect TH Essays w/ Rubric}
Video Clips: Superstition Macbeth
Homework * Bring green workbook on Thur.
Study Island due Fri., March 17th
Agenda
Discuss “Macbeth Murder Mystery”
Open Book Quiz // Review

2. Bad Luck or Superstition?
Video Clips
10 Ways video
Simpsons
Lecture – college prof
BBC sit-com
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Bad Luck Websites
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3. References to Macbeth Star Trek, Animaniacs, & Sesame Street
Jimmy Neutron
Gilmore Girls
Family Guy – bad joke zb
Animated Shakespeare: Macbeth
Kzb
Episodes named “Out Damned Spot”
“Pretty Little Liars” -  Mike gets deeper and deeper into trouble, all of the girls’ love lives are in turmoil, ‘A’s’ fake kidnapper returns, and after a blood drive the girls' blood is in enemy hands! 
“Empire” - Lucious asks Cookie to manage Elle Dallas (guest star Courtney Love), Empire Entertainment’s first label star, who hasn’t produced an album in years. 

5. VOCABULARY QUIZ SET-UP
Name Period
Vocabulary Quiz #4

6. Tues,. Feb. 14 Eng. 10-A WOTD: peruse
Starter {Collect late TH Essays w/ Rubric}
Quote & Response about Fear
Homework * Bring green workbook on Thur.
Study Island due Fri., March 17th
Agenda
Intro: OURSELVES & OTHERS
Notes: Gothic Traits
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

7. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp3VgMoKU-8A.
STARTER: Choose one of the quotes, copy it in your notebook, & discuss how it applies to one of your greatest fears. B. C.
Music:

9. Wed,. Feb. 15 Eng. 10-A WOTD: heinous Starter
Share a story, TV show or movie that you’ve read/seen that demonstrated Gothic traits.
Homework * Bring green workbook tmrw.
Study Island due Fri., March 17th
Agenda
Intro: OURSELVES & OTHERS
Notes: Gothic Traits

11. Stephen King’s House

12. Thur,. Feb. 16 Eng. 10-A WOTD: craven Starter
Read Poe’s Bio & highlight important details (p. 129+)
Homework * Bring green workbook DAILY!
Read, analyze, & interpret “Porphyria’s Lover” by Tues., 2/21 & complete assignment
Agenda
Listen to “The Raven” (p. 131+)
Work on Day One Tasks in workbook 

14. Directions: Based on the images and language used in the picture below, predict what Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” will be about. After viewing the images and language used in the picture, I predict “The Raven” will be about…
Prediction: I predict “The Raven” will be about:

15. Tasks for “THE RAVEN” – Day One (Whatever you DO NOT complete is assigned for homework!)
Listen to the poem once through without stopping. When finished, jot down
three questions about the poem on the bottom of p. 134.
2. Examine the poem
Using your notes, use one color to highlight all of the gothic traits and setting
aspects within “The Raven”. Also, LABEL them in the margins of your workbook.
Evaluate the poem: Is its purpose to evoke HORROR or TERROR in the reader? Review your notes and record your answer on p. 134 in your workbook. List a few of the items & explain why.
3. Re-read your assigned stanzas & complete the following items in your workbook & Label them correctly in order to get points! a. Since “The Raven” is considered a NARRATIVE POEM, what part of the plot is your stanza in? (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) Explain this in your stanza’s margin.
b. Challenging vocab words – CIRCLE them and record their definitions
c. Allusions – UNDERLINE them and look them up. Write what or who w/ background info.
Summary – In the margin, write a few sentences explaining what occurs in the stanza

16. Fri,. Feb. 17 Eng. 10-A WOTD: lament Starter
Shmoop Video: “The Raven”
Homework * Bring green workbook DAILY!
Read, analyze, & interpret “Porphyria’s Lover” by Tues., 2/21 & complete assignment
Agenda
Work on Day Two Tasks in workbook 

18. Tasks for “THE RAVEN” – Day Two
1. Re-Examine the poem * Re-read it to yourself silently, if necessary.
(a.) In the margin, write an interpretation of the poem & in which you
answer the following questions:
How does the sinister isolated setting contribute to the tone/mood?
How would you describe the speaker’s mental state?
What does the raven symbolize? …& the word “Nevermore”?
(b.) In a different color highlighter than yesterday, highlight examples of ALL of the following poetic devices & LABEL them in the margins: (Use your KEYSTONE GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS (packet) to assist you.)
Figurative Language/Lit. Devices – simile, metaphor, personification/ repetition, dialogue, theme, & symbols.
Sound Devices – internal rhyme, end rhyme, slant rhyme, RHYME SCHEME, alliteration, consonance, assonance, repetition
Imagery – see, hear, smell, taste, touch
2. Review the STAGES OF GRIEF. Label EACH where they occur in the poem (in the margin of the workbook) = These reflect the shift in tone & mood! (See the slide on the screen!)

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