1. DO NOW! Choose the correct clause stating purpose or intent. 10-16-17
1.Blood was its Avatar and its seal – so (that) we could see the redness and the horror of blood. 2.Blood was its Avatar and its seal-in order that we might see the redness and the horror of blood. 3.Blood was its Avatar and its seal -that we may see the redness and the horror of blood. OR 4.Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the redness and the horror of blood. 5.Blood was its Avatar and its seal – so as to see the redness and the horror of blood. 6.Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- in order to see the redness and the horror of blood.

2. LEARNING TARGET
I CAN USE PRECISE LANGAUGE AND DOMAIN-SPECIFIC VOCABULARY TO MANAGE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE TOPIC.

3. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
What figurative language is used in the following excerpt from Thomas Paine’s “Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs?” As much hath been said of the advantages of reconciliation, which, like an agreeable dream, hath passed away and left us as we were, it is but right, that we should examine the contrary side of the argument, and inquire into some of the many material injuries which these colonies sustain, and always will sustain, by being connected with, and dependent on Great-Britain.
I CAN AND WILL RECALL HOW TO ANALYZE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN A TEXT TO HELP ME DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

4. TASK: “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
FATAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE
SHOCKED, UPSET
The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.
Annotate the the next 3 paragraphs, p373
Identify main idea of each, 1 example of figurative language and then define 3 unfamiliar vocabulary words.
BRILLIANT RED COLOR
AFFECTS
HOW A PERSON
FEELS; BRAIN

5. CLOSURE
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS PEOPLE TODAY PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM DISEASES?

6. HOMEWORK
READ THE STORY “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, P. 372 AND COMPLETE THE SIDE- BAR READING SKILLS AND READING CHECKS.
PRE-AP: WHAT ARE THE DRAWBACKS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HIDE FROM A CONFLICT RATHER THAN FACING IT DIRECTLY? RESPOND IN ONE PARAGRAPH.