A note for all students: the office will be handing out your new Go Cards before school, at break, at lunch and after school this week. Please do not go to the office for your Go Card during class time.
English 9 (Pd 1):
Read, “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. If you missed today’s class, use this link to access a copy of the story online so you can complete the comprehension questions below: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/132710/The_Black_Cat_%28Edgar_Allan_Poe_1843%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Analysis sheet together as a class.
Comprehension Questions (completed in class; if you were away, do these at home and bring them in on Weds). ENSURE YOU USE FULL SENTENCES AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERIODS.
1.a) Where is the narrator at the beginning of the story?
b) What is about to happen to him? How do you know this? Find and copy a line from the story to support your answer. Punctuate your quote properly ****
2. a) What does the narrator say he was like as a child?
b) What effect(s) does drinking alcohol have on the narrator’s personality?
3. Explain, using details from the text, how the police ended up finding the wife’s body. 3-4 sentences (you can integrate a quote here if you like).
Silent reading if time remains.
CW12 (Pd 2):
Students are asked to source a copy of their favourite poem to bring to class Weds. We’ll be sharing our poems (or excerpts from them if they’re really long) with the class next day.
Class time to work on poetry collections (due Nov 4).
English 9 (Pd 3):
Read, “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. If you missed today’s class, use this link to access a copy of the story online so you can complete the comprehension questions below: https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/132710/The_Black_Cat_%28Edgar_Allan_Poe_1843%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Analysis sheet together as a class.
Comprehension Questions (completed in class; if you were away, do these at home and bring them in on Weds). ENSURE YOU USE FULL SENTENCES AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERIODS.
1.a) Where is the narrator at the beginning of the story?
b) What is about to happen to him? How do you know this? Find and copy a line from the story to support your answer. Punctuate your quote properly ****
2. What did the narrator do to Pluto’s eye?
3. The writer eventually finds a new cat in the story. In what way does this cat look different from Pluto?
4. Explain, using details from the text, how the police ended up finding the wife’s body. 3-4 sentences (you can integrate a quote here if you like).
Silent reading if time remains.
English 11CW (Pd 4):
Short story unit final exam.
If you forgot to bring your Tigers of the Snow text to class today, please ensure you bring Weds.