An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

• By
• Ambrose Bierce
• Lesson by
• Gana Harris

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General Objective

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Concept Map
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Ambrose Bierce

• Born in Ohio and raised on a farm in Indiana
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• Educated from his fathers library
• Attended a military academy in Kentucky
• Union army soldier
• Rose from a private to a lieutenant and won may
  awards for bravery during the war
• Seriously wounded in the war, but returned to
  battle a few months later

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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Vocabulary

• Etiquette
• Deference
• Imperious
• Dictum
• Summarily
• Effaced
• Oscillation
• Apprised
• Malign
• ineffable

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Answer Questions Review and AssessThinking
About the Selection(1-7)Page 516
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Point of View

• Objective Point of View

• Effect

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Point of View

• Limited Point of View

• Effect

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Chronological Order

• Which takes place first Farquhars encounter
  with the Federal scout or his preoccupation with
  the ticking of his watch?
• How much real time do you estimate elapses from
  the opening to the closing scene of the story?
• How did the storys ending change your initial
  perception of the sequence and duration of the
  events it describes?

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Stream of Consciousness

• What details in the second paragraph of section
  III are revealed through the use of the stream of
  consciousness
• What sharp pain sparks Farquhars thoughts?
• In what ways does this passage mimic the natural,
  jumbled flow of thoughts?
• Why is stream of consciousness technique
  particularly appropriate for this story?

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Response Journal Entry

• If your life were to pass before your eyes
  moments before your death, what would you see?

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Scoring Guide

• Students will take an objective test consisting
  of multiple choice questions and several
  constructed response questions over the concepts
  in this lesson as well as the vocabulary work to
  demonstrate their understanding of the lesson.
• Farquhar was a civilian in the war-not a soldier.
  Do you think he death was justified? Why or why
  not?

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Lesson Summary
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Careers

• Military

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Reference

• Kinsella, Kate, Kevin Feldman, and
• Colleen Shea Stump. Eds.
• Literature The American
• Experience. Upper Saddle River
• Prentice Hall Inc., 2002.