The Masque of the Red Death

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The Masque of the Red Death

• Edgar Allan Poe

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Goals

• Content Goal- to summarize text, recognize and
  interpret symbolism, and draw conclusions (1)
• Language Goal- to answer in complete sentences
  restating the question in the answer using text
  based details as support (1)

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Vocabulary Word Sort

• On your paper, draw a big rectangle, divide it
  into four sections and label it like the one
  below.
• On the next slide is a list of vocabulary words
  that you will write into the category you think
  each fits. There is at least one word per
  category.

Things Adjectives
Events Untouchable Things
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Pre-teaching Vocabulary

• Word Sort- with partners
• masque
• ebony
• avatar
• castellated
• abbey
• august
• reveler
• brazier
• piquancy
• arabesque
• cessation
• disapprobation
• habiliments
• wanton

Gothic window
Things Adjectives
Events Untouchable Things
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Word Sort Discussion

• Share your answers with the quad.
• How similar were your choices?
• Why did you sort the words the way you did?

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Word Sort Answers Definitions

• On the following slides are the answers for the
  word sort and the definitions.
• You earn points for having the correct
  definitions in the correct categories, so make
  the changes you need.
• Yes, some of your guesses may work how you
  defined the words, but the words here are sorted
  by their use in the story. Congratulations for
  knowing some of this vocab in other contexts!

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Things copy each word and definition (5)

• abbey- monastery or convent
• brazier- metal bowl to hold burning coals
• habiliments- clothing
• reveler synonym for partier
• ebony a very dark, black wood

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Events copy each word and definition (1)

• masque- costume ball with masquerade theme

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Adjectives copy each word and definition (4)

• arabesque- elaborately designed
• august- imposing magnificent
• castellated- having castle-like battlements
• wanton- immoral lustful behavior

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Untouchable Things copy each word and
definition (4)

• disapprobation- disapproval
• piquancy- pleasantly sharp quality
• cessation- stopping
• avatar- manifestation of an unseen force

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Biography, Symbols, Performer

• Read each section and write an important note for
  each
• Edgar Allan Poe- page 76 (1)
• Symbols- page 77 (1)

Vincent Price- (1911-1993)
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During Reading Symbolism
Copy this chart guess what each might symbolize
(and why) in the blank box. The guessing should
take place while you read. Use text-based details
to assist in your guesses.16
Prospero
red
abbey
wall
welded gates
external world
knights, dames, courtiers
blue room
purple room
green room
orange room
white room
violet room
black room
ebony clock
clock chimes
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Homework Mid-story

• Read to page 81 as homework.
• After reading the description of the black room
  (p. 79-80), draw, color, or paint an accurate
  depiction of the room including all the details
  the story provides. (10)
• walls
• curtains
• carpets
• light source
• window
• other decorations

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Day 2

• Content Goal- to summarize text, recognize and
  interpret symbolism, and to draw conclusions.
• Language Goal- to answer in complete sentences
  restating the question in the answer using text
  based details as support
• Homework Viewing- Share your drawing of the black
  room with your partner. Explain why you drew what
  you did using the book as evidence.
• Who will share their own drawing under the
  document camera?

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Assessment

1. (LC02) Write a summary of the decorations in the
   black room. Include three main details from the
   story in your summary. (3)
2. (LC04) Besides the word stopping, what could
   Poe have used in place of our vocabulary word
   cessation to communicate the same meaning? Why is
   your choice of word as effective? (3)

Les Masques et la Mort James Ensor (1897)
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Assessment

• 3. (LA07) Why does Prince Prospero retreat to
  this abbey ? Include two details from the story
  in your answer. (3)
• 4. (LT10) What conclusion can the reader draw
  about Prince Prosperos death? Provide at least
  two details from the story to support your
  conclusion. (3)

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Post-Reading

• Adaptation Formula This is the storys formula-
  just change the specific details and rewrite it
  as a paragraph-long story. (8)
• Wealthy prince or princess
• His friends entourage
• Religious location to hide in
• Pandemic disease to hide from
• Excessive and/or immoral use of time (keep it
  general and appropriate)
• Personification (avatar) of the disease appears
• Battle between prince and disease
• Disease wins by