Edgar Allan Poe 2.3

Do Now:  It has been 50 years since the narrator buried Fortunato alive. Why might the narrator be telling his story now?

Objectives:

• identify the use of suspense, imagery, and unreliable narration in Poe's story
• brainstorm topics for creative writing

Agenda:

1) Do Now

2) Table groups:
Discussion: "The Cask of Amontillado" uses a first-person narrator (a narrator      that is a character in the story), and, sometimes, first-person narrators can be unreliable.

• How reliable or unreliable do you regard the narrator?

• Are there any ways that the narrator might be manipulating the truth?
• How would you describe the narrator's attitude toward himself and his actions?

3) Introduce the Poe short story assignment

4) Brainstorm topics/complete graphic organizer

5) If time, begin drafting

5) Summarizer:

HW: Complete graphic organizer