Unit #4 - Presence of Death
1/6 - Inservice
1/7 - Cold Weather
1/8 - Unit #4 introduction = Presence of Death
Journal - What are the components of great horror?
Edgar Allen Poe Worksheets
"The Cask of Amontillado" (968) by Edgar Allen Poe
Unit #4 Class Notes
1/10 - Vocab Unit 7 due
In Class Comic Book re: "Cask"
1/13 - War Lit - "Shiloh" by Herman Melville VS. Randall Jarrell, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”
Journal - OPTIC one of Matthew Brady's Civil War photos
1/14 - History of Horror Genre (Novels, Short Stories, Films)
1) Nosferatu, Scene #1 (30)
2) Nosferatu, Scene #2 (1:16)
Discussion of Plot Development
1/15 - "Sticks" by Karl Edward Wagner
1/17 - "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link
Horror Story Project
1/21 - Snow Day
1/22 - Finish reading "The Specialist's Hat" quietly
Story Work Day
1/24 - Winter Conferences
1/27 - In Class Response (Compare & Contrast - "Cask of Amontillado", "Sticks" & "The Specialist's Hat")
1/28 - "A Warning to the Curious" by M.R. James
1/29 - Grammar Workshop, Sentence Fragments
Work Day
1/31 - Work Day, Starbucks
2/3 - Work Day
2/4 - The Fifth Child introduction
2/5 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 3-17
Questions #1
Unit #4 Notes
2/7 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 17-31
Horror Story Due
Questions #2
2/10 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 31-50
Questions #3
2/11 - "The Two Winstons" Documentary
The Fifth Child in class reading
2/12 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 51-67
Questions #4
2/17 - Winter Break
2/18 - The Fifth Child in class reading
Vocab Unit 8 in class
2/19 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 67-90
Questions #5
The Fifth Child Essay
2/21 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 90-107
Questions #6
2/24 - The Fifth Child, pgs. 107-End
Questions #7
2/25 - Essay Work Day
Teacher Evaluation (in class)
Vocab Unit #9 due
2/26 - “Scandal in Bohemia” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - in class
2/28 - Unit #5 Notes
3/3 - Vocab Test, Units 7-9
3/4 - SH Story work day
3/5 - "Sherlock Holmes" clips
3/7 - The Fifth Child Essay Due