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Short Story Unit I Name_______________________


8th Grade English Group_________

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why do some people like scary stories?
Focus Questions: What makes us scared?

How do our senses play a role in frightening us?




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“Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe p.232



Pre-Reading Assignments
Review of Short Story Terms ________________
What scares us?? ________________
E.A. Poe biography p.230 & 242-246 ________________

During Reading Assignments
Characterization/Conflict – Internal vs. External ________________
Vocabulary – in notebook ________________
Vocabulary Quiz ________________
Mood Worksheet ________________
Journal Entry – Setting the Scene ________________
Short Story Outline/Elements ________________


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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs p.249



Pre-Reading Assignments
Wishing ________________
Parts of a Plot ________________

During Reading Assignments
Points of Comparison Chart ________________
Vocabulary – in notebook ________________
Vocabulary Quiz ________________
Three Types Of Irony ________________
Short Story Outline/Elements ________________

Final Evaluations

Objective Test – Story elements and content/plot _______________



SHORT STORY ELEMENTS

Directions: Using your textbook pgs.R1-R7 (the purple edged pages in the back of the book), write a brief description of each of the short story elements listed below and on the next page.


Setting:

Characters:

FOUR types of characters:
Flat character
Round character
Static character
Dynamic character
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Plot:

PARTS of the plot:

Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

(Narrative) Point of View:

TYPES of narration:

1st person


3rd person
Omniscient
Limited

Conflict:

TYPES of conflict:

Internal
External

Climax/Turning Point:

Theme:


Implied theme:

Irony:

Mood/Atmosphere:

Flashback:


Foreshadowing:


Suspense:



VOCABULARY WORK
Directions: For each assigned word, look up the way it’s used in the text (the number in parentheses is the page where the word is found), copy the sentence from the story into your marble notebook, look up and copy a dictionary definition, and then write a sentence of your own that illustrates the meaning of the word. DO NOT TYPE---this work MUST BE in your handwriting (unless you have an IEP which calls for typing for clarity).
SAMPLE: habitual –adj. (157)

In the short story: “The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few.

Dictionary definition: being or done by habit; REGULAR; USUAL

Created sentence: Going to Sabres games has become habitual at my house.
Tell-Tale Heart” p.230 “The Monkey’s Paw” p.249
1. acute (232) 1. averted (259)

2. stifled (234) 2. enthralled (254)

3. stealthy (235) (stealthily) 3. marred (255)

4. hypocritical (238) 4. inaudible (259)

5. reposed (237) 5. broach (257)

6. sagacity (234) 6. oppressive (262)

7. crevice (235) 7. dubiously (255)

8. vexed (233) 8. prosaic (256)

9. audacity (237) 9. furtively (257)

10. stimulates (235) 10. sinister (259)

11. conceived (232) 11. amiably (250)

12. profound (233) 12. intercept (250)

13. refrained (235) 13. grimace (252)
PRE-READING, QUESTIONS, AND DISCUSSION

FOR “THE TELL-TALE HEART”

E.A. Poe Biography


Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1809. His mother and father worked as traveling actors. When Edgar was two years old, his father abandoned his family. Soon after, Edgar's mother died.

When he was three, Edgar was taken into the home of John Allan, a wealthy merchant in Richmond, Virginia, and was christened Edgar Allan Poe. John Allan and his wife raised Edgar as their own son. Poe's new family encouraged a love of learning. In 1826, he enrolled in the University of Virginia. He was a successful student but had a fondness for gambling. When Poe incurred a sizable gambling debt, which John Allen refused to pay, he was forced to leave college.

Poe moved to Boston, where he worked at a number of different jobs. He wrote and printed (at his own expense) a small book of poetry called Tamerlane and Other Poems. The book was ignored by critics and the public.

In 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army. Three years later, he enrolled in The United States Military Academy at West Point, but was discharged the next year for refusing to obey orders. His fellow cadets took up a collection and gave him the funds to publish Poems by Edgar A. Poe...Second Edition. This slim volume of poetry contained what would become one of his most famous poems—"To Helen."

After leaving West Point, Poe moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to live with his aunt, Mary Clemm, and her daughter Virginia. He turned his attention to writing fiction, and began composing the short stories that would make him famous. These included "MS in a Bottle," which was awarded a $50 prize by a local newspaper, and "Ligeia" which Poe, for the rest of his life, maintained was his finest work.

Three years after moving to Baltimore, Poe secretly married Virginia, who was not yet fourteen years old. Tragically, Virginia burst a blood vessel in 1842 and became an invalid. She died at age 24.

Poe continued to write fiction, including "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1842), "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843), and "The Cask of Amontillado" (1846). Also during this period, Poe wrote The Bells (1849), a poem that echoes with the chiming of metallic instruments, and Annabel Lee (1849), which is addressed to Virginia.

In 1845, Poe earned national fame with a poem about lost love titled "The Raven." After the poem was published, Poe said that he believed the two most valuable letters in the English language are o and r—thus the powerful effect created by the raven's repeated use of the word "nevermore."

Just a few short years after the publication of "The Raven," Poe was found lying unconscious on a wooden plank outside a saloon in Baltimore. Four days later, he was dead. Historians have long disagreed about the cause of Poe's death. Some believe he died of alcoholism, while others have suggested psychological disorders.

Ten years ago, a well-respected physician and researcher at the University of Maryland announced that Poe had probably died of rabies, which would explain the convulsions and nightmares he experienced in his final days. There's no question, however, that Poe died confused and alone just like the characters he wrote about.




Directions: Take a few minutes to respond to the questions below. Be prepared to share the information you have given with other members of the class and take notes on things discussed in class.

What are some things that you can think of that are scary?


What do you personally find most frightening? (Describe in detail)


Have you ever actually been so frightened that you cannot forget the experience? What was it?

Which sense(s) (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell) do you think is/are most important when a person is frightened?


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CHARACTERIZATION
Directions: As you read, use the web below to record the things you learn about the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Feel free to add bubbles to the web as you go through the story. When you are finished work with a partner to compile all the ways you and your partner learned about the character.
Who is

he?

Characters in a story are revealed to the reader in three main ways:



  • by what they do

  • by what they say

  • by what other characters say about them

This is known as characterization.

How did you get most of the knowledge about this character?

What one word would you use to describe him? Why?

How is this story even creepier because of the narrator?



MOOD WORKSHEET
Mood is the overall feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader. Descriptive words, the setting, and figurative language all contribute to the mood of a work, as do the sound and rhythm of the language used.
Think about the use of repeated words in the following example, and notice the effect created:

I undid the lantern cautiously—oh, so cautiously—cautiously (for hinges creaked)---I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye.”



What mood is created by the repetition? How does the sound of the language affect you? Say the passage out loud, and note what words and sounds are emphasized.
Use the chart below and on the next page. Find other examples (at least TEN) from the story that help create a mood of horror.


Examples from the Story

Mood Created






Examples from the Story

Mood Created








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JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT – Setting the Scene mcj02901040000[1]
On lined essay paper, write a paragraph (or more) describing a scene that is scary, humorous, or somber. Before you write, think of the mood you want to create, then draft a page (or two) of brainstormed ideas/words/images that describe a setting that helps establish the mood. Then write the paragraph. It can even be a short story if you like. Hand in the brainstormed pages with your written piece.

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SHORT STORY ELEMENTS/NOTES – “THE TELL-TALE HEART”


Title




Author





Setting






Characters





Plot Summary





Climax





Narrative Point of View





Conflict(s)






Theme(s)





Other Elements






WISHING
Directions: Take a few minutes to think about the following questions. Then write responses to each question. Be prepared to share your information and thoughts during the class discussion that will follow this exercise.


  1. Why do people make wishes?



  1. What are the folklore or superstitions about wishes? How/when do people make

wishes? Why?



  1. Have you ever wished for something? What? Did you get it?




  1. If you were granted three wishes, what would they be and why would you choose

them?

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  1. Do wishes come true? Always or only sometimes?

PARTS OF A PLOT
Directions: Define the terms and answer the questions below. Use p.241 in your text to help answer the assignment.
Define: PLOT –
EXPOSITION –
The FOUR functions of exposition are to:


  • set the tone




  • establish the setting




  • introduce the characters




  • give the readers important background information

Define: RISING ACTION –

CLIMAX –

FALLING ACTION –

What other names are there for:

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FALLING ACTION =

You are going to read a story about wishes and how they can go wrong. The chart on the next page will help you organize some of the elements of the story.



STORY ELEMENTS

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“The Monkey’s Paw”

EXPOSITION

Setting:


Tone:
Characters:




MAIN CONFLICT








RISING ACTION








CLIMAX








How is the conflict resolved during the falling action?







TYPES OF IRONY (See p. R4 in your text for some of the answers)
Define: IRONY
There are THREE TYPES of irony:
VERBAL IRONY –
SITUATIONAL IRONY –
DRAMATIC IRONY –
Why do writers use irony?
Directions: Read the poem below and respond.
Golf Links
The golf links lie so near the mill

That almost every day

The laboring children can look out

And see the men at play.

Sarah N. Cleghorn Kennedy (1876-1959). Literature: An Introduction

Explain how the above poem is ironic.

From what you have read so far, give ONE example of each type of irony.


VERBAL –

SITUATIONAL –

DRAMATIC –

SHORT STORY ELEMENTS/NOTES – “THE MONKEY’S PAW”


Title




Author





Setting






Characters

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Plot Summary





Climax





Narrative Point of View





Conflict(s)





Theme(s)





Other Elements

(Other Unique features)









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