week 7 lesson 1-2 v4 the lottery_ tell tale heart .pptx

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Reading

By the end of this lesson

• I have discussed the short story; the lottery & tell tale heart

• I can answer questions based on the short stories

Summary/plot; the lottery

It is June 27th, and a beautiful summer morning, and villagers begin to gather in their town square (the town is unnamed) for the annual “lottery.” This village has only three hundred people, and so the lottery can be completed easily in a single day, and leave time for noon dinner.

The children are enjoying their summer vacation. Bobby Martin, Harry Jones, and Dickie Delacroix gather a large pile of stones and defend them from the other boys. Adults arrive and stand around talking: the men speak of farming and the weather, and the women greeting each other and gossiping. Eventually the women join their husbands and call to their children, so families are standing together as units. The lottery proceeds after the families are complete.

themes; the lottery

Give 2 themes that you have found in the story

Symbols; the lottery

1. Stones

2. The Black Box

3. The marked slip of paper

Personal opinion; the lottery?

Check questions; the lottery

1. Who is / are the main character(s)?

2. What is a theme of this story?

3. On which day is the lottery held each year?

4. What is the purpose of the lottery?

5. What is the mood as the story begins and at the end?

6. What were the children doing at the beginning of the story?

7. What was the one of the lottery tickets foreshadowing?

8. The writer slows down the pace in the lottery, why?

9. What is the climax of the story?

10. Who wins the lottery?

11. Why could you call Tessie a selfish woman?

12. Why does Tessie arrive late at the lottery?

13. How does Bill react when Tessie does not want to show her paper?

The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Summary/plot; Tell Tale Heart

The narrator insists that what he is about to describe is not an act of madness. He explains that he did not hate the old man that the story is about. The problem was the old man’s vulture-like eye. When the old man looks at him, he is filled with fury.

So he plots to kill him, and goes every night for a week to his bedchamber, each time, slowly easing a lamp inside the room and letting a tiny ray of light in. But, seeing the eye closed each time, the narrator does not do the deed. On the eighth night, when the narrator approaches the old man wakes, and cries out, obviously in fear of his life. They both wait in the dark for a long time. The narrator begins to hear the ticking, ticking of the old man’s heart, louder and louder. Then the narrator sneaks a look and sees the vulture eye staring ahead. This does it. The narrator kills the old man, then chops up the body and hides it below the floorboards.

The narrator feels a moment of relief but moments later, the police arrive having heard reports of screams. The narrator welcomes the police in and calmly takes them on a tour of the property. He is so confident that he even tells them to rest in the old man’s chamber and seats himself over the man’s remains as they talk. The narrator's calmness sets the police at ease, but as the small talk continues, he imagines that he can hear the ticking of the old man’s heart again. He begins to believe that the police are mocking him, and that they know he is a murderer. As the sound of the heart gets louder and louder, the narrator confesses.

Themes; Tell Tale Heart

THEMES are the big ideas a narrator wants us to take away from or associate with a story

Ex: love, revenge, friendship, mental health, growing up, handling loss, etc.

Share 2 themes that you have found in the story

themes; Tell Tale Heart

Share 2 themes that you have found in the story

Examples:

Harry Potter - friendship

It Ends with Us - abuse

The Maze Runner - overcoming adversity/obstacles

themes; Tell Tale Heart

Share 2 themes that you have found in the story

Examples:

madness (I’m not crazy!)

obsession (his eye!)

guilt (I did it!)

Symbols; Tell Tale Heart

A SYMBOL is anything that stands for, or represents, something else. In a story, a character, an action, an object, or an animal can be symbolic. Often these symbols stand for something abstract, like a force of nature, a condition of the world, or an idea.

1. The Eye

2. The Heart

< - - What do the listed two
symbols signify?

Symbols; Tell Tale Heart

1. The “Vulture” Eye - his obsession that eventually drives the narrator to commit the murder (seen as a symbol for death or evil)

2. The Heart - the narrator’s guilt, leading to his eventual confession

Imagery; Tell Tale Heart

IMAGERY uses vivid description that appeal to a reader's senses.

Imagery; Tell Tale Heart

What imagery can you identify in this story?

Imagery; Tell Tale Heart

"A pale blue eye with a film over it"

"chilled the very marrow in my bones"

What types of imagery are these?

Check questions; Tell Tale Heart

1. How does the narrator justify their decision to murder the old man with the "vulture eye"?

2. What role does the setting play in creating a tense and eerie atmosphere in the story?

3. Analyze the narrator's mental state. How does Poe use language and imagery to convey the narrator's descent into madness?

4. Explore the theme of guilt in "The Tell-Tale Heart." How does the narrator grapple with guilt, and how is it manifested in the story?

5. Discuss the significance of the heartbeat in the story. How does Poe use it as a symbol, and what impact does it have on the reader?

6. Examine the relationship between the narrator and the old man. How does it evolve throughout the story, and what does it reveal about the narrator's psyche?

7. Explore the use of first-person point of view in the narrative. How does it contribute to the reader's understanding of the events, and what limitations does it impose?

8. Investigate the role of sound and silence in the story. How do they contribute to the overall atmosphere and tension?

9. Consider the symbolism of the lantern and darkness in "The Tell-Tale Heart." What do they represent, and how do they contribute to the narrative?

10. Discuss the reliability of the narrator. Do you think the events in the story unfold as described, or is the narrator an unreliable storyteller?