Step 1: Read “The Black Cat”



-171450192405You will be completing a WebQuest on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat". ?Please follow the directions to complete this assignment.Directions:??Using your task sheet(s), complete the following activities. ?“The Black Cat” Vocabulary AssignmentChoose ten words from the listLine 1 (3 points each)Choose a word from the vocabulary list. Write it with the definition.Line 2 (5 points each)Use the word in an original sentence, using capitalization and punctuation. Missed capital letters? -1 pointMissed punctuation? -1 pointLine 3 (2 points each)Illustrate your sentence.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.“The Black Cat” Vocabulary WordsSuccinct – said with few wordsExpound – to explainPhantasm – a ghostDocility (Docile) – easily managedSagacious – wise or intelligentProcuring (Procure) – to get or obtainTinctured (Tincture) – a mixture that creates a liquid drugSuperstition – a blindly accepted beliefIntemperate – someone who excessively drinks alcoholMaltreating (Maltreat) – to handle badlyMalevolence – feeling of hatred towards othersDebauch – to corruptPerverseness (Perverse) – determined to go against what is expectedConflagration – a destructive fireBas relief – a sculpture that projects slightly from the backgroundApparition – a ghostPestilence (Pestilent) – something destructive or evilPertinacity - stubbornnessChimera – ancient fire breathing monster with a lion’s head, goat’s body, and a serpent’s tailContemptuously (Contempt) – feeling something is vile or worthlessInscrutability (Inscrutable) – difficult to understandAnomalous (Anomaly) – odd, peculiar, or strange00You will be completing a WebQuest on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat". ?Please follow the directions to complete this assignment.Directions:??Using your task sheet(s), complete the following activities. ?“The Black Cat” Vocabulary AssignmentChoose ten words from the listLine 1 (3 points each)Choose a word from the vocabulary list. Write it with the definition.Line 2 (5 points each)Use the word in an original sentence, using capitalization and punctuation. Missed capital letters? -1 pointMissed punctuation? -1 pointLine 3 (2 points each)Illustrate your sentence.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.“The Black Cat” Vocabulary WordsSuccinct – said with few wordsExpound – to explainPhantasm – a ghostDocility (Docile) – easily managedSagacious – wise or intelligentProcuring (Procure) – to get or obtainTinctured (Tincture) – a mixture that creates a liquid drugSuperstition – a blindly accepted beliefIntemperate – someone who excessively drinks alcoholMaltreating (Maltreat) – to handle badlyMalevolence – feeling of hatred towards othersDebauch – to corruptPerverseness (Perverse) – determined to go against what is expectedConflagration – a destructive fireBas relief – a sculpture that projects slightly from the backgroundApparition – a ghostPestilence (Pestilent) – something destructive or evilPertinacity - stubbornnessChimera – ancient fire breathing monster with a lion’s head, goat’s body, and a serpent’s tailContemptuously (Contempt) – feeling something is vile or worthlessInscrutability (Inscrutable) – difficult to understandAnomalous (Anomaly) – odd, peculiar, or strangeName:__________________________________________ Date:____________________ Block #_________: ?Terms and Definitions for "The Black Cat"Directions:??Choose?ten?words from the list to fill in your chart on your task sheetLine 1?(3 points each) ?Choose a word from the vocabulary list. Write it with the definition.Line 2(5 points each) ?Use the word in an original sentence, using capitalization and punctuation.?Missed capital letters? -1 pointMissed punctuation? -1 pointLine 3?(2 points each) ?Illustrate your sentence. ?(Draw a picture.)1.(Word and definition)(Complete sentence using context clues)(Picture for sentence)2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.“The Black Cat” Vocabulary WordsSuccinct – said with few wordsExpound – to explainPhantasm – a ghostDocility (Docile) – easily managedSagacious – wise or intelligentProcuring (Procure) – to get or obtainTinctured (Tincture) – a mixture that creates a liquid drugSuperstition – a blindly accepted beliefIntemperate – someone who excessively drinks alcoholMaltreating (Maltreat) – to handle badlyMalevolence – feeling of hatred towards othersDebauch – to corruptPerverseness (Perverse) – determined to go against what is expectedConflagration – a destructive fireBas relief – a sculpture that projects slightly from the backgroundApparition – a ghostPestilence (Pestilent) – something destructive or evilPertinacity - stubbornnessChimera – ancient fire breathing monster with a lion’s head, goat’s body, and a serpent’s tailContemptuously (Contempt) – feeling something is vile or worthlessInscrutability (Inscrutable) – difficult to understandAnomalous (Anomaly) – odd, peculiar, or strangeStep 1: Read “The Black Cat”Directions: Answer the questions in?complete sentences?on your task sheet when prompted in the text.1. ?What is the protagonist’s (narrator's) name?2. ?How does he feel about animals? ?Infer why he feels that way (include textual evidence).3. ?What “ancient popular notion” did the wife believe, as far as the cat is concerned?4. ?What was the name of the protagonist’s first cat?5. ?After returning home from a long night of drinking, what does the narrator do to his cat?6. ?How did the narrator feel about carving out the cat’s eye??7. ?What did the narrator?do to combat this feeling?8. ?How did the narrator kill Pluto??9. ?What was his reasoning for this action?10. ?What was the only thing left standing after the fire?11. ?How did the narrator explain finding the cat’s figure in the ruins?12. ?What was different about the appearance of the new cat?13. ?Why did the narrator begin to loathe the new cat? What was the cat's response?14. ?What prevented the narrator from mistreating the new cat??15. ?How did the?protagonist kill his wife??16. ?Where does the protagonist hide the corpse of his wife?17. ?Why did the narrator think the cat had disappeared from his life? What was his reaction?18. ?What happened when the narrator tapped on the brick?19. ?Describe the irony in the narrator’s tapping on the bricks while the police were in?the cellar.20. ?What was the “beast” the narrator spoke of, that was on top of the corpse21. ?What type of conflict(s) occurred in this story? Explain your reasoning for each answer.22. Describe the man’s personality at the beginning of the story and compare/contrast it with the man’s personality at the end of the story. What do you think is the cause of this change? ?Use evidence from the text!23. ?List the elements that make this story part of the “horror” genre.Write 2 paragraphs (5-7 sentences each) that compares/contrasts the events/characters in this story to those in "The Tell-Tale Heart".Step 3: ?Reading Strategies...BE A CRITIC!DIRECTIONS: It is your turn to be a critic! ?EVALUATE the story by writing 2 paragraphs (5-7 sentences each) on why you liked or did not like "The Black Cat". **BE SPECIFIC and use examples from the text!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Step 4: ?Explore the Poe MuseumDIRECTIONS: Write 1 paragraph (5-7 sentences) on you findings. ................
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