Class Work
1. Write the title of the horror movie you watched on the board. Join with others who saw the same movie. If nobody else watched your movie, the choice of partners is up to you.
Discuss:
1. Main characters/acting
2. Music
3. "color" and lighting
4. The stuff that scared you.
5. Why you liked or did not like the movie.
6. Are there follow-up movies? Should there be?
Were you scared of monsters in the closet, under the bed, or outside of the window? Share a memory.
Now for a little bit of fun: Monster's Inc. (Discover the answer to why children are scared of monsters in the night.)
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Back to ravens. What facts did you find out about the birds?
We will now follow along as Vincent Price reads Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem, "The Raven."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w
Look for the following and be ready to discuss.
Purple?
Raven?
Lenore?
Speaker?
Nevermore?
Friends?
Midnight?
Etc.
For homework, read or listen to one of Poe's stories. Summarize the tale in a note to a friend where you try to get the friend to read or to avoid the story. (1 page)
Choose from:
"The Black Cat"
"The Pit and the Pendelium"
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Masque of the Red Death"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
Find them here: http://poestories.com/stories.php
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