Edgar Allen Poe can be seen as one of the original master story-tellers of terror. For this week, we will be reading and exploring some of his scariest short stories. Here is your group assignment for this week:
1. Read the short story your group is assigned. (One of the following below)
A. "The Tell-Tale Heart"
B. "The Black Cat"
C. "Cask of Amontillado"
D. "The Pit and the Pendulum"
E. "Masque of the Red Death"
2. Each member of your group needs to write a one page report on one of the following
questions about your short story (MLA, 3rd person):
A. What is the plot of the story?
B. What are the gothic/macabre/scary elements of the story? How does it make the reader feel?
Describe the tone/mood.
C. Write a shortened movie script version of the story for your group to act out: Who's playing
what part? What are they saying? What's the scene? Why are you filming it that way? etc.
3. Film with the iPad your version of the short story. It can be a literal translation of the story
or a different interpretation: it's up to your group.
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