Read “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the narrator visits his childhood friend Roderick Usher at his home. Roderick and his sister are both very ill. It seems that the house...
