Entering Usher's House: October 25, 2016

Focus: What does the Gothic house reveal about its hosts and guests?

1. Warming up: Using Edgar Allan Poe's vocabulary to create a group scary story

2. Quickly reviewing yesterday's Gothic mystery with a wider focus:

In American Gothic texts so far, how would you characterize the purpose of the house?

3. Applying yesterday's Gothic mystery to the beginning of "The Fall of the House of Usher"; you may use your "Gothic Mystery #1" notes to analyze this, or if you're the artistic sort, you can draw the house, the host,  and the guest as you listen

4. Offering you the Gothic journal (also linked to the website)

5. Giving you time to read/listen "Fall of the House of Usher" as you analyze the relationship between the house, its host(s), and its guest (the narrator)

HW:
1. Finish reading "Fall of the House of Usher" and complete your Gothic journal entry; make sure this is inside your "Gothic Literature" folder so I may give you credit and feedback. NOW DUE THURSDAY (BEFORE CLASS).

2. Continue working on your ELIC-inspired memoir. All rough drafts should now have my feedback. If you'd like further feedback or a conference, please ask me by Wednesday afternoon.

Final drafts are due November 1 by 3:00 pm (I extended the deadline by one day).

3. If you wish to revise the content of your cultural hysteria essay (not just the grammar), you must conference with me. 

All revisions must be submitted by November 11, which is the end of 12 weeks.

4. Heads-up: On Wednesday, we will have a "quiz" on subject-verb agreement. You don't need to study for this as it is open-note, open-friend, and open-teacher.