The Uncanny: October 31, 2017

Focus: What aspects of the familiar and unfamiliar makes us feel fear?

1. Warming up with quick close readings: "The Tell-Tale Heart"

2. Daring to explore Gothic Mystery #3: The Uncanny

3. Reading/listening to "The Minister's Black Veil" with a focus on the uncanny


HW:

1. BY TODAY:  Make sure your "Fall of the House of Usher" and "Tell-Tale Heart" journals are complete and posted on /linked to the blog.

2. BY THURSDAY: Please finish "The Minister's Black Veil" with a journal entry (you can use the Gothic journal entry or go back to your ELIC journal--pick the one that helps you the most out of the story). You will have 30 minutes of reading time in class on Wednesday.

3.  BY FRIDAY: 

• Prepare to share a part of your of memoir (somewhere between a sentence and a paragraph).

• Bring index cards to class on Friday; we will do some brainstorming for your big speech and develop some itty bitty warm-ups.

4. 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 10, which is the end of 12 weeks.