The Pit and the Pendulum

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The Pit and the Pendulum
Written by Edgar Allan Poe Performed by Basil
Rathbone

• Content Goal - Poe inspires fear through vivid
  descriptions that you will listen to today (not
  read).
• Language Goal- to listen carefully to the audio
  text and write notes on specific details from
  this text.
• (2)

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The Pit and the Pendulum
Written by Edgar Allan Poe Performed by Basil
Rathbone

• Vocabulary- pendulum
• Historical Context Spanish Inquisition in
  Toledo lasted from the late 1400s to the late
  1600s.

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The Pit and the Pendulum
Written by Edgar Allan Poe Performed by Basil
Rathbone

• Take notes on descriptions you sense via
• sight taste touch smell
  sound
• (20)

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The Pit and the Pendulum
Written by Edgar Allan Poe Performed by Basil
Rathbone

• Illustrate the scene you believe is the most
  vividly described in The Pit and the Pendulum.
  Your drawing will include a minimum of ten
  text-based details.(10)

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