Pit & Pendulum Day 2 (through paragraph 24)

When the narrator falls, what does he discover?

• a key to unlock his chains

• a deep pit

• a secret tunnel

• a knife stuck in the mortar

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator doesn't fall into the abyss as was planned by his torturers, what does he realize?

• the planned torture is to be mental as well as physical

• he can outsmart his torturers

• he must get revenge on these heartless men

• his hope will keep him alive

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

He falls asleep again. What does he find when he wakes?

• he has been chained to the wall

• he has been blindfolded

• he has bread and water

• he has been given a weapon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why does he think his water was drugged?

• it makes him immediatly sick

• it tastes funny

• he gets immediately drowsy

• it smells funny

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Let there be light! What does he see when he wakes up from being drugged? (check all that apply)

• the shape and size of his dungeon

• figures of fiends and skeletons on the walls

• he is tied, prostrate, to a framework of wood

• there is a pendulum swinning from the ceiling

• the figure of "Time" is painted on the ceiling

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

There's movement in the dungeon. What is moving? (multiple select)

• the pendulum

• the rats

• the other prisoners

• the torturers

• a drip of water

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does our narrator notice about the pendulum? (multiple select)

• It is razor sharp

• It is dropping

• It is covered in blood

• It hisses as it moves through the air

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Though he is being tortured and is staring at certain death, what emotion does he experience?

• hope

• calm

• happiness

• joy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What paragraph number did you get to today in your reading?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10