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The Joke is on You Lesson PlanThe Joke is on You Lesson Plan
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The Joke is on You

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Students discuss catacombs, casks, and Amontillado. The class reads the first two pages of the short story, The Cask of Amontillado, and discuss the situation of the story and the mental state of the narrator. Then they predict what happen next.

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