I.

OBJECTIVES
1. Define the unfamiliar words in the story.
2. Identify the sequence of the story.
3. State the message of the story

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Materials: Handouts
Reference: English Communication Arts and Skills through Anglo-American and Filipino
Literature; pp. 211-18 ( Serrano and Lapid 2011)

III. PROCEDURE

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY

TEACHERS’ ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

GREETINGS

Good Day Class! Good Day Sir/Ma’am!

Kindly greet you classmates too. Good Day Classmates!

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Before we start. I would like you to stand up, Students properly arrange their chairs and
properly arrange your chair and if there is any pick up trash.
unnecessary thing in your desk or underneath
it, please put it away, put it in your bag or
pockets, and if you are done, Let us Pray.

PRAYER

Let us pray Our Father. In the name of the Amen!

father and of the son and of the holy spirit.
Amen!

CHECKING OF ATTENDANCE

You can now Sit. Ms. Secretary is there any None Sir/Ma’am.
absent for today?

A. PRE-READING ACTIVITIES

MOTIVATION
 The teacher asks the students:

When you hear the word “Revenge”

what comes to your mind?
The answers of the students may vary
Do you think revenge is necessary?

UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES

The teacher asks the students to

arrange correctly the scrambled letters
to form the right word.

1. ymnpuiit- exemption or immunity (impunity)

from punishment
2. imoolatmin- to kill a person as a (immolation)
sacrifice
3. nnoissecour- an expert in wine (connoisseur)
tasting/distinguishing wine taste
4. mleoty- jester‟s costume/ colorful (motley)
costume
5. ntailmolado- pale, dry sherry form (amontillado)
Spain
6. fmaulaxbe- burning torch (flambeaux)
7. dMeoc- class of wine (Medoc)
8. otgreusqe- something strange/ (grotesque)
weird
9. atcoacmb- burial ground (catacomb)
10. tnier- potassium nitrate (nitre)

Introduction of the Author

The story that we will read today was

written by Edgar Allan Poe he is
credited as a pioneer in the genre of
detective fiction, but is more known for
his stories of horror and suspense. His
famous works include the poem The
Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher ,
and The Tell-Tale Heart. Poe married his
13-year-old cousin, and lived an
impoverished and difficult life, after
being orphaned shortly after birth.
According to popular opinion, Poe died
in a state of delirium in Baltimore at the
age of 40. Likely causes include drug or
alcohol dependence, but the truth has
 never been uncovered.
PREDICTION
Before we start reading, What do you
think will happen in the story?
Can you predict the ending?
During Reading Activities
The teacher will choose those students
who are good in reading and assign
them to read aloud the paragraph until
the story ends.
B. ANALYSIS
At the end of the story the teacher
will ask the students about the
following questions.
1. Who are the two main characters
in the story? Describe them.
2. Why does Montresor want
revenge? What was his criteria for a
proper revenge?
3. What part did the cask of wine
play in the revenge?
Montresor: the unrepentant narrator who
cooks up a revenge plot after perceiving insult
from Fortunato
Fortunato: a former friend of Montresor who
insulted him and will end up a victim of the
revenge plot
Montresor sought revenge on
Fortunato because he had hurt Montresor
for years, and now he has insulted him,
and it has come to the final straw.
His criteria for revenge is not only to
punish but punish with impunity. A wrong
is unredressed when retribution overtakes
its redresser. It is equally unredressed
when the avenger fails to make himself
felt as such to him who has done the
wrong.
Montresor cooks up a revenge plot to lure
Fortunato back to his home and catacombs,
where he claims to be storing a unique and
rare wine, an Amontillado. Fortunato is a bit
naive but also claims to be a wine
connoisseur and must see this wine for
 himself.

4. Does Montresor’s revenge meet
the criteria of impunity? How so?
Yes, Montresor achieves exactly the kind of
revenge he wants. He explains what he wants
in the opening paragraph of the story, and by
the end of the story he appears to be fully
satisfied with what he has done

5. Do you believe in the famous Yes, it is God alone that can take vengeance.
line, “Vengeance is not ours but the It is our duty not to lay hands and harm other
Lord’s”? people regarding the bad deeds they did
towards us.

POST READING

C. ABSTRACTION

The teacher will asks the students:

What is the story all about? The story ''The Cask of Amontillado'' is
about revenge, deceit, and murder, as
Montresor tricks a drunk Fortunato by
trapping him inside an ancient catacomb.
D. APPLICATION

The teacher gives the class some

questions to answer.

What do you think is the message the

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Poe sends a
author wanted to convey in this story?
message that revenge may blind the eye
towards happiness.

What is the lesson of the story?

One should not harm others lest one should
be harmed by them.

IV. EVALUATION

Sequencing of the plot.

From number 1-6 label the plot according to its sequence base on the story. Put the number in
the blank.

___ Montresor walks away with only the sound of Fortunato’s jingling jester bells echoing in the
 tomb. He replaces the bones of the crypt. In the end, he claims that no one has disturbed them
for 50 years, he has gotten away with his plot. (6)

___ During Carnival in Italy, Montressor runs into Fortunato, and offers to share a very nice
bottle of Amontillado wine with him. However this bottle is in his catacombs. It is late at night
and Fortunato seems ill. (1)

___ Montresor lures Fortunato down into the dark and eerie wine vault. As suspense builds.
Montresor keeps asking if Fortunato would like to turn back because he seems ill. Fortunato
continues to drink wine to ease his cough. (3)

___ As the last few bricks are laid, Fortunato screams for Montresor to stop, but it is too late.
Montresor has enacted his revenge. (5)

___ The narrator, Montresor, claims that Fortunato has gravely insulted him, and is plotting to
get his rebenge, Although, he doesn’t tell the reader what Fortunato has done, he makes it
known that it was unforgivable. (2)

___ When they reach their destination, there is no Amontillado, but there is a hole in the wall.
Montresor shackles Fortunato inside, and begins to seal up the wall with bricks. (4)

V. ASSIGNMENT

1. Read the poem entitled “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe that can be found in the
book English Communication Arts and Skills through Anglo-American and FilipinoLiterature; pp.
181-182 ( Serrano and Lapid 2011)
2. Compare and contrast it with the Cask of Amontillado.

TEACHERS’ ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Class, Stand up and properly arrange your Students arrange their chairs and pick up trash
chair, pick up the trash if there is any, put it in
your bag or pockets and throw it later in the
proper trash bins.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Before we have our closing prayer is there any None Sir/Ma’am

announcements?

PRAYER

If there is none Stand up properly and let us

 pray Angel of God. In the name of the father Amen.
and of the son and of the holy spirit. Amen!

CLASS DISMISSAL

Thank You and Good Bye. Class Dismiss. Thank You Sir/Ma’am

SCHOOL SUBJECT
GRADE QUEARTER
TEACHER DATE

I. OBJETIVES
A. Content Standard:
The learners acquired knowledge of appropriate reading strategies for a better
understanding of academic texts.

B. Performance Standard
Learning Competencies/ Objectives

II. CONTENTS
 III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
B. Additional Learning Resources Portal
Other Learning Resources
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Review
B. Establish a purpose for the lesson
C. Presenting examples/instances of the lesson
D. Discussion
E. New Concepts and New skills
F. Developing Assessments
G. Applications
H. General Abstractions
I. Evaluating Learning:
Remediation: