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‘The Barrel of Amontillado’ and ‘The Whirlpool’

Put students into pairs and ask them to draw either a plan

of Montresor’s cave or a map of the coast and the islands

near the whirlpool.

‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ and ‘The Stolen Letter’

Put students into small groups and ask them to

summarize each story in no more than 50 words.

‘Metzengerstein’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’

Ask students to write six statements (three true, three

false) about each story. Students read each other’s

sentences and sort the true statements from the false

ones.