
When swapping more than 2 tablespoons of cooking sherry with vinegar, use a mixture of equal parts vinegar and water.

Commonly referred to as P.X., these are intensely sweet wines, especially when the grapes are dried in the sun (a process called asoleo ).When substituting vinegar for less than 2 tablespoons of cooking sherry, you can swap them in equal parts. The grapes are either picked very ripe and/or dried in the sun to concentrate. If you’d like to receive this item plus everything else needed to teach 180 days of English 9 or English 10 at a deeply discounted price, click here to learn more about the full-year curriculum download.Sherry In order to use this name, the wine has to contain at least 85% of Pedro Ximénez grapes. If you already own the full-year download, there's no need to download this item here individually. NOTE: This item is also included in my English 9-10 full-year curriculum.

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Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ interest in the American Gothic tale.Īll student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.

This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis.
