Edgar Allen Poe

1. Edgar Allen Poe

2. Overall Goal • Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

3. KWL

4. Journal Write down anything that you have heard about or know about American author, Edgar Allan Poe. What would you like to learn about him?

5. Day 1 • I will learn various facts about the famous American author Edgar Allan Poe. • I will explain in writing 10 facts about Poe. • Using specific facts from Poe’s life, justify why he chose to write about creepy, sad, and morbid topics.

6. Poe Biography • While watching the film, you will need to write the following information in your journal: • Ten facts that you learn about Poe’s life using the bubble chart. • Write three specific reasons why Poe was inspired to write about creepy, sad, and suspenseful experiences the way that he did.

7. Video Biography • http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=booography&bcpid=1753162054&bclid=1859715279&bctid=1861298412

9. Day 2 • Learning Target: • I will understand the various literary elements that Poe utilizes in his writing. • Language Target: • I will verbally define key literary terms of this unit after taking notes.

10. Vocabulary • Please use the Frayer Model for the next 4 literary terms.

11. Mood • What is ‘mood’? • Mood is the emotional attitude the author takes towards his/her writing piece. • I am in a _________ mood today/right now because ________________. • You can tell I am in a __________ mood today by the way I _______________________________.

12. Share • Read your two sentences to an elbow partner. • For five Hawks: act out your mood in front of the class. First person to guess correctly will also receive 5 Hawks!

14. Foreshadow • Hints within the text that show what might happen next within the story

15. Suspense: Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation.

16. Personification • Personification is giving human qualities to animals or objects. • Example: The tree’s branches caressed the moon. Create your own example

20. Day 3 • Learning Target: • I will understand key words within the story of “The Tell-Tale Heart”. • Language Target: • I will write creative sentences using the key vocab from “The Tell-Tale Heart” and share out with the entire class.

21. The Tell Tale Heart • http://www.archive.org/details/TheTell-taleHeart

22. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe

23. Acute (Adjective)Highly sensitive Raptors have acute hearing and vision, which is estimated to be eight to ten times that of humans. The ears of a raptor are an important tool in locating prey. • Example Sentence: The teacher’s acute hearingbenefitted her when the students whispered their gossip of the day.

24. Vexed(verb)Irritated Example sentence: I vexed my cat when I tried giving her a bath.

25. SagacitynounKeen perception, with foresight and judgment; wisdom Example sentence: The student’s sagacity shocked the teacher: she thought he was just another mindless teenager hooked on video games and Red Bull.

26. Dissemble (Verb)To hide the truth; pretend Example Sentence: Halloween is the perfect day to dissemble.

27. Stifled(Adjective)smothered Example Sentence: The heat stifled the kitten, making him collapse with exhaustion.

28. Crevice(noun)A crack Example sentence: He slipped through the crevice in the ice, falling to his untimely death

29. Audacity(noun)Shameless daring or boldness Example sentence: She had the audacity to stand up to the angry teacher.

30. Vehemently(Adverb)With intense emotion Example sentence: She vehemently screamed at the dog who used her beautiful front yard as a toilet.

31. Derision(Noun)To Ridicule Example sentence: The derision from the harsh audience made the actor leave the stage in shame.

32. Hypocritical(adjective)False or deceptive, like a person who is pretending to be what he or she is not Example sentence: When the health teacher was caught eating at McDonald’s every day, he was called hypocritical.

33. Story Time • Now write a complete story, using the words we just went over within your sentences. You can change the form of the word (from noun to adjective, singular to plural, etc.) if you so wish. Remember to use imagery, have a definite/clear plot, and flesh out your character(s). It should be AT LEAST a page long.

34. Day 4 • Learning Target: • I will understand how the character changes throughout the story. • Language Target: • I will write a summary paragraph that describes the main character of the story.

35. Literary Analysis Essay • Topic sentence • Concrete detail • Commentary • Commentary • Conclusion sentence

36. Example paragraph for “The Tell Tale Heart” literary analysis • The narrator is obsessed with a frail old man because of his milky white eye. Every night, the narrator sneaks into the old man’s room, shining a thin strip of light from a lantern onto the dreaded eye. He both fears and is angered by the sight. Soon, he will not be able to fight his terrifying fascination. The narrator’s fixation of the old man’s eye is draining him of his sanity.

37. In summary, ________ can be characterized as __________. One concrete detail that shows this is ________________________________. One can see that _______ is ______________. Also, this supports the fact that __________ is _____________________________________. Ultimately, we understand that the _______ is _____________________________________.

38. Prose vs. Film • Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

39. Day 5 • Learning Target: • I will understand that there are both similarities and differences between a written version of a story and a filmed version. • Language Target: • I will write down elements that the story and the film both have in common and in contrast (Venn Diagram).

40. Film vs. Story

41. The Raven • What do you know about, “The Raven?” • What do we know about Poe’s wife Virginia? • What does the bird, the raven symbolize?

42. The Raven

43. Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. • Examples: • sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better

44. Assonance • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words. • Examples: fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks

45. Stanza Stanza is a unified group of lines in poetry Ex: A candy bar. A piece of cake. A lollipop. A chocolate shake. A jelly donut. Chocolate chips. Some gummi worms and licorice whips. A candy cane. A lemon drop. Some bubblegum and soda pop. Vanilla wafers. Cherry punch. (My mom slept in while I made lunch.)

46. Symbol • Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. • Example: ravens are guardians of graveyards and the dead and are symbols of bad omens.

47. First listen, then watch, then analyze! • http://odeo.com/episodes/23334503-Edgar-Allan-Poe-The-Raven-read-by-Christopher-Walken http://dotsub.com/view/58591756-7128-488c-bfe9-22463d46d907# • http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/raven/

49. In your group you will take your assigned stanzas from, The Raven, and: • Determine what the stanza is saying and retell it in language that a kindergartner would understand. • You will need to look up any unknown words. • Create a “kid friendly” stanza on a piece of computer paper. • Your “kid friendly” creation should be colorful and beautiful because it will become part of our classroom book. • Remember, you are a communicator, your final product should effectively communicate Poe’s ideas and mood.

50. Stanza 1 • What time of night is it? • What is the narrator doing at the beginning of the story? • What does he hear at the door?