This will be a close reading unit on several of Edgar Allan Poe's
classic literary works. Additionally, there will be an emphasis on making evidence-based inferences and argumentative writing. Students close read, discuss, and answer text-dependent questions citing evidence; analyze the mood and tone of the story; write a short formal analysis of the mood/tone; analyze the narrators' guilt by collecting evidence, in addition to other supporting assignments. An emphasis will be placed on text annotation and identifying central ideas and author's purpose, as well as decoding sophisticated language.Readings will include The Cask of Amontillado, Tell-Tale Heart, Pit and the Pendulum, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
classic literary works. Additionally, there will be an emphasis on making evidence-based inferences and argumentative writing. Students close read, discuss, and answer text-dependent questions citing evidence; analyze the mood and tone of the story; write a short formal analysis of the mood/tone; analyze the narrators' guilt by collecting evidence, in addition to other supporting assignments. An emphasis will be placed on text annotation and identifying central ideas and author's purpose, as well as decoding sophisticated language.Readings will include The Cask of Amontillado, Tell-Tale Heart, Pit and the Pendulum, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories:
This American author has arguably the best fictional portrayal of madness and creeping paranoia ever. Edgar Allan Poe has a unique and dark way of writing. His mysterious style of writing appeals to emotion and drama of our imagination. His use of figurative language plays with the readers' mind to engage them deeper into his tales. Poe's stories tend to have the same recurring theme of either death, lost love, or both. He will terrify you to you core, yet tempt you to read further if you dare...
This American author has arguably the best fictional portrayal of madness and creeping paranoia ever. Edgar Allan Poe has a unique and dark way of writing. His mysterious style of writing appeals to emotion and drama of our imagination. His use of figurative language plays with the readers' mind to engage them deeper into his tales. Poe's stories tend to have the same recurring theme of either death, lost love, or both. He will terrify you to you core, yet tempt you to read further if you dare...
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Standards will be addressed by:
*online research author study
*comparison of two authors from the same period
*close reading of a highly complex texts
*decoding sophisticated language
*identifying key concepts and themes
*evaluation of figurative language and nuances
*reading multiple works by the same author
*daily writing and extended formal writing pieces
*small group/whole class discussions
*additional complex nonfiction texts
*online research author study
*comparison of two authors from the same period
*close reading of a highly complex texts
*decoding sophisticated language
*identifying key concepts and themes
*evaluation of figurative language and nuances
*reading multiple works by the same author
*daily writing and extended formal writing pieces
*small group/whole class discussions
*additional complex nonfiction texts
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