The Tell Tale Heart With Mrs. Neill

Learning Targets: Improve listening comprehension and prediction skills by participating in a directed listening-thinking activity (DLTA) Respond to literature read in class by either writing an acrostic poem or creating a comic strip Practice strong and effective writing as assessed by the rubric

RUBRIC FOR WRITING Name 10 7 4 1 Ideas   The poem or comic strip accurately reflects events in the story. The poem or comic strip mostly reflects events in the story. The writer may have added one detail that did not occur. The poem or comic strip reflects some events in the story. The writer may have added two or more details that did not occur. The poem or comic strip is complete, but does not reflect the events of the story. Conventions There are no spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors. There are less than five spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors. There are more than six spelling, punctuation, or grammar errors. Numerous spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors make the writing hard to read. Word Choice Words are carefully chosen to reflect events in the story. Most words are carefully chosen to reflect events in the story. A couple of words are carefully chosen to reflect the story, but many of the words used are not descriptive. Words are not carefully chosen and they do not reflect the events presented in the story. RUBRIC FOR WRITING

Vocabulary: In your writer’s notebook write these new words to learn. 1) Foresight: Thoughtful regard for the future 2) Dissimulation: Hidden under a false appearance 3) Vexed: Troubled, distressed, caused agitation, Cause a PROBLEM, Foiled A PLAN 4) Sagacity: Good judgment/ Wisdom 5) Hearkening: Giving careful attention, LISTEN CAREFULLY 6) Awe: A mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder 7) Distinctness: Unmistakable, clearly defined 8) Over-acuteness: Very keen Extreme sharpness or sensitivity 9) Concealment: A means of hiding 10) Waned: To grow gradually less 11) Scantlings: pieces of lumber used in a house frame 12) Suavity: smoothness, ease, and sophistication 13) Bade: Urged, compelled 14) Audacity: extreme and arrogant boldness 15) Reposed: To lay at rest (to hold in hiding or safekeeping) 16) Derision: Contempt, ridicule, an object of scorn; the focus of a cruel joke

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Website with information about Poe Let’s Learn About Poe Interactive website What did you learn about Poe? (In your writer’s notebook list at least 30 facts that you learned.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Video About Poe

Look where Poe lived. . . What did you learn from the site where Poe lived? Take notes in your writer’s notebook. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Exit/Entrance Ticket Share with me three interesting things you learned about Edgar Allan Poe that you found interesting.

Connections: Poe’s tough life and his style of writing are connected. His writing may stem from his life experiences, just as we usually write about what we know. Read the lyrics to the music. See if you can make a connection from the song to the clip you are about to see. See if you notice the connection between the loss of Poe's wife and mother to Lenore in "The Raven?“ (Next slide)

Homer Simpson Recites “The Raven”

Did you notice? "Once upon a midnight, dearie,"- which is very similar to the first line of Poe's "The Raven:" "Once upon a midnight dreary . . ." The tune proceeds to describe the singer's longing for a woman who has left him, just as Poe pined (longed/wished) for his lost Lenore.

Connections. . . Have you heard of the football team the Baltimore Ravens? Hmmmm…..coincidence? Have you ever been to the Bronx?

Create a cryptic note Use the interactive secret code writing. Create a one sentence note with an answer key to hand in! See if you can decipher the message on the website too! 

Assignment at end of story: You will choose which project you would like to complete…. Option 1: Use the COMIC CREATOR at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ to create a comic strip with at least six blocks that summarizes a portion of the story The Tell-Tale Heart (Slide 2) Option 2: Use the ACROSTIC POEMS online tool at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ to create an acrostic poem that summarizes the events of the story. You can use the term “Tell-Tale Heart” or “Narrator” as the basis for your poem. (Slide 2)

Make Predictions While Reading . . . Title: Based on the title, predict what you think this story will be about. _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________

Read the short story and hand in (based on the predictions that follow) and any other thoughts you have. Option 1: Read the paper copy and annotate in the margins Option 2: Read the online version (have it read to you aloud) and annotate online after each paragraph. Be sure to print out your final version of the notes to hand in.

Prediction: SLIDES 8-17 (Each ¶) After reading the first paragraph, who do you think the narrator is speaking to? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Write down what you think the author means by “the work.” 3rd ¶ Write down what you think the author means by “the work.” Why does the narrator treat the old man so well in the mornings?

4th ¶ Why doesn’t the narrator leave when he realizes the old man is awake?

5th ¶ Would you like to change your original prediction of what the story is about?

6th & 7th ¶ Whose heart do you think the narrator is hearing?

7th ¶ In one sentence, predict the ending of the story.

8th ¶ Who is at the door?

9th ¶ What is the noise?

10th ¶ What is the narrator feeling right now?

End of story Where any of your original predictions about the story correct?

Reflections Exit/Entrance Ticket What are your thoughts about Edgar Allan Poe? What do you like/dislike about the short story unit you just studied? Do you think it’s easy or challenging to be a writer? Why?

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