1. Weekly Objectives Students will critique and analyze a literary work.
Student will understand and construct complex sentences.
Students will understand unit’s theme, The Dark Side of Individualism.
Students will utilize reading strategies to help them monitor their comprehension.
Students will understand and appreciate a classic narrative poem.
Students will understand and draw conclusions about the speaker in a poem.
Students will write for a variety of purposes and audiences using the standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

2. Weekly Agenda Quiz DOL Quick Write
Read “ The Raven” and “Danse Macabre”
Assessments
Homework

3. Pay-Day Assignments
DOL
Vocabulary Sentences

4. Fluency
Speed
Accuracy
Prosody

5. DOL-Incorrect
Most think of Edgar Allan Poe as a writer of mystery or horror tales but he also wrote poetry literary criticism even science fiction.
Poe wrote harsh, negative reviews of many of the more famous, american writers of his time.

6. DOL-Correct
Most people think of Edgar Allan Poe as a writer of mystery or horror tales, but he also wrote poetry, literary criticism, and even science fiction.
Poe wrote harsh, negative reviews of many of the most famous American writers of his time.

7. Vocabulary Word Bank
Beguiling Ominous Decorum Placid Dirge Respite Discourse Tempest Divining Implore

8. Quick Write
To understand the speaker’s feelings, think about a time when you or someone you know lost a loved one- a person or a pet-through death or separation. Write a brief account of how you or the other person handled the loss.

9. Before Reading Preview Vocabulary Activate Prior Knowledge p. 464-465
Preview the text
Set purposes for reading

10. During Reading Try to draw conclusions about the following:
the events he describes
his physical condition when the events take place
his intense sorrow about his loss

11. After Reading Comprehensive questions Vocabulary in Action Exercise
Inquiry and Research

12. Comprehension Questions
How does the speaker’s attitude toward the raven change over the course of the poem?
How would describe the speaker of the poem? Stanza 3, p. 468
Use the dialogue to determine why the speaker thinks the raven was sent to the chamber. p. 470, Stanza 1
What might the raven symbolize for the speaker?