1. Warmup Pretend that you were able to interview Edgar Allan Poe. Write down 3-4 questions you would like to ask him. Share: When you share your partners share their questions, try to answer them as if you were Poe. What might be a reasonable answer based on the short stories you have read?

2. Content Language Object Read a biography of Poe and drawn inferences of how his life related to his work citing strong and thorough textual evidence to support the analysis

3. Biography Read the biography of Edgar Allan Poe Apply the following reading strategies: – Circle words you do not know – Paraphrase the central idea of each paragraph – Underline 1-2 phrases that support the central idea

4. Drawing Inferences Turn one of your paraphrases into a sentence introducing the central idea of one of the paragraphs you read. Create an inference explaining how this impacted his writing. Make a connection to his stories to demonstrate the validity of your inference. (This may be used as information for the introduction of your Style Analysis Essay to introduce Edgar Allan Poe.)