1. October 14 - 16, 2015  Do Now:  In your journal  Brainstorm: The Setting & Characters for a “Poe” style story that you will write. Father of Horror – Edgar Allen Poe Planner: RL 8.1 & RL8.2 W8.3 Poe Analysis Narrative Writing Homework: Finish Reading The Raven, Annabell Lee, and The Tell Tale Heart Den Time Schedule Assembly Schedule

2.   Success Criteria:  Determine the central idea of the text and analyze the development of characters, setting, plot, theme, conflict by completing a graphic organizer.  Provide evidence for your analysis – by quoting the text with page number and quotation marks. Learning Target 8.1 & 8.2 Reading Literature – Key ideas and details with evidence

3.   8.3 Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well structured event sequences.  8.6 – Use technology to publish your writing.  I can begin to brainstorm a story that emulates the style of Poe (or another favorite author). Writing

4. October 15 & 16, 2015 Agenda: Narrative Writing Review and Practice You will need your journal and a pen/pencil. In your journal, write about what you see in the pictures. Think about setting, characters, and events. Is there a conflict? What is it? You will have 1 min per picture.

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20.  Now It’s Your Turn Imagine you are in the picture:  Brainstorm:  Who is there with you? (characters)  What is happening? (events)  What is the weather, time of day, time of year? (describe it) (Setting)  What is the conflict? (problem)  Who is this conflict between?  How do you want to end the conflict? (resolution)

21.  Beginning, Middle, End Using your brainstorm, now determine the order of your narrative.  In your journal,  Draw the graphic organizer  Put your story in order (beginning, middle, end)  A bulleted list is fine You have 5 minutes for this take

22.  Edgar Allen Poe - Bio

23.  More about Edgar

24.  The RavenBothAnnabell Lee Compare/Contrast

25.  Locate the following elements in the story and write them in your journal:  Characters  Plot  Setting  Conflict  Theme While you read on Actively Learn – The Tell Tale Heart

26.  ElementDescription and Evidence with Page Number Characters Setting Plot Conflict Theme In your journal …

27.   The Interactive Raven  In your e-mail you’ll find a link to:  The Interactive Raven  Go there http://teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/http://teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/ The Raven

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30.  In your journal – write a summary: A summary is retelling the MAIN ideas of a story or article, in your own words, using as few words as possible. Try this: The Raven Summary Identify itVerb itFinish the Thought The book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munos Ryan Explains, recounts, compares, justifies, tells (etc) The story of a young, wealthy, Mexican girl who relocates to the USA in order to rebuild her life from the tragedies experienced by the death of her beloved father.

31.   A sleepy voice suddenly chimed in from the door to the kitchen. ‘You can say that again. Life is one big, nasty curveball.’” p. 242  This paragraph spoke to me because of the metaphor “Life is one big, nasty curveball” … this seems to be true for all of us. Life just isn’t always fair. Pg. 242

32.   Open your e-mail  Open and save the word document “The Tell Tale Heart” to your H: Drive  Click on Review – Comment so you can highlight and comment Locate the following elements in the story:  Characters  Plot  Setting  Conflict  Resolution The Tell Tale Heart

33.   Turn to your elbow partner  Share the following findings:  Character  Setting  Plot  Conflict  Resolution  What about theme? Discussion

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35.   Let’s try that again. This time I’m going to ask you to complete a Story Map.  You’ll still want to highlight the elements in your word document. This will help you complete the map.  Listen carefully … The Pit & the Pendulum

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38.   Complete your PowerPoint with your 7 – 15 best pictures. Be ready to tell us why you selected the pictures. We will vote for the best team. Annual