Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe. Date: October 15 th , 2010. Standards: 1.9 Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy Objectives: To research information using books and complete the following questions. Date: October 18 th , 2010. Standards: 1.6 Speaking and Listening - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Edgar Allan Poe
Date: October 15th, 2010
Standards:1.9 Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy
Objectives:To research information using books and complete the following questions.
Date: October 18th, 2010
Standards:1.6 Speaking and Listening
Objectives:To complete a worksheet upon listening.
Bell Ringer: Take notes on Edgar Allan Poe.
What about Poe?• Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1809• Died: Baltimore, Maryland 1849• Both parents died while he was a child.
Adopted by the Allan Family.• Attended University of Virginia.• Alcoholism• Married his 13 year old cousin – Virginia.• Writer of: poetry, short stories, plays• Reason for death is unknown!
Poe’s Style
Date: October 19th, 2010
Standards:
1.2 Reading Critically in All Content Areas
Objectives:
To understand and apply Dark Humor.To demonstrate plot understanding through
discussion.
Dark Humor - situations that are usually viewed seriously (such as: sickness, death, crime, war, terrorism, etc.) are treated in a humorous way.
Bell Ringer:
Illustrate a cartoon that uses Dark Humor.
OR
Write a brief (4-6 sentences) situation/story that uses Dark Humor.
Date: October 20th, 2010
Standards:1.1 Learning to Read Independently
Objectives:
To make predictions about a text.To answer questions related to the text.
Bell Ringer: Word SplashPredict what this story is about by writing a sentence.To demonstrate understanding of a text.
Word SplashBell Ringer
Context Clues: words and phrases that surround the word to help you decide what the word means.
madhorror
animalsfriendship
petswife
cellarsuperstition
Plutoguilty
violencemurder
Context Clues
= words and phrases that surround the word to help you decide what the word means.
Date: October 21st, 2010
Standards:1.1 Learning to Read Independently
Objectives:To demonstrate plot understanding through discussion.To begin writing a story.
Bell Ringer: Use Context Clues to decide the meaning of the bolded word in the following sentence: It did not make its appearance during the night --and thus for one night at least, since its introduction into the house, I soundly and tranquilly slept.
Date: October 22nd, 2010
Standards:
1.1 Learning to Read Independently
Objectives:
To write an ending to a story.To use context clues for definitions.
Bell Ringer: Read and correct the following.
edgar Allan Poe was a fyction writer and poet born in bostin, Massachusetts.his parents dyed when he wuz very young and he died in baltamore, Maryland (9)
Bell Ringer:
Write a spooky poem (or paragraph) that contains Literary Devices: imagery, similes, metaphors.
Example:Pumpkins splatter, a mouse scurries to hide.A monster’s rage glows in both of his eyes.He growls under his breath, his teeth crawling out.He looks to the moon and begins to shout.
Date: October 25th, 2010
Standards:1.1 Learning to Read Independently
Objectives:
To read stories aloud and review.
Bell Ringer: Write (at least three sentences) about which story (of the two we read) you liked best, using 3rd Person Point of View and supporting reasons why.
Date: October 26th, 2010
EXAM
Date: October 27th, 2010
Standards:
1.1 Learning to Read Independently
Objectives:
To correct exams and read stories aloud.
Bell Ringer: Make a list of steps (at least three) you will follow for story writing in the future.
