DURING READING: STUDENT MATERIALS THE TELLTALE HEART

EVALUATE NARRATOR
Have you ever suspected someone was not telling you the truth? Just as you cant trust every person you meet, you cant believe all narrators, or characters who tell a story. To evaluate a narrators reliability, or trustworthiness, pay attention to his or her actions, attitudes, and statements. Do any raise your suspicions? Directions: In the chart, record any clues that reveal whether the narrator is reliable or not. Narrators Reliability Makes Me Sus icious: Makes Me Trust Narrator:

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The Tell-Tale Heart: Insanity *lea

+ou are the court,appointed DE!ENSE attorneys -lawyers. !or the narrator, who is accused o! murder. /e already "now that the narrator con!essed to the crime, which ma"es him guilty o! murder. 0ince the 1ury will not deem him innocent o! manslaughter, your 1ob is to convince the 1ury that your client is insane2 hell be able to avoid the death penalty and he might be sent to an institution rather than a prison. 3ead through your evidence note,ta"ing sheet and !ind the strongest pieces evidence -at least 4. that prove the murderers insanity. 5e as speci!ic as possible. &678* & '9:T&) ;True<=nervous=very, very dread!ully nervous I had been and am2 but why will you say that I am mad?> -pg ?@4..

AS A GROUP, CHOOSE ROLES (EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIAL, SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A ROLE) 1 speaker to introduce the ase 4 speakers to present evidence (at least 3 pieces of evidence) 3-4 speakers to ask questions 3-4 speakers to poke holes 1 speaker to conclude and summarize the ase Ro!e Des r"pt"o#$ %& Introducer: e'p!a"# (ho) *o+ are (,e-e#se), (hat *o+ are atte)pt"#. to ,o, (h* *o+/re ,o"#. "t, a#, (hat sta#, *o+ ("!! take& Th"s sho+!, 0e (r"tte# "# a pro-ess"o#a! )a##er& 1& Presenters of evidence: Ea h perso# ("!! prese#t o#e p"e e o- e2",e# e& Th"s "s (here the pr")ar* so+r es ("!! 0e 3+ote, a#, e'p!a"#e,& Reaso#"#. MUST 4E IN YOUR O5N 5ORDS& 6& Questioners: Ea h perso# ("!! -or) o#e 3+est"o# -or the other s",e& Re)e)0er$ th"s sho+!, (eake# the"r ar.+)e#t& 7& ole pokers: As the other s",e prese#ts the"r e2",e# e, 8ot ,o(# #otes& Ea h perso# sho+!, )ake o#e o))e#t that 9pokes ho!es: "# the other s",e/s ase& ;& !oncluder: S+) +p the ke* po"#ts -or *o+r s",e a#, !ea2e o#e -"#a! state)e#t as to (h* *o+r s",e sho+!, ("# the ase&

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Insanity *lea
+ou are the &ROSE$UTING attorneys -lawyers. !or the state in a case against the narrator accused o! murder. The narrator is guilty since he con!essed to the crime and led the police straight to the old mans body. The de!ense lawyers are going to try to prove that their client is insane and as" !or a lesser sentence. +our 1ob is to prove that he is not insane so the murderer will !ace li!e in prison, or even the death penalty. 3ead through your evidence note,ta"ing sheet and !ind the strongest pieces evidence -at least 4. that prove the murderers sanity. 5e as speci!ic as possible. &678* & '9:T&) ;True<=nervous=very, very dread!ully nervous I had been and am2 but why will you say that I am mad?> -pg ?@4..

AS A GROUP, CHOOSE ROLES (EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIAL, SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A ROLE) 1 speaker to introduce the ase 4 speakers to present evidence (at least 3 pieces of evidence) 3-4 speakers to ask questions 3-4 speakers to poke holes 1 speaker to conclude and summarize the ase Ro!e Des r"pt"o#$ %& Introducer: e'p!a"# (ho) *o+ are (,e-e#se), (hat *o+ are atte)pt"#. to ,o, (h* *o+/re ,o"#. "t, a#, (hat sta#, *o+ ("!! take& Th"s sho+!, 0e (r"tte# "# a pro-ess"o#a! )a##er& 1& Presenters of evidence: Ea h perso# ("!! prese#t o#e p"e e o- e2",e# e& Th"s "s (here the pr")ar* so+r es ("!! 0e 3+ote, a#, e'p!a"#e,& Reaso#"#. MUST 4E IN YOUR O5N 5ORDS& 6& Questioners: Ea h perso# ("!! -or) o#e 3+est"o# -or the other s",e& Re)e)0er$ th"s sho+!, (eake# the"r ar.+)e#t& 7& ole pokers: As the other s",e prese#ts the"r e2",e# e, 8ot ,o(# #otes& Ea h perso# sho+!, )ake o#e o))e#t that 9pokes ho!es: "# the other s",e/s ase& ;& !oncluder: S+) +p the ke* po"#ts -or *o+r s",e a#, !ea2e o#e -"#a! state)e#t as to (h* *o+r s",e sho+!, ("# the ase&