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Predicting
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di ti With Poe
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Session One:
Introducing Edgar
Allan Poe and
TheTell-Tale Heart
To begin the lesson, the teacher
asks the students if they have
heard of Edgar Allan Poe and
what they know about him. To
build on this knowledge, the
teacher introduces the lesson by
going to the Poe museum website
www.poemuseum.org/life.php.
The teacher uses this website to
build background knowledge of
who Poe was and to explore some
of the details of his life.
The teacher questions and
guides students to make
connections between Poes difficult
life and his style of writing. The
goal is for the students to come to
the understanding that his writing
may have been shaped by his life
experiences, just as students and
others usually write about what
they know. Teachers give students
an opportunity talk with a partner
or small group about the writing
they have done in the past and the
personal experiences they were
based on.
The teacher informs students
that he or she will read aloud a
story to them by Poe called The
Tell-Tale Heart, a copy of which
can be found at http://www.
poemuseum.org/works-telltale.
php. Before reading the story, the
teacher tells students that as he or
she reads the story they will stop
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Issue 2
pp. 152153
DOI:10.1002/TRTR.1198
Session Five:
AuthorsChair
Students present their poems and
comic strips to the class.
Extensions
For elementary grade levels,
teachers need to add additional
support for some of the complex
vocabulary in the story. More
prewriting and scaffolding will be
needed as well. However, the
online comic and poem creators
are for all age levels.
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With Poe
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