1) - This book “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Plot: The tale shows the story of a man who feels a strong hate to the eye of an old
man whom he murders in an anger attack by burying him below the floor. Along the
story, the feelings of hate and madness that the main character tries to hide from
the police shows up in the worst way.
Setting: We can say that the story is situated in an old house, more precisely in the
old man's room and in a chamber. The time in which the main event takes place is at
midnight-dawn but also the day is also mentioned.
Protagonist: the main character of the story is the killer
Antagonist: the old man specifically his eye, and the 3 policeman.
Narrator: the killer (first person narrator)
Narrative Method: el narrador usa la primera persona y el suspenso para mantener la
atención de los lectores hasta el final ????

Dialogue
Outher dialogue:
“Villians!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! tear up the
planks!—here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!”
Conflict: internal, everything is on his mind, the hate, the irrational anger,
he suffer a mental agony.
Mood: It presents feelings of anxiety and suspense all over the story
Suspense: anticipation as to the outcome of events. Suspense is a major device for
securing and maintaining interest.
Anxiety or anxious: The word anxious has generally been used to describe when
someone is very concerned about something. On the other hand, being anxious can
also mean that you are very eager. One meaning is negative and the other is
positive!
Theme: the major theme is the murder, and the minor is the hate, the madness the
guilt.
2) - Rewrite the plot

This is the story of an insane man who confesses the way he murdered his housemate,
an older man. The conflict was generated because the main protagonist begins to feel
hate to the eye of the old man has, this situation makes him crazier every day to the
point that he plans to kill him at midnight. One night he finally kills the old man and
bury him between the scantlings of the chamber´s floor.
The murderer starts to feel satisfied with the act committed until the police appear to
look for the missing man. In the moment of the interrogation by the police, the killer
begins to hear a heartbeat that comes from the body that only he can hear.
This made him so crazy that he ends up confessing to the murder.
Literary Techniques:

 Metaphor: “ when the day broke”- “when the night waned”

“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture”

 Personification: “was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye”
 Hyperbole: “He was stone dead”
“That chilled the very marrow in my bones”
 Simile: “His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness”
“There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when
enveloped in cotton”
 “It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulate the soldier”
 Imagery: (Sound) “the heart beat on with a muffled sound”- “the hinges creaked”
(Sight) “I felt myself getting pale”
 Foreshadowing: “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid
myself of the eye forever”
 Irony: “observe how healthily, how calmly I can tell you the whole story”

Children`s Literature: select a children’s book

3) - Write the definitions and choose the appropriate genre for the selected book.
 Concept book: It does not has a main character, problem, or plot. Instead, the
concept or the skill provides the book´s framework.
 Predictable books: It use repetitive words, phrases, or sentences, rhyme and rhythm.
The words and pictures are closely matched.
 Narrative book: It has at least one character, a problem, and a plot that leads to
resolution of the problem, like fairy tales, classic stories or popular children´s stories.
 Informational books: It provides accurate, factual information. They are organized
into sections, and the vocabulary tends to be more complex.
 They often use real photographs. They are a great way to introduce science, health,
engineering, history and geography topics to children.
This book is narrative because it tells a story and facts in an orderly manner
with problems and a final resolution
4) - Define these categories and choose the correct one
 Contemporary realistic fiction: includes stories that could happen to people or
animals. The characters are made up, but their actions and feelings are similar to
those of people we could know.
 These stories often take place in the present time and portray attitudes and
problems of contemporary people.
 Biography: tells the story of an actual person´s life or a portion of his or her life and
life is notable for his or her accomplishments or a significant triumph.
 Traditional literature: it has been used a way of passing down traditional wisdom and
knowledge necessary for the survival of the group as well as a way of explaining
myths, epics, legends, tall tales, fables, and religious stories.
 Modern fantasy: refers to works of literature in which the event, settings, or the
character are outside the realm of possibility. The author must convince the reader
to suspend disbelief by creating an internally logical and consistent world.
 Picture books: they are a format not a genre. The illustrations may provide clues to
setting, plot, characterization and mood.
It is a modern fantasy because characters
like Lilliputians do not exist and are very
small compared to Gulliver
5) - What activity would you do in a class,
using the children book?
We would use the book to introduce the
narrative genre because this is short, clear,
and jazzy book and would capture the
attention of the students

6) - Analyze the children book and get the

correct information

 Cover page: hard cover

 Name of the book: Gulliver´s Travels
 Author: (retold) Rochelle Larkin
 Illustrator: Allan Leiner
 Publisher and date of publicaction: Playmore
Inc. and Waldman Publishing
 Synopsis of the story:
It is the story of a doctor who is looking for
adventures on a ship, one day he has an
accident and he is the only one who survives
stranded on a kingdom of small people, that
place had a king and a queen who offer to
Gulliver food and clothing in exchange for
protecting the people. One day the enemies of
Lilliput appear as a surprise to fight against
them, not knowing that they had a secret
weapon, Gulliver, this is how they win the war
but he decides to leave because he misses his
family. Gulliver come back to his house and tell
a lot of stories to the children for years and
years.