Do Now:
In your journal
Brainstorm: The
Setting &
Characters for a
“Poe” style story
that you will
write.
Planner: RL8.1 & RL8.2
W8.3 Poe Analysis
Narrative Writing
Homework: Finish
Reading The Raven,
Annabell Lee, and The Tell
Tale Heart
October 14 - 16, 2015
Father of Horror – Edgar Allen Poe
Den Time Schedule
Assembly Schedule
Learning Target 8.1 & 8.2
Reading Literature – Key ideas and details with
evidence
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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.
Writing
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 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).
Agenda:
Narrative Writing
Review and
Practice
October 15 & 16, 2015
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.
What’s the story?
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Now It’s Your Turn
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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)
Beginning, Middle, End
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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
Edgar Allen Poe - Bio
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More about Edgar
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Compare/Contrast
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The Raven
Both
Annabell Lee
While you read on Actively
Learn – The Tell Tale Heart
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Locate the following elements in the story
and write them in your journal:
Characters
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Theme
Element
Characters
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Theme
In your journal …
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Description and Evidence with Page Number
The Raven
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 The Interactive Raven
 In your e-mail you’ll find a link to:
 The Interactive Raven
 Go there http://teachersfirst.com/lessons/raven/
The Raven
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The Raven
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The Raven Summary
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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:
Identify it
Verb it
Finish 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.
Pg. 242
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 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.
The Tell Tale Heart
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 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:
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Characters
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Resolution
Discussion
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Turn to your elbow partner
Share the following findings:
Character
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Resolution
What about theme?
The Tell Tale Heart
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The Pit & the Pendulum
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 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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Annual
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 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. 