All About Poe
By: Brittney Newbury
Student
Teacher
Hello Students!
Today you will be asked to read and learn about
the very famous author, Edgar Allan Poe. You
may remember touching briefly on some of his
tales and poems in class.
This study module should take you the whole
class period depending on how fast you go
through the material. But remember you should
always take your time and read through the
material thoroughly.
At the end of the learning process you will be
given a short quiz over the material you have
learned, so be prepared.
Take your time, learn some good stuff, and as
always, have fun!
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All About
Poe
Learn About Poe
Read “The Raven”
Read “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Take Quiz
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Now that you have learned
about Poe you will be asked to
answer a few short questions
about him. This is not part of the
final quiz, but only practice.
Begin Practice
Questions
Edgar Allan Poe was born in what
town?
a) Boston
b) Baltimore
c) Pittsburgh
d) Charlotte
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What year was Poe born?
a) 1816
b) 1892
c) 1809
d) 1905
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You will now spend some time
reading the always popular poem
“The Raven.”
Enjoy!
Begin Reading
Now that you have finished reading
“The Raven” I would like to touch
on some plot development.
What is the main character doing when he first
hears the knocking on the chamber door?
a) Feeding his cat
b) Mourning Lenore
c) Trying to take a nap
d) Reading a book
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Who is knocking on his chamber door?
a) The maiden Lenore
b) His grandmother
c) A raven
d) His cat
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You will now be asked to read
the short story “The Tell-Tale
Heart.”
Enjoy!
Begin Reading
Now that you are finished
reading lets spend some
time looking at character
development.
This short story is somewhat
hard to understand so lets
work through it together.
The main character seems to
be quite crazy and as you
read he continues to try and
explain himself. He actually
spends most of the story
doing this.
But the real question is what is
making him so crazy?
From what we know from
reading the story it is the old
man’s eye that makes the
narrator so upset.
Now that we have established
that it is the eye that makes him
crazy we can look at the other
contributing factors.
The main character has a very
elaborate plan to kill the old man,
but he can only do it when the
filmy white eye is visible.
This definitely suggests that he is
crazy.
Good job on the character
development!!
Are you sure you are ready to take the
quiz?
If so click next, if not click home
button and you can review some
more.
You may now begin taking
the quiz.
Begin Quiz
1. What are the names of Poe’s
parents?
a) David and Elizabeth
b) Joseph and Mary
c) Bob and Susan
d) John and Debbi
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2. Where did Poe attend college?
a) University of Virginia
b) Harvard University
c) Boston University
d) Yale University
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3. What year did Poe write “The TellTale Heart?”
a) 1835
b) 1842
c) 1843
d) 1857
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4. What year did Poe die?
a) 1862
b) 1849
c) 1857
d) 1848
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5. Edgar Allan Poe married in 1836
True or False
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6. What is wrong with the old man’s
eye in “The Tell-Tale Heart?”
a) It’s green
b) He doesn’t have one
c) It is fake
d) There is a white film over it
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7. The main character in “The Tell-Tale
Heart” kills the old.
True or False
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8. What happens at the end of “The
Tell-Tale Heart?”
a) He tears up the planks of the floor
b) He goes crazy
c) Takes his dog for a walk
d) Brushes his hair
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9. What year was “The Raven”
written?
a) 1856
b) 1843
c) 1845
d) 1788
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10. What is the name of the maiden in
“The Raven”?
a) Marie
b) Lisa
c) Lenore
d) Debra
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You have now
completed the
quiz!
I hope you enjoyed learning
about Edgar Allan Poe!
You did such a great job!
Audience
• Middle school (7th and 8th)
• Middle class suburban
Enviroment
• Individually or with a partner
• At a computer with headphones or with
speakers.
• A place where quiet discussion is not
bothersome.
Objective
• Students will be able to explain important
events in Poe’s life, including specific dates,
with 100% accuracy.
• Given a passage, students will be able to
identify main characters, with 100%accuracy.
• Given a passage, students will be able to
explain what is happening in the plot, with
100%accuracy.
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<http://siili.buzznet.com/user/video/46250/simpsons-raven/>.
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