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163 resources with the concept edgar allan poe

Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of H.P. Lovecraft Video

Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of H.P. Lovecraft

5 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Science fiction and horror story geeks will love a carefully crafted video about H.P. Lovecraft. Those new to the Cthulhu Mythos and "Lovecraftian" fiction are introduced to the Great Old Ones, Yog-Sothoth, and Azathoth.
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Creating Suspense Lesson 1: Analyzing Literary Devices in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" Lesson Plan

Creating Suspense Lesson 1: Analyzing Literary Devices in Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Rather than a whodunit, "The Masque of the Red Death" is the perfect story to analyze how Poe combines literary devices to create the suspense that grips readers. The richly detailed lesson is carefully scaffolded, moving from teacher...
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Why Should You Read Edgar Allan Poe? Video

Why Should You Read Edgar Allan Poe?

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Edgar Allen Poe's writing goes far beyond the familiarity of "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." An intriguing video lesson explores the work, history, and style of the famous Gothic writer. Animations engage viewers in the video, and...
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Unmasking the Truth Behind the Red Death Lesson Plan

Unmasking the Truth Behind the Red Death

9th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
"The Masque of the Red Death" provides readers with an opportunity to research and plan a presentation about a topic related to Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story. 
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Masks for The Masque (of the Red Death) Activities & Project

Masks for The Masque (of the Red Death)

11th
CCSS: Adaptable
Readers of "The Masque of the Red Death" create masks, decorate the classroom, and stage a Red Death masque to celebrate Edgar Allen Poe's famous short story.
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Gothic Undercurrents Unit

Gothic Undercurrents

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Terror, mystery, excitement. American writers of the 19th century, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson, used these elements to create morally ambiguous tales that challenged the prevailing belief in...
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The Best of Poe Worksheet

The Best of Poe

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
A chilling look of Edgar Allan Poe's works may not be a dream within a dream, but it's certainly a review within a crossword puzzle. Look down and across to find references to "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and "The...
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Poe’s “The Raven” – Unity of Effect Lesson Plan

Poe’s “The Raven” – Unity of Effect

9th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
How do Poe's choices of imagery, rhythm and rhyme scheme, and structure help build the desired single effect of "The Raven"? After listening to a dramatic reading of the poem, class members consider whether Poe's choices do create a...
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Rhyme and Repetition in Poe's "Annabel Lee" Lesson Plan

Rhyme and Repetition in Poe's "Annabel Lee"

9th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Many and many a year ago Edgar Allan Poe crafted the chilling tale of "Annabel Lee." The poem is the perfect vehicle to introduce Poe's concept of unity of effect, the idea that every element in a poem or story should help to develop a...
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Where Once Poe Walked Interactive

Where Once Poe Walked

9th - 12th
Nevermore worry about engaging readers in the works of one of the most famous writers in American literature. An interactive resource will beguile learners fancy into smiling.
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Edgar Allan Poe's Journey Through Life and Literature Unit

Edgar Allan Poe's Journey Through Life and Literature

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How was Edgar Allan Poe able to create "intriguing, memorable, and lasting literature"? To answer this question, learners analyze the syntax, diction, and characterizations in Poe's poems and short stories and compare the impact of these...
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EngageNY Grade 9 ELA: Module 2, Unit 1
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EngageNY Grade 9 ELA: Module 2, Unit 1

9th
CCSS: Adaptable
Delve into the depths of madness with a literary analysis unit focused on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain." It features thought-provoking discussion questions, evidence-based writing prompts, and the opportunity to read some truly enthralling literature.
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 13 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 13

9th
CCSS: Designed
Whether the planks hide the beating of a hideous heart, or they break away to the madness beneath, their presence makes itself known in the final lesson of a literary analysis unit. Having gathered textual evidence from "The Tell-Tale...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 12 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 12

9th
CCSS: Designed
What happens when a tenuous grasp on sanity begins to slip? Compare Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain" with a lesson focused on the development of a common central idea. High...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 8 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 8

9th
CCSS: Designed
Rid yourself of unsupported analytic writing forever with a mid-unit assessment focused on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". As ninth graders formulate an essay based on evidence from the first seven lessons in the unit, they...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 7 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 7

9th
CCSS: Designed
Listen to the low stifled sound that arises from the souls of your ninth graders when overcharged with awe. Inspire them with a captivating lesson about "The Tell-Tale Heart." Learners analyze how Poe uses the story structure to develop...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 6 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 6

9th
CCSS: Designed
When you have made an end of these labors, it may not be 4 o'clock in the morning, but it's still time to work on textual analysis. Study the resolution of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" through the thematic lens of guilt and...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 5 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 5

9th
CCSS: Designed
Eager readers have waited a long time, very patiently, for a set of literary analysis lessons that connect text structure to the work's central idea. As ninth graders continue reading "The Tell-Tale Heart," they focus on the central...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 4 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 4

9th
CCSS: Designed
True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous you may be, but a literary analysis unit will set your mind at ease. Learners study the narrator's point of view in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and analyze the way it contributes...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 3 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 3

9th
CCSS: Designed
Hearken! And observe how well a literary analysis unit can help ninth graders read closely and connect text structure to a central idea. Focusing on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", learners take notes and track the development...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 2 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 2

9th
CCSS: Designed
Make up your mind to complete a lesson plan about "The Tell-Tale Heart" and rid yourself of simple sentence structures forever. As ninth graders analyze the first two paragraphs of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, they consider the ways...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 1 Lesson Plan
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Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 1

9th
CCSS: Designed
Once conceived, a guided set of literary analysis lessons will assist you day and night. Ninth graders take a close look at "The Tell-Tale Heart" and analyze how Poe uses point of view to create questions about the narrator's sanity and...
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Sixth Grade Poetry Unit

Sixth Grade Poetry

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Study some of the most prominent poets and works of poetry in history with a language arts poetry unit. From Virgil to Shakespeare to Dickinson to Angelou, the resources present biographies and examples of poetic elements to the sixth...
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Meet You at the Movies Worksheet

Meet You at the Movies

7th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Brightly equipped knights and highborn maidens come to life as young screenwriters use the provided worksheet to script a film version of Edgar Allan Poe's "Eldorado" or "Annabel Lee."
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