English 9

Good afternoon,

Today students will be participating in a Direct Listening—Thinking Activity, in which they listen to a reading of the "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.

Student Objectives:

• Improve their listening and comprehension and prediction skills
• Respond to literature read in class
• Practice strong and effective writing

Before reading

• Section 1
• Notes
• Poe 101
• Journal question
• Background knowledge on scary stories
• Vocabulary sheet

Section one

# 17  What is an adverb? An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or other adverb by describing or limiting to make meaning more precise; often have an—ly ending. Generally tell how, why, when, where, how often and how much.

# 18 Give an example of an adverb. Quickly ran, moved sideways, he treated us kindly.

Section 4 notes:

1. Suspense

2. Point of view

3. Imagery

4. Mood

1. Suspense—feeling of anxiety and uncertainty experienced by the reader about the outcome of events or protagonist's destiny. The author creates suspense by:

• Choice of words - "dreadfully nervous"

• Character's dialogue - "never kinder to the man before I killed him"

• Character's action - took a whole hour to put his head in the room

• Setting - deathwatches in the wall

     2. Point of View—the vantage point from which the author presents the action of the story:

• Third Person Omniscient - all knowing (author uses he/she)

• Third Person Limited - limited to the views of one character (uses he/she)

• First Person - voice and thoughts of one character (author uses I)

     3. Imagery—collection of images in a literary work used to create atmosphere, mood and tension

 

     4. Mood—the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work. The mood can  suggest emotion, such as fear or joy; it can also suggest a quality of setting, such as gloom

A brief 101 on Poe:

Short biography of Poe

 

Journal Question

Choose one of the following questions to answer (2-3 paragraphs):

• Things that happen during the day that don't scare or worry you can sometimes keep you awake at night. Has this ever happened to you? Tell about your experience.

or

• Have you ever done something you knew you should not have done, and gotten away with it? Which is worse—the guilt you feel when you get away with it, or the consequences you face when you get caught.

Handout package:

Part  1 -  Background Knowledge
Describe 5 things that you expect to find in scary stories.

Part 2 - Vocabulary

Part 3 - Story prediction questions/marking text

Part 4 - Comprehension questions

Part 5 - Literal questions