Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Unit Plan: lessons, activities, and more!
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Grade Levels
7th - 10th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.7.1
CCSSRL.7.3
CCSSRL.7.6
CCSSRL.8.1
CCSSRL.8.3
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
20 pages
Plans by Mrs B
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What educators are saying
I love this resource! It's a user-friendly layout for the students and covers all the important aspects of this story. They especially loved gettting into groups and determining the sanity/insanity of the protagonist. Lots of fun!
Perfect for my student's in special ed! All assignments were easy to follow, and easy for my students to understand.
Description
What better story to teach suspense than Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? This story is one of my all-time favorites and students agree. I love to teach this story in October since it fits right in with the Halloween festivities!
This is a week-long unit plan designed to thoroughly teach 'The Tell-Tale Heart' while keeping students engaged and interested in the content. Throughout the week students closely read and analyze the story with a focus on suspense. In addition, students collect text evidence to support the reader's sanity and insanity. They must refer to the legal definition of sanity as they write a persuasive piece on whether or not the narrator is sane. My students always love this activity because it challenges their assumptions.
What's Included:
✔ Unit Plan (PDF)
✔ Answer Keys (PDF)
✔ ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ story in easy to read format (PDF)
✔ Mini Lesson on Suspense (PDF + PowerPoint + Google Slides)
✔ Pre-reading Vocabulary (PDF)
✔ Close Reading Questions (PDF)
✔ Focus on Suspense Questions (PDF)
✔ Trial of the Narrator: Use Text Evidence to Prove Sanity or Insanity (PDF)
✔ The Verdict: Persuasive Writing (PDF)
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This is a week-long unit plan designed to thoroughly teach 'The Tell-Tale Heart' while keeping students engaged and interested in the content. Throughout the week students closely read and analyze the story with a focus on suspense. In addition, students collect text evidence to support the reader's sanity and insanity. They must refer to the legal definition of sanity as they write a persuasive piece on whether or not the narrator is sane. My students always love this activity because it challenges their assumptions.
What's Included:
✔ Unit Plan (PDF)
✔ Answer Keys (PDF)
✔ ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ story in easy to read format (PDF)
✔ Mini Lesson on Suspense (PDF + PowerPoint + Google Slides)
✔ Pre-reading Vocabulary (PDF)
✔ Close Reading Questions (PDF)
✔ Focus on Suspense Questions (PDF)
✔ Trial of the Narrator: Use Text Evidence to Prove Sanity or Insanity (PDF)
✔ The Verdict: Persuasive Writing (PDF)
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Customer Tips
~ Get credit toward future TPT purchases by going to your Purchases page and leaving feedback. In addition to getting credit, your feedback helps me know what I'm doing well and what I can improve on (which is greatly appreciated)!
~ Be the first to know about new resources and promotions by clicking the Green Follow Me button next to my store logo. :)
~ Email me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. I'd love to hear from you!
Total Pages
20 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards
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CCSSRL.7.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.7.3
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
CCSSRL.7.6
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
CCSSRL.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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