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Scripts: Poe Pack (readers theater, Power Point +)

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8th - 12th
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Description

Edgar Allen Poe comes alive with reader’s theaters, choral readings, Power Point, projects, writing prompts and more. Package includes a 52 slide Power Point as well as 53 pages of scripts, graphic organizers, a visual dictionary for The Poe's Cask of Amontillado, rubric, and a How to do reader’s theater .PDF.

The Raven and Annabel Lee are presented as choral readings; Helen 1831 and 1848 as tiered group project readings, The Cask of Amontillado is presented as a reader’s theater trial pre-reading activity with a prediction exercise between the two scenes. The Purloined Letter adds characters as does the Masque of Red Death reader’s theatre so more students have opportunities to take part.

Can be used as a jigsaw activity or to differentiate instruction.

Download the preview for sample script and teacher notes that describe what is included for the three short stories and four poems. Tiering and group work is included as well as suggestions for using the materials for a drama club or class performance.

Part of the American Literature Bundle 100+ pages.

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Total Pages
105 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
2 days
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Standards

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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text.
Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.

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