The Tell Tale Heart Interactive Close Reading with Google Slides!

"My students were just breezing by the text just so they could be done. They didn't stop to read closely, make predictions, and notice the literary devices that lent to the tone and theme of the work. Mrs. Anderson's guided reading Google Slides force my students to slow down and really absorb everything. She breaks the text up into digestible chunks that students can tackle while sprinkling in literary analysis and thematic questions in a way that does not intimidate students. What's great is that I can put this on Google Classroom, make a copy for each of my students, and then let them work at their own pace, helping students who need it. I love these guided reading annotation projects so much!" - Macy Thomas from Altus, Oklahoma

Wanting to ease your students into annotating text with a short story? Looking to help your students make inferences and deeply analyze the text while summarizing, making predictions, and identifying key literary elements? Looking for some technology integration that will free you up to remediate and differentiate? Check out my editable guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" through Google Slides! Students will highlight textual evidence, literary devices, and plot elements as they read this iconic short story. As they read, students will interact with the text by answering questions focused on higher-order thinking that help them infer about the characters in the story. Click on my preview to get a taste of what students will see as they navigate through the Google Slides!

This project is PERFECT for distance/virtual learning! Simply post on Google Classroom and make a copy for each student!

This resource includes:

• The full, unabridged short story "The Tell-Tale Heart"
• A short biography of Edgar Allan Poe
• An engaging video on why students should read Poe even though his language may seem "old" and inaccessible to students
• Slides that teach students about the three types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic)
• Slides that teach students about symbolism
• An engaging video about the history of "The Evil Eye"
• Analysis and inference-based questions
• Prompts to annotate the text as they read
• Instructions on how to write a theme statement
• A prompt to help students write a theme statement based on their reading
• Links to short film adaptations of the short story
• A link to a dramatic audio reading of the story
• Post-reading enrichment project options (choice board)

If you like this resource and want to extend students' learning while fostering argumentative writing and speaking/listening skills, check out my Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial resource!

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