Happy Halloween!In this lesson, I begin with a warm up where I have students match examples of literary devices and elements with examples from the first two chapters of "Of Mice and Men"Students then watch a short video on the biography of Edgar Allen Poe, and are guided to annotate for devices and the central idea, which I define for them. This helps their reading skills and comprehension.In the Exit, students are asked to link ONE device from "The Tell-Tale Heart" to the central idea. I inc