Today students will realize that they are building an essay, paragraph by paragraph, in which they are analyzing "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" for ways in which Poe uses setting and language to create the mysterious and suspenseful mood of his work. They have also realized that our analysis work with these two texts has been building up to the synthesis of their thoughts in this writing piece.
Students should have already completed body paragraph one; today they will begin organizing their ideas and evidence for body paragraph two. This paragraph, drafted and edited, is due on Wednesday. On Wednesday, they will craft an introduction paragraph, and on Thursday, a concluding paragraph. Hence, by Friday, they will have built a 4-paragraph essay. They will then give it a final edit/revision and submit it to Google classroom.
Homework:
Monday: finish drafting & editing paragraph 2 (due Wed)
Wednesday: finish drafting & editing introduction paragraph
Thursday: finish drafting & editing conclusion paragraph
Friday: none unless need to finish up the Poe essay, in which case, please finish over weekend and submit to Google classroom.
Poe Writing Activity Instructions
Editing Checklist
Essay Rubric
