To culminate our work with "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", students will engage in a writing activity about the ways in which Poe creates mood. They will consider both setting details as well as Poe's language, such as word choices, sentence structure, literary elements, and punctuation. This will be a scaffolded writing activity in which students will write one paragraph, then add another, then add an introduction and finally a conclusion. They will move through the process of turning the prompt into a topic sentence, paraphrasing text evidence, and ending with a concluding sentence. As well, they will engage the writing process of organizing ideas, drafting, editing, and revising. Hence, in the end, they will produce a four-paragraph essay about the development of mood in two texts.
Homework:
Monday-Tuesday: finish paragraph organizer-- due Wednesday
Wednesday: finish drafting and editing paragraph #1
Thursday: finish organizer paragraph #2
Friday: finish drafting and editing paragraph #2
Edgar Allan Poe writing activity
