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 * ﻿Lesson 5: **

**﻿﻿ A Web Quest and Prose Poem on the Suspense Short Story, "The Tell Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe **

This lesson will provide websites for students to navigate and search for information regarding Edgar Allan Poe. More specifically, this lesson will introduce students to the short story, "The Tell Tale Heart," and provide critical thinking questions regarding to the story. Students will also learn new literary terms for the suspence story. Students will use the element of suspense to write a short fiction narrative.
 * Description of lesson: **

Students will complete this assignment in class or for homework (depending on available class time). Students will use the referenced links to search for information regarding Poe's writing style, literary devices, and the short story, "The Tell Tale Heart." Students will think critically as they answer the questions on the web quest. Students will also write a prose poem in their journals regarding a human emotion (the example provided is on jealosy). Students will turn their prose poem into a video montage using images and music and Animoto.
 * Assignment: **

Students will use the web quest to access links via the internet and answer higher level questions regarding the suspense short story and Edgar Allan Poe. ﻿Computer Internet Word Document/Web Quest 
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Animoto Model Assignment

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Technology helps enhance this lesson by using a creative and colorful visual aid to help students take a virtual field trip through the literary devices used in the suspense story, new vocabulary words, and the short story, "The Tell Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe. The use of technology in this lesson helps to reach the visual learner and allows students to complete a focused search using the internet. Students will have the opportunity to work with music and graphics to complete a prose poem using Animoto.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Technology reflection: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">This lesson will either be completed in class or for homeowrk before students begin to look at the suspense short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. This lesson will introduce students to the literary devices found in the suspense short story, and new vocabulary terms. Students will have the opportunity to work with music and graphics to create a slide show and prose poem. If there is time in class, have students work in pairs to complete the web quest. If time is short, allow students to complete the web quest for homework. This assignment uses technology, so it is important to make sure students have access to a computer and the internet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluation: **