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**﻿ "The Raven" in Modern Language ** In order to teach to multiple learning styles, the students will be provided three unique versions of the peom, "The Raven." They will listen to an audio recording by Christopher Walken, watch a Simpsons clip, and read the prose copy of the poem. Small groups of 3-4 students will be assigned two stanzas of the poem, “The Raven,” to re-write in modern language. The students will be provided an example of the first stanza of the poem written in modern language and will re-write the second stanza as a class. Students will look up unfamiliar vocabulary using the provided websites or dictionaries as each group re-writes the assigned two stanzas and creates a podcast for class wiki.
 * Description of lesson: **

Students will work in small groups to re-write two stanzas of the poem, "The Raven," in modern language. Each group will complete a toondoo.com cartoon of their re-written stanzas. Each stanza must be at least 2 slides and the complete poem will be turned into a book on toondoo.com and publised to the class wiki. Any work not compelted during class time must be completed for homework. An example of the first stanza is pasted below: media type="custom" key="8509978"
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 * Resources/materials needed: **
 * **Computer **
 * **Projector/White Board **
 * **YouTube **
 * **DotSub **
 * **Toondoo **
 * **"The Raven" poem **

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">The students will experience the poem, "The Raven," in three unique forms: an audio read by Christopher Walken on YouTube, a video clip from the Simpsons on Dotsub, and the prose version. This accounts for multiple learning styles. The students will also be using Toondoo.com to create a cartoon version of the poem in modern language which will allow the students a hands on approach to understanding poetry.
 * <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 utilizes a great deal of technology and possibly new concepts for the students and will require some background knowledge on the new technological concepts. This lesson is creative and unique and will provide an in depth look into the poem, "The Raven."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluation: **