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﻿ Lesson 6: "The Black Cat" media type="custom" key="9195672" align="right"

Students will listen to the audio version of "The Black Cat" during class. Students will be required to answer short answer discussion questions from the text to insure understanding of the short story. Students may work in small groups to complete the questions.
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Students will listen to the audio version of "The Black Cat" during class. This is a 31 minute clip using You Tube and will take up most of the class period. Students will then answer discussion questions to check for understanding. To set the mood and tone for this story, the classroom lights should be dim and students should pass around a plastic bag that holds items that resemble items from the short story (ex. something that would feel like an eye ball or cat fur).
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Four parts of the audio for "The Black Cat" on You Tube media type="custom" key="9195616"

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Discussion question graphic organizer

This lesson allows the students to listen to the full audio recording of "The Black Cat" and caters to the auditory learners in the classroom. The students should also read the short story for homeowrk the night before class in case the audio version is more difficult to the visual learners. Because the recorded version of the short story is lengthy, an entire class period will be used to listed to the clips. Students will not complete an extensive project for this story. Instead, they will simply answer discussion questions using a graphic organizer. Students will be required to begin answering the questions as they listen to the story.
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