Horror - Edgar Alan Poe

Horror - Edgar Alan Poe

by Sharon Schwarz

​Today's Objectives:

​SWBAT:

​Define and discuss suspense

​Define elements of gothic literature and romanticism.

​Make a connection between Edgar Allan Poe's life and the genre he wrote in.

​Elements of Horror and Mystery

​TURN AND TALK - Let's make a list of techniques an AUTHOR might use when creating suspense!

Open Ended

TURN AND TALK - Let's make a list of techniques an AUTHOR might use when creating suspense!

What makes this suspenseful?

keep.google.com

SUSPENSE

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Elements of Horror and Mystery

​Gothic Romanticism

Edgar Allan Poe

His life and works

​Today's Objectives:

Create a new Google Note for EAP​

View a video on EAP

Write five facts about his life

​Make a connection - how might his life have led to his writing horror and mystery?

​OPEN UP keep.google.com.

​Create a note like this:

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​Title - Today's Date - Edgar Allan Poe - Biography

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​Viewing Focus

​Write down at least five things you learn about EAP

Open Ended

How did EAP's life likely influence his writing?

Day Three ​

Dramatic Irony ​

​Today's Objectives

• ​Define and find examples of dramatic irony.

• ​Read the Tell-Tale Heart

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• ​Discuss how dramatic irony and Poe's unreliable narrator create suspense and contribute to the mood of the story.

​Today's Focus - A second element of suspense:

​DRAMATIC IRONY - When the reader or viewer is in on a SECRET!

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​SET UP a KEEP note please!

​As we read, stop me where I should highlight unreliable narration or dramatic irony.

• ​Ask ourselves -how does this create SUSPENSE?

• What MOOD does this generate?

Day Four​

​Imagery

​Today's Objectives

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• Review definitions and find examples of SUSPENSE, UNRELIABLE NARRATION, DRAMATIC IRONY, and MOOD.

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• Explain how imagery can impact suspense and mood.

​IMAGERY

​Writing that is very descriptive, helping the reader to generate a distinct image in the mind.

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​Appeals to five senses, sight, taste, touch, smell, sound.

​READING FOCUS

​Read A Tell Tale Heart and continue to analyze:

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​Suspense

​Unreliable Narration

​Dramatic Irony

​Mood 

​Imagery