Lesson 11 - "The Tell-Tale Heart" (continued)

🕐 Lesson Overview

Bellringer - Vocab Practice
Finish Reading: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Watch: "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1953)

⭐ Objectives

I can identify the mood and tone of a literary text.
I can analyze how an author’s choices create mood and tone.

📏 Standards

🗽 NYSNGSS

8R4:
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings. Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning, tone, and mood, including words with multiple meanings.
8R6 - RL:
In literary texts, analyze how the differences between the point of view, perspectives of the characters, the audience, or reader create effects such as mood and tone.
8W5:
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Apply the grade 8 Reading Standards to both literary and informational text, where applicable.
8L5:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
8L6:
Acquire and accurately use general academic and content-specific words and phrases; apply vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

🗒️ Lesson Plan

Anticipatory Set

As a bellringer, the teacher will show a collection of images. Each image should relate to or represent one of the vocabulary words introduced in Lesson 9 - Mood & Tone. The teacher will give the class a few minutes to review the images and match them with the most appropriate vocabulary word. The teacher will take attendance as students think. Once sufficient time has elapsed, the class will share their responses and rationales. The class will then review the agenda and objectives.

Developmental Activity

The class will finish reading aloud from "The Tell-Tale Heart," using the Equity Sticks strategy to switch off readers on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. The teacher will pause to explain key vocabulary, to check for understanding, and to highlight stylistic features and choices Poe makes to create the tone.

Closure

The teacher will show the 1953 animated version of "The Tell-Tale Heart" to assist students' comprehension of the story. Students will have the remainder of the period to finish "The Tell-Tale Heart" Reading Check.