Unveiling the Heartbeat

Neal Fulks

Tier 1

Lesson Plan

Unveiling the Heartbeat

Cite textual evidence from 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

In this lesson, students will explore Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' to practice citing textual evidence. Through collaborative learning, students will engage in a discussion and an activity to analyze the text and support their inferences with evidence. This lesson is important as it enhances critical reading skills and the ability to support arguments with textual evidence, which are essential skills in ELA.

Audience

7th Grade ELA

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Collaborative Learning

Materials

Discussion Questions, Activity Worksheet, and Copies of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

Briefly introduce Edgar Allan Poe and 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.
Explain the objective: citing textual evidence to support analysis.
Distribute copies of the text to students.

Step 2

Collaborative Discussion

10 mins

Divide students into small groups.
Provide each group with discussion questions.
Encourage students to discuss and cite specific parts of the text to support their answers.

Step 3

Textual Evidence Activity

10 mins

Hand out the activity worksheet.
Instruct students to work in pairs to complete the worksheet, focusing on finding and citing evidence from the text.
Circulate to assist and ensure students are on task.

Step 4

Closure

5 mins

Reconvene as a class.
Ask a few groups to share their findings and evidence.
Summarize the importance of citing evidence in supporting analysis.

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Discussion

Discussion Questions for 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

This discussion will help students analyze 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on citing textual evidence.

What is the narrator's main motivation for committing the crime?

Encourage students to find specific lines that reveal the narrator's thoughts and feelings.

How does Poe create suspense in the story?

Guide students to identify literary devices and specific examples from the text.

What can we infer about the narrator's mental state?

Ask students to cite evidence that suggests the narrator's instability.

Worksheet

Activity Worksheet for 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

This worksheet will guide students in identifying and citing textual evidence from 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

Identify a passage that shows the narrator's obsession with the old man's eye.

Look for descriptions of the eye and the narrator's feelings towards it.

Find a quote that illustrates the narrator's guilt.

Focus on the narrator's actions and thoughts after the crime.

Cite a part of the text that builds tension.

Consider the pacing and word choice in the story.