Every year, around Halloween, we dive into the wonderful and gory short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. This year we focused on "The Tell-Tale Heart" about a crazy care taker of an older man who decides to murder him because he fears his deformed eye. Throughout the story, he denies that he is crazy as he gives details of his murderous plan. He also takes the readers through the act of murder, and the cover-up of the corpse. He believes his hatred for the eye is over but once the police arrive to investigate a neighbor's concern, he soon learns that his fears and disillusions are not gone.
Once we read and discuss the plot of the story, we end with a newspaper/drawing activity. Students are asked to pretend they are part of a news team reporting on the story. They are to draw their favorite scene from the story and to provide a short paragraph describing the scene as well as a direct quote.
Once we read and discuss the plot of the story, we end with a newspaper/drawing activity. Students are asked to pretend they are part of a news team reporting on the story. They are to draw their favorite scene from the story and to provide a short paragraph describing the scene as well as a direct quote.