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Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 8: Tell Tale Heart: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the short story, Tell-Tale Heart.
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The Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia's Edgar Allan Poe Museum provides links to pages containing biographical information about Poe and the text of some of his works. The works include "The Masque of the Red Death," The Cask of Amontillado," "Tell-Tale...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Tell Tale Heart
The famous short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, written by Edgar Allan Poe is profiled in this site. Read about the narrator and find out what motivates him in life. Interesting selections are quoted from the story and give insights into...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
The full text of the short "A Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 8: The Tell Tale Heart
Eighth graders explore the role of the narrator and point of view in a text. Students will understand how the narrative voice of a text can blur the line between fact and fiction and how a story truth is often different from but relates...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/analysis of the Works of Poe
An in-depth analysis of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Raven," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and more! Excellent and detailed lesson plans!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
Lesson which requires students to listen to The Tell-Tale Heart read aloud, answer prediction questions during the reading, and write written responses after. Excellent for beginning a mystery unit.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Edgar Allan Poe
Delve into the work of Edgar Allan Poe through the links provides from this Web English Teacher site. This site features links to biographical information, lesson plans, teaching ideas and more.
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America.gov: Archive: Edgar Allan Poe [Pdf]
An essay, formatted to be printed and displayed as a poster, offers an illustrated exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's life and writing. Accompanied by audio excerpts and transcripts of Poe's well-known works, "The Masque of the Red Death,"...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Analyzing Characterization
This lesson introduces the elements of character analysis and uses Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" for an example. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters
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Qrisse's Edgar Allan Poe's Pages
From this page, access information on Poe's life and career. In addition, read full-texts of Poe's stories and poems and check out an audio file of "The Raven."
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Brandeis: Edgar Allan Poe
Here, read about the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe(January 19, 1809-October 7, 1849) and learn about the significance of his works. Click on a section of the "Table of Contents" to be taken to a specific part of the article and...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe
This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849) Famous poet and story writer best known for The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Describing the Mood
Information that can be read or listened to that describes how to identify and write about the mood of a piece. Examples are provided using the story of "Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing
This tutorial focuses on how to paraphrase using an excerpt from Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." It defines paraphrase and plagiarism, presents examples, and explains what is incorrect about them. It is interactive asking for...