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Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe PrimaryClassic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe Primary
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Blackdog Media
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Grade
9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
820L
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Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Curated by ACT

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 the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Masque of the Red Death," and The Cask of Amontillado."

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short stories, edgar allan poe

Additional Tags

detective and suspense stories, father of the short story, "the fall of the house of usher", "the masque of the red death", "the pit and the pendulum", "the tale tell heart"

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Worksheet

Edgar Allan Poe's First Lines

Curated OER
Try to guess the title of the Edgar Allan Poe work when you are given the first line of the poem! Fifteen mostly multiple-choice questions will have you racking your brain to recall the opening words of some not-so-well-known pieces. See...
9th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Biographical Criticism and the Speaker of a Poem

Arts Midwest
Author's are often influenced by events in their own lives as they write. Use Edgar Allan Poe's poems "Ulalume" and "Annabel Lee" to take a look at how the death of Poe's wife affected his poetry. Ask students to discuss and compare the...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Worksheet

Post-Reading Questions: "Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

Curated OER
If your class has finish reading Edgar Allan Poe's "Cask of Amontillado" here's a great post-reading worksheet. Whether used as a reading assessment, as the basis of group discussion, or for whole class response, the fact-based,...
7th - 9th English Language Arts
Interactive

Poe's Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Curated OER
High schoolers respond to 15 questions about short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Using the Cliffs Notes website they may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.
8th - 12th English Language Arts
Unit Plan

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: American Romanticism: Edgar Allan Poe

Georgia Department of Education
This lesson focuses on Edgar Allan Poe and his short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." It features links to the Discovery Education Video: "Profile of the Author: Edgar Allan Poe" (Registration required), a Poe biography, the text...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Edgar Allan Poe- Mini Biography

Biography
Show this mini-biography and nevermore will your young readers ask about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. 'Tis a short overview and nothing more.
4 mins 6th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

Edgar Allan Poe

Curated OER
Focus on Edgar Allan Poe's life and biographical information with this quiz. Five of the questions reference poems, but the other five ask about dates, times, and his family. Format is multiple-choice for biographical information and...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

Edgar Allan Poe Realty: Fun Trivia Quiz

Curated OER
Often these Fun Trivia quizzes are low-quality and have questionable educational merit. However, this interactive online worksheet provides a clever way to test understanding of setting in various Edgar Allan Poe stories.
8th - 10th English Language Arts
Worksheet

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Curated OER
Quiz your class with a review of the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. These reading comprehension questions cover a breadth of ideas but aren't overly detailed. Questions come from The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The...
10th - 12th English Language Arts
Website

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe

Annenberg Foundation
This biography features Edgar Allan Poe who introduced the genre of horror and mystery to literature in the nineteenth century with stories such as "The Raven."
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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