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Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers Lesson PlanEdgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers Lesson Plan
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Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers

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High schoolers research biographical facts about Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce and complete literary analysis activities. For this biographical lesson plan, students research basic biographical facts about Poe and Bierce. High schoolers analyze the texts that exemplify Poe's use of craft and determine whether materials other than the author's texts influence the way readers understand Poe's texts.

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edgar allan poe, biographies

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2019
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Creative Commons
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Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.2 CCRA.R.8 CCRA.W.9

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