Edgar Allan Poe: an Author Unit

True!—Do not be nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous about showing this student-produced PowerPoint.  The eyes of your pupils will be wide, wide open as events from the life of Edgar Allan Poe are detailed, and vocabulary and key facts...

Introduce your class to Edgar Allan Poe with a series of mostly self-guided tasks and assignments. Class members follow the list of tasks, starting by watching a video with background information and ending with a compare-and-contrast...

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.

Before reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" in your class, walk learners through this scavenger hunt that teaches them about Poe's life and works. Though the lesson is designed for 15:1 special education class, it could work in any...

Often these Fun Trivia quizzes are low-quality and have questionable educational merit. However, this interactive online activity provides a clever way to test understanding of setting in various Edgar Allan Poe stories.

Students explore word choice and its effects on symbolism and atmosphere in the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.

If your class has finish reading Edgar Allan Poe's "Cask of Amontillado" here's a great post-reading learning exercise. Whether used as a reading assessment, as the basis of group discussion, or for whole class response, the fact-based,...

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.

This Fun Trivia quiz tests readers' comprehension of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado." It addresses basic plot and does not require critical thinking.

Rather than pouring over volumes of forgotten lore, keep your class from napping with a lesson based on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. After discussing their favorite lines from the poem and completing a vocabulary exercise, the class...