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Be Prepared to be Scared!

Introduction

 

Horror stories set a mood and emit a tone which have enthralled readers for hundreds of years.  Various moods and tones will be encountered while reading the stories in the unit "Tales Told in the Dark."  

Task

 

Students will be able to recognize the difference in moods and tones in the stories from the unit "Tales Told in the Dark." After reading stories, writing articles, and creating poems, students will create a newsletter portraying these literary devices.

Process

Students will write:

A news article incorporating the 5 W's and change the point of view of the event.  The event reported is to be from one of the stories in the unit "Tales Told in the Dark."

A brief article on the author whose story is used in their newsletter.

A poem over a particular "mood" found in one of the stories.

Students will create a newsletter incorporating written activities completed in the unit "Tales Told in the Dark."

Resources

Links to author's picture

 

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken

"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs

Evaluation

Teacher will use a rubric to evaluate newsletter according to specifications given.

Conclusion

Horror stories will continue to live on and be appreciated through the years, and students will learn to depict mood and tone in their own writing.  Who knows, maybe you'll be the next Edgar Allan Poe or Stephen King. 

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