“The Raven”

Please feel free to use all of this, some of this, or even none of it. Maybe it will inspire you to create something.One 50-minute class period.It’s perfect for the Halloween season or a study on Poe and Gothic lit. I hand out the sheet about lit/poet terms and devices. Go over alliteration, assonance, etc. Explain that these are common techniques used by writers to create affect, tone, mood, etc…. Cover poetry basics however you see fit. Discuss Poe some, etc… (depends on where you are in a unit of study) I then pass out a copy of the poem, or have them read from a book. There are 18 stanzas, so most students can take a turn at reading a stanza. Then, I post the “Interactive Raven” from projector onto board and look for specific examples of alliteration, assonance and ryhyme. After going over the specific use of these devices and discussion of the poesm, I show them the Simpsons version of The Raven, a five-minute presentation. Finally, they have in-class or homework to draw or write a descriptive image of their interpretation of what Poe’s chamber looks like. Links and attachments: “The Interactive Raven” http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/raven/start.html The Simpsons version of “The Raven”: http://en.sevenload.com/videos/SCR4nVh/The-Simpsons-The-Raven-engl Literary and Poetic devices The Raven poem