The
Raven
by edgar allen poe
Lesson 1:
"ah, distinctly i remember
Objectives:Students will begin engaging with The Raven by reading, listening, and watching the first and second stanzas. Students will record words that stand out to them while they listen. Students will define literary terms mood and setting, and practice identifying them by picking out specific text evidence. Students will show mastery of comprehension for stanzas 1 and 2 by earning 80% or higher on an exit ticket assessing these literary elements.
Standards
Warm up
contextualize your topic
Quickwrite/Journal Prompt: What do you picture when you hear the word raven? What feelings do you connect with the bird?
write!
Interactive The Raven Study
The Raven
read aloud + text in Amplify
Click here for text --> Click here for read aloud --> 1st Read through Directions --> 2nd Read through directions -->
identifying mood in stanzas 1 & 2
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in a story.Each stanza usually focuses on one idea or part of the poem, and they are separated by spaces.
Mood refers to the emotional response that a READER feels from a story. Review the chart found in the "Mood Words" button below. Pick the one that YOU felt during the reading of stanza 1 and enter it into the question box below.
mood words
Click the skull to View the text of the RAven. Look for: evidence that supports that the mood is eerie and mysterious.
identifying setting in stanzas 1
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in a story.Each stanza usually focuses on one idea or part of the poem, and they are separated by spaces.
Setting refers to where a story takes place. An author uses specific words to give us those details. Stanza 1: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more
03
Challenge question
demonstrate mastery of identifying textual evidence to support mood by earning an 80% or higher!
show what you know
Multiple Modes of the Text (10 min) Play an audio or video version of the first stanza (different voice/style). Discuss: “How did hearing it performed change how you imagined the scene?” Send in chat/mic in Engageli!
Teacher reads aloud the first & second stanzas of The Raven slowly and dramatically. Students follow along in their text --> While listening, type words/phrases that stand out to you:
Standard: 7.RC.3
Analyze how a work of literature’s structural elements such as subplots, parallel episodes,
climax, and conflicts contribute to its meaning and plot. (E)
7.RC.1
Analyze what a text says explicitly as well as draw inferences through citing several pieces
of textual evidence. (E)
Incorrect
Hint... We are looking for the line that sets the scene as dark and late at night ("midnight dreary") and describes the speaker as tired and sad, which helps create the poem’s spooky and mysterious mood.
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Transcript
The
Raven
by edgar allen poe
Lesson 1:
"ah, distinctly i remember
Objectives:Students will begin engaging with The Raven by reading, listening, and watching the first and second stanzas. Students will record words that stand out to them while they listen. Students will define literary terms mood and setting, and practice identifying them by picking out specific text evidence. Students will show mastery of comprehension for stanzas 1 and 2 by earning 80% or higher on an exit ticket assessing these literary elements.
Standards
Warm up
contextualize your topic
Quickwrite/Journal Prompt: What do you picture when you hear the word raven? What feelings do you connect with the bird?
write!
Interactive The Raven Study
The Raven
read aloud + text in Amplify
Click here for text --> Click here for read aloud --> 1st Read through Directions --> 2nd Read through directions -->
identifying mood in stanzas 1 & 2
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in a story.Each stanza usually focuses on one idea or part of the poem, and they are separated by spaces.
Mood refers to the emotional response that a READER feels from a story. Review the chart found in the "Mood Words" button below. Pick the one that YOU felt during the reading of stanza 1 and enter it into the question box below.
mood words
Click the skull to View the text of the RAven. Look for: evidence that supports that the mood is eerie and mysterious.
identifying setting in stanzas 1
A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in a story.Each stanza usually focuses on one idea or part of the poem, and they are separated by spaces.
Setting refers to where a story takes place. An author uses specific words to give us those details. Stanza 1: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this, and nothing more
03
Challenge question
demonstrate mastery of identifying textual evidence to support mood by earning an 80% or higher!
show what you know
Multiple Modes of the Text (10 min) Play an audio or video version of the first stanza (different voice/style). Discuss: “How did hearing it performed change how you imagined the scene?” Send in chat/mic in Engageli!
Teacher reads aloud the first & second stanzas of The Raven slowly and dramatically. Students follow along in their text --> While listening, type words/phrases that stand out to you:
Standard: 7.RC.3 Analyze how a work of literature’s structural elements such as subplots, parallel episodes, climax, and conflicts contribute to its meaning and plot. (E) 7.RC.1 Analyze what a text says explicitly as well as draw inferences through citing several pieces of textual evidence. (E)
Incorrect
Hint... We are looking for the line that sets the scene as dark and late at night ("midnight dreary") and describes the speaker as tired and sad, which helps create the poem’s spooky and mysterious mood.