Masque of the Red Death, Poe - Close Reading & Literary Analysis Unit
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Use Poe’s creepy classic, “The Masque of the Red Death” to practice close reading and other critical ELA skills while teaching symbolism, allegory and imagery.
This 23-page "The Masque of the Red Death" packet of activities and handouts includes:
• Detailed 1-3 Day Close Reading Lesson Plan—enabling students to read with a purpose, extract key concepts, and comprehend at a deeper level
• Copy of the Story—organized with numbered paragraphs for quick reference, so that students can mark up and annotate the text as they read
• Symbolism Activity and Handout—to help students identify and analyze important symbols and their significance.
• Room Symbolism and Source Text Activity—to enable students to analyze the deeper meaning of Poe’s room colors after exploring Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” and the Seven Deadly sins.
• Copy of Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man”—including definitions of challenging terms, so students can analyze and compare source materials to the author’s work.
• Imagery Handout—to help students identify imagery and sensory details, analyzing how they help to create mood.
• Fun Theme and Mood Activity—a creative activity in which students act as party DJ, choosing a playlist that reflects the story’s mood and themes and explaining their selections.
• Reader Response Activity—so that students can reflect upon and write about what they learned, citing evidence from the text
• Detailed Answer Keys—to save you time and generally make your life easier
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Common Core Standards Covered:
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 (Close reading and textual evidence)
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2 (Theme and its development)
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 (Author source material analysis)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7 (Analysis of two artistic mediums)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 (Word choice and tone)
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9 (Drawing evidence to support analysis)
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